how does the anomalies categories file evaluate chance

[DoshOctavia]

you would think that it would be spawn chance however when iwas trying to make upliftables more common by slowly increasing the modifier over repeated games, then going in and exploring every planet in the galaxy, it has no effect.

this
# Uplifting Generic Ocean
anomaly_category = {
key = "UPLIFT_OCEAN_CAT"
desc = "UPLIFT_GENERIC_CAT_DESC"
picture = GFX_evt_ship_in_orbit
level = 1
#risk = 0

spawn_chance = {
modifier = {
add = 10
is_planet_class = pc_ocean
# FROM = { owner = { NOT = { has_country_flag = upl_ongoing_generic } } }
}
}

on_success = {
# FROM = { owner = { set_country_flag = upl_ongoing_generic } }
}

on_fail = {}

on_critical_fail = {}

}

spawns a total of 5 presentients

this
# Uplifting Generic Ocean
anomaly_category = {
key = "UPLIFT_OCEAN_CAT"
desc = "UPLIFT_GENERIC_CAT_DESC"
picture = GFX_evt_ship_in_orbit
level = 1
#risk = 0

spawn_chance = {
modifier = {
add = 100000000000000
is_planet_class = pc_ocean
# FROM = { owner = { NOT = { has_country_flag = upl_ongoing_generic } } }
}
}

on_success = {
# FROM = { owner = { set_country_flag = upl_ongoing_generic } }
}

on_fail = {}

on_critical_fail = {}

}

also spawns 5 presentients.

so does anyone know what the game actually uses to evaluate what anomaly will be placed?

 

[Risa]

I'm not totally sure, but if you set an anomaly_category's spawn_chance this high, every anomaly discovered when condition is met (in this case, on ocean world) will belong to this category, as it makes other category's chance negligible. However, it does not increase total number of anomalies you discover, as that is governed by other parameters.

There is also a possibility that the number you set is simply too large and overflows. Try more reasonable ones, like 1000 or 10000.

 

[DoshOctavia]

i tried every multiple of ten up to that number over a period of hours, it takes a lot before i post on these forums. at every level only 5 or so presentients were among the enormous mass of other anomalies that showed up. there was no variance regardless of the number