-3 Growth: A warning if you're ever tempted

[UnityScoutChopper]

The major conquences of your SE choices are listed on the bottom right of the Social Engerning Screen. If your Growth is -3, on that line you'll see ZERO POPULATION GROWTH in all caps.

Jon, it's been a few weeks since that fateful day, but AFAICR, it unfortunately read "NEAR-ZERO POPULATION GROWTH", which tricked me into thinking the desciption was mere flavor (like "rampant inefficiency") and the effect was just a 30% larger nut box.

Silly me.

USC

[Hercules]

Unity, if you want to play with pirates in an MP game, come join us Pirates in tHe Acdg(2) Ac democracy game. eh, leave the -3 behind

[Maniac]

Or you could join the Consciousness. They have the ability to get -3 growth as well.

[gwillybj]

Originally posted by UnityScoutChopper:
Jon, it's been a few weeks since that fateful day, but AFAICR, it unfortunately read "NEAR-ZERO POPULATION GROWTH", which tricked me into thinking the desciption was mere flavor (like "rampant inefficiency") and the effect was just a 30% larger nut box.
Silly me.
USC

This is interesting. I don't have SMAX, but I have the alpha.txt and alphax.txt from the Planetary Pack. Looking at them and comparing them to the alpha.txt on the SMAC-only CD, the -30% Growth text is indeed different:

• SMAC-only: "-3, ZERO POPULATION GROWTH"
• PP, both files: "-3, NEAR-ZERO POPULATION GROWTH"