What are the chances of fungal pops?

[Dansz]

Anyone know how to work out the chance of a fungal pop for each unit of ecodamage?

[Petek]

The ecodamage number is the percentage chance on each turn that you'll get a pop. SMAC manual, page 54.

[Santiago_Claus]

I could've sworn I had a base with over 100 damage that didn't get a pop.

Does the manual say anything about a cap or maximum? Is 100 or more damage a 100% chance of a pop?

[Jamski]

With over 100 ecodamage I get regular pops every turn. That brings the clean minerals down in the long run, but at the risk of...

GLOBAL ECODAMAGE SEA LEVELS GOING UP HUGE FLOOD OF DOOM!

-Jam

[johndmuller]

Originally posted by Petek
The ecodamage number is the percentage chance on each turn that you'll get a pop. SMAC manual, page 54.

Well blow me down; I never noticed that. Thank you Petek.

I'm still not sure that conforms with my empriical notions, but it is definitely spelled out right there. I had been thinking that it may strike only the faction with the highest ED each turn, but have never tried to verify that theory.

[Dansz]

Originally posted by Petek
The ecodamage number is the percentage chance on each turn that you'll get a pop. SMAC manual, page 54.

Thanks for that, although it's on pages 58 and 44 in my manual. Maybe the Planetary Pack manual is slightly different.

Perhaps it's too long since I last read the manual.

[Petek]

Originally posted by Dansz


Thanks for that, although it's on pages 58 and 44 in my manual. Maybe the Planetary Pack manual is slightly different.

Perhaps it's too long since I last read the manual.

My source was the printed manual that came with the original SMAC. Past discussions on this board suggest that there are various manuals with different paginations.