Class 28 planet with plenty of farms and 100% approval stagnating population

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I have this class 28 planet, it has farms up to 30 billion people and approval has been at 100% for like 100 turns, but the population is stagnating at 2.5 billion. Every tile has something built on it, mostly industrial sectors and its producing in a frenzy. The stats and word on the street all say its a paradise, anyone know why the population is can be stagnating?

Also, I noticed my overall population actually fluctuates up and down. I took over some planets and made sure enough farms were built (the AI builds all cultural centers and moral boosters, what a joke), but still my population isnt rising. Approval is at 80% empire wide, any ideas? My government is the 3rd one from the top.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Odd.. can you get a screenshot of this?
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
what was the population 100 turns ago?

once i had a colony that, rather late in the game, only had like 2.5 billion, but then i realized i'd colonized it with a nearly empty colony ship as a matter of convenience and intended to send over more population latter, but forgotten.

and, you know, this one time, at band camp....
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
That is weird. Did you have an ethical event when you colonized it that had a population penalty?

If nothing else, you can ship people there with troop transports or colony ships. I do that to get Mars up to 5 billion all the time.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Find a planet with a decent population, or expendable one - build a colony ship and ferry over a bunch.. might kick start it
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ive noticed the same ever since before i installed any patches, almost always happens on the class 4 planet you get in your starting solarsystem..
Like.. Maby it grows to 2 billion, then it just stops, even tough there is food for 5 with the colony being there and all, and then way late in the game it might be at 3 billion, really wierd stuff.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ive noticed the same ever since before i installed any patches, almost always happens on the class 4 planet you get in your starting solarsystem..
Like.. Maby it grows to 2 billion, then it just stops, even tough there is food for 5 with the colony being there and all, and then way late in the game it might be at 3 billion, really wierd stuff.



Beyond the food based population limit, there is also a PQ based population limit. So even though your size 4 planet is producing food for 5B people, it can only fit just over 2B.

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Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well at least the class 28 is good for production, Im making a transport every turn and destroying it for an easy 25 bucks
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
That could be your problem............
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Why are you building a ship and destroying it for money? I think you would be better of setting production to "nothing" if you just want money. Building a ship and just destroying it is wasteful.

Plus, you're killing the colonists on the transport when you destroy it.