NationStates Jolt Archive


Population bug

King Retzlaff
19-02-2006, 04:27
My nation appears to be having some sort of population bug as I was at 2.125 billion, then it went down to 2.04 billion the next day, then it went up to 2.045 billion and now it went down again to 2.05 billion. Is this just my nation or is it happening to everybody?
Balrogga
19-02-2006, 04:36
Nope, you are gaining about 5 million peaple a day. The problem (according to your description is y\the server rounds the numbers off. I am not sure about the initial jump but the rest is logical.

My nation appears to be having some sort of population bug as I was at 2.125 billion, then it went down to 2.04 billion the next day, then it went up to 2.045 billion and now it went down again to 2.05 billion. Is this just my nation or is it happening to everybody?

2.125
2.04
2.045
2.05

The program listed 2.040 as 2.04. It dropped the last 0 off because it is not needed to express the value of the number.

Someone else will have to address the jump from 2.125 to 2.040.
The Most Glorious Hack
19-02-2006, 04:41
There's no known reason for a population to go from 2.125 to 2.04. Are you sure you're remembering right?

And Balrogga is correct. 2.05 > 2.045
King Retzlaff
19-02-2006, 19:01
ya it could just be that the old brain is failing me. made evermore obvioius by the fact that I thought 2.05 was smaller than 2.045 . Ill continue to watch it but im sure it was nothing.