Population Incorrect?

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I am playing in a large galaxy and have a pretty sizable population at end game. I was at 900+ B people, then a few turns later I look and now I'm at 0.001094517 T. I'm gonna guess that there's an error with the point there. I think it should be 1.094517 T. Also, just like 1.095 T or so would be plenty of digits to show me.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes that is an error, you have to multiply by 1000 :/ Annoying it is, hope it will get fixed soon
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
OH well it went to scientific notation. no big deal.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
OH well it went to scientific notation. no big deal.


No. Scientific notation would be 1.094517E+12 or 1.094517 X 10^12.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Depends where you are from, and whether you use "short scale" or "long scale" number definitions.

In the sense that the game representation of "billion" appears to be a "short scale" definition (i.e. 10^9) then you are correct that the decimal point is misplaced as a short scale trillion is a thousand billion, however from my point of view (as coming from a "long scale" using country) then the decimal place is pseudo-correct as a trillion is a million billion, but should be in fact 10^18, not 10^15 as it is displayed at.

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Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I grew up in Poland, and they use long scale there too. I didn't know that there were Enligh speaking countries that actually use long scale. However the game should clearly use shortscale as in long scale billion would have been 10^12 am I right?