After Patch 2 Culture Observation

First I should mention that at turn 186 in an Immense game, I started running into very frequent freezes (not CTDs). I then loaded the OPTIN patch 2. I then was able to continue, and the performance seemed much better (I have 8gb memory). So far so good!

Now on to the meat...of course I was very interested in the culture bug and the Hot Fix. In the game mentioned above, namely

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9e4gz76vktlzhom/Culture
%20Check.GC3Sav?dl=0

if anyone wants to check it out. There was a "blob of doom" that had appeared near one of my colonies. After the patch...it was gone. Great.

I did look over the map, however, and did see a couple of situations that seemed odd...although, to be sure, I am not at all certain, on thinking about it, that these aren't exactly as expected. However, as I say, they do look a bit curious.

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This should probably go under support, sorry.

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peregrine23

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I think both of these are working as intended. They both make sense to me according to the way I understand influence. Influence experiences an exponential drop as it heads away from a planet until it hits the edge, then it drops to 0. There is a very good thread on how influence works that I can't find right now to link.

Top: In this one you can see that the Altarian planet is able to hold its influence against the Krynn for 6 tiles in the direction of the edge of Krynn space and holds influence for 9 tiles away from the planet. To the left side, the 6 hex radius reaches the edge of Krynn space and then in the last 3 tiles the Krynn have no influence. To the bottom, The Altarians hold on for 6 tiles but then the Krynn overtake them for 2. Then you hit the edge of Krynn space and the Altarians get the 1 hex edge.

Bottom: This one is a simple matter of Alterian influence extending further than Krynn influence, but within the Krynn's influence they are stronger.

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Appreciate the explanation. As I said, I suspected that things were ok --- these aren't examples of influence just blatantly being wrong (right on top of a high influence colony, for example). The patch work quilt of colonies that are some Altarian, some Krynn is responsible for the odd patterns. (Fortunately I am on very good terms with the Altarians in the game.)

I will try to search for the thread in question...if anyone knows where it is, please drop a hint.

[EDIT] Hmm, I think maybe you are referring to

https://forums.galciv3.com/457630/page/1/ a detailed discussion started by Gilmoy. Guess I need to jump in! Brrrr, the warter is cold, but I will get used to it...

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