Pops

Pops, or Population is a feature of Icarus. The more population that a planet has on it, the quicker that it can construct resources. Under every planet, an indication of the planet's population is given.

In the 1.4.0.0, the population system was reworked. Instead of using thousands, millions and billions were used. 45000 was turned into 45 million, 75040 was turned into 75.04 million and 994000 was changed into 7.2 billion. As of 1.4.0.0, the amount of resources generated on a planet is proportional to the population times the planet size. Pops will die when their home planet is destroyed, or when they succumb to high temperatures.

Growth Rates
Population changes 3 times every second. This is determined by a planet's state of condition, as described on the page. Planets have 5 states at and after 1.2.2.2. Cold temperatures slow down population growth, and hot temperatures kill off people. Even if a planet is less than 3 times the sun's radius amount far away from the centre of the sun, if the planet has a low enough population, the population will go down over time and will eventually reach 0. However, the bigger the planet is, the lower the population can be to resist this fate, as with larger planets population growth is higher.