This will be so useful when ATE is patched holy, thank you!

modder: creates a game improvement for free using coding and game knowledge
useless layabout gamer: wahhhh ai art
get a grip @pepsis jesus.

great mod sir. was previously just using population control and it felt a bit... non specific

@Pepsis I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using AI to make thumbnails. A mod author is just one person, and when they don’t have the extra time or energy to work on things outside improving the actual content of the mod, AI is a great tool. It’s just like how people a century ago said trains were worse than horses. Maybe we should try being a bit more open to it as well?

@Pepsis: Happy to host your art for my mod's thumbnail if you have something similar in design and style.

Again; using AI art is dumb.

@Skatelord141: Really appreciate that piece of data. I'll do some deeper digging to see why that might be the case for you.

However, in my initial tests I just ran (not incredibly in-depth, still want to run more), those saves with culling turned on were roughly 92% of the size of those saves without culling. So I'm seeing the opposite of what you're describing on my end. Is there anything special you have set up? Do you have any special launch parameters for the game? What game rules did you have initiated (for this mod, not any vanilla ones)? Did you start the mod on a clean save or on one already running? How long did you run your testing and were you in observer mode or were you playing a character and where in the world were they? Thanks for any extra info you can provide!

Seems interesting but from my testing it increases the save game size quite drastically, from around 8000 kb to 40000 kb, and that is with no other mods added.

I guess it is from the calculating, traits and modifiers added. I don't know how much save file size effects the game though, just commenting for you to know if you didn't already.

let me try it!

Agreed, concept is very interesting. Will give it a try. Also appreciate the detailed breakdown you included under discussions.

Interesting concept.