Unsplit/Merge Code Does Not Appear to Work Correctly

[DougLefelhocz]

You explained on the discord that you have $stopSpreadingFraction = .10 at present. This implies that the last non-custom server should go out of the mix if it has 16 people on it, since the max is set to 160 for any server where unsplit applies. However, I seem to remember more than an hour ago seeing less than 16 people on at least one, if not two, of s1-s3. This is on March 18th, 2026. So, could we got a log check?

Also, sometimes it seems that we have more people on s3 than s1. So, does there exist like a grace period for the unsplit process to apply? It would seem strange for multiple servers to merge at the same time into the higher end server(s).

[DougLefelhocz]

Could the old code that tries to keep a person on a single server affect this?

Or lineage chaining? Like it goes down to 15 players on a server, then someone rebirths having lived to 60, and server population goes back up to 16?

[DougLefelhocz]

Monday/Tuesday evening had low population on server1 with no merge also.

[DougLefelhocz]

Server1 also ended up active on Saturday March 28th (EST), it looks like around 1:00 A. M., since that's when Eve Diamond died.

Also, that the incoming players split probably gets best evidenced by this new player.