We just finished up a 362x362 size map with 31 civs going for a conquest win in C3C. The time reported for playing the game was about -491 hours.
A link for anyone curious
I was wondering if it was possible to calculate the real time it took to play. I looked at back saves and the time seemed to go to around 600 hours or so.
Using the logic below I get a total time of 673 hours 42 minutes and 39 seconds
Can anyone confirm or deny that the following is correct. I was thinking maybe the HOF milkers might know
I know civ seems to like strange powers of two. For example:
2^5 = 32 civs including barbarians
2^9 = 512 cities maximum
2^13 = 8192 ( or 2^12 = 4096 pre-PTW) units maximum (is this correct?)
362*362 - the largest square map possible - is just a little bit less than 2^17 making me think that 2^17 is the maximum number of tiles possible.
From this, I calculated what power of two was close to 600 hours. It turns out that 2^21 seconds = 582 hours 32 minutes and 32 seconds.
My guess therefore is that this is the time that it wraps around to -582:32:32 hours when it reaches 582:32:32 hours.
Our game had a time of -491 hours -22 minutes and -25 seconds.
So the total time is 582:32:32 + (582:32:32 - 491:22:25) which is the number above.
A game with a positive time of greater than 582:32:32 or that went negative before this would prove me wrong.
A game close to this, or someone else who was curious and investigated could confirm.
A link for anyone curious
I was wondering if it was possible to calculate the real time it took to play. I looked at back saves and the time seemed to go to around 600 hours or so.
Using the logic below I get a total time of 673 hours 42 minutes and 39 seconds
Can anyone confirm or deny that the following is correct. I was thinking maybe the HOF milkers might know
I know civ seems to like strange powers of two. For example:
2^5 = 32 civs including barbarians
2^9 = 512 cities maximum
2^13 = 8192 ( or 2^12 = 4096 pre-PTW) units maximum (is this correct?)
362*362 - the largest square map possible - is just a little bit less than 2^17 making me think that 2^17 is the maximum number of tiles possible.
From this, I calculated what power of two was close to 600 hours. It turns out that 2^21 seconds = 582 hours 32 minutes and 32 seconds.
My guess therefore is that this is the time that it wraps around to -582:32:32 hours when it reaches 582:32:32 hours.
Our game had a time of -491 hours -22 minutes and -25 seconds.
So the total time is 582:32:32 + (582:32:32 - 491:22:25) which is the number above.
A game with a positive time of greater than 582:32:32 or that went negative before this would prove me wrong.
A game close to this, or someone else who was curious and investigated could confirm.