How many turns in game?

[Chas]

Anybody know the number of turns in the game (to 2050) and the years that the interval changes?

I know I could work this out for myself, but I keep forgetting to note the changes during the game.

I know it starts at 50 year intervals, then 40, 25, 10, 5, 2, and I know it goes to 1 year in 1950.

 

[slothman]

I have a list for warlord until about 1660. It's probably different at different difficulty levels though.

 

[Ironstone]

There are several posts here somewhere which list all the turns and years - the difficulty is finding them again! However, they are also listed on a long Info post on the main site.

If I can find the links to either of these, I'll pop back and add an edit (oh, and it's 540 turns).

 

[Ironstone]

Can't find the posts as the strategy section doesn't seem to be working properly, but here's some info:

The main info post is here (it's enormous)

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3infocenter.shtml

This was cut and pasted from it (better displayed in the original)

Years Per Turn Figures (Total # of Turns = 540):
If you’ve wondered how the years/turns equation works here are the figures. They can be handy to know if you’re trying to work out how many turns you have left in a quest for a culture victory, how many turns you need before a particular Temple (or whatever) gets its 1000 year bonus, or just to see how many turns you have left to achieve your objectives. It seems the Year/Turn figures don't vary with difficulty level.

Period Years Per Turn Turns
4000 BC - 2750 BC 50 25
2750 BC - 1750 BC 40 25
1750 BC - 750 BC 25 40
750 BC - 250 AD 20 50
250 AD - 1250 AD 10 100
1250 AD - 1750 AD 5 100
1750 AD - 1950 AD 2 100
1950 AD - 2050 AD 1 100


And (according to some scribbled notes on my notepad) this is how the same figures look if you're trying to see how many turns per 1,000 years (which is handy if you're trying for a culture victory as culture buildings double their points when they've stodd for 1,000 years).

4000 - 3000 BC = 20 turns
3000 - 2000 BC = 24 turns
3000 - 1000 BC = 36
1000 - 000000 = 48
0000 - 1000 AD = 87
1000 - 2000 AD = 275
2000 - 2050 AD = 50

Excuse crummy layout. Hope it helps.

 

[Ironstone]

Ah, its working again. here's a link. I'd better acknowledge where I nicked them.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11260

Looks like poor old Polonius is still hopefully trying to hand out helpful advice - 400 years after his efforts with Laertes! Thanks for hanging in there P.

 

[Chas]

Many thanks - just what I wanted.

 

[docceh]

Does anyone else find that with the game ending in 2050 there ain't enough time on Huge maps?

Since the science rate on the bigger maps is slower they just ain't enough time to get the good s***!

In my current game on a huge map it is 2040 and I am the most technologically advanced civ and im only researching Electricity !!

Is there anyway to slow the game down so we have much more turns on bigger maps ? Besides using the editor to alter the science rate!