How to create an endless game....

[Wes007]

I want to create a game that doesn't end at a specific time. I'm currently in a Conquest game thinking the game will end when only one civilization is left. Is that the purpose of Conquest? Or, is the winner the player who controls the most territory by a specific date?

Thanks

 

[Olie]

As far as I know, there's no way to prevent final scores being taken at 2050AD, even if all victory conditions are turned off.

However, you can keep playing for as long as you want but after 2050, it's just for enjoyment. (I'm not sure if scores are still displayed after the game officially ends)

edit - typo

 

[sovarn]

scores arnt calcualted after 2050 but you may find it a bit unplayable with global warming. Even if you are careful and dont lanuch nukes it will still happen.

And also the AI seems to get quite a few meltdowns that will contribute to the plains into deserts global warming thing.

 

[DesertWolf]

don't know if that works (i am trying that atm on a very hughe earth map):
save game in world editor in turn one (you do not need it if it is a worldeditor file, e.g. a scenario)
close game and edit the file
look for the victory conditions part
erase all unwanted (including time) and leave only the ones you want to play with
save and start that new scenario

as a turn took ages with a too hughe map i am in the middle of a game and cannot tell if it works - it will take some weeks i guess with the limited amount of time i have

 

[El_Machinae]

Yeah, playing past 2050 and suffering the Global Warming isn't much fun. Well it is. But it's an exercise in frustration.

 

[analyst]

I'm pretty sure that if you only turn on conquest, then you will play past 2050 - I'm playing with only conquest, and I'm at year 2200 Nothing special happened at 2050 or anything - at least I didn't see it if it did.

Previous posters are completely right though, global warming sucks

 

[Davyd]

Turning off time victory in a custom game will make the game continue past 2050.

 

[logical_psycho]

I never ever experienced global warming in this game. :S

 

[slothman]

You can turn off time!
In civ3 you could prevent all the ways except time.
Does that mean a win would never be possible?
Especially since you can in fact play without even any other civs.

 

[DesertWolf]

I'm pretty sure that if you only turn on conquest, then you will play past 2050 - I'm playing with only conquest, and I'm at year 2200 Nothing special happened at 2050 or anything - at least I didn't see it if it did.

Previous posters are completely right though, global warming sucks

yep, i only turned on conquest - although i might be very advanced, compared to the others, i do not want to have the game ended only because i am on a conquest streak and some other completes the space ship or similar ... (UN win would would be nearly impossible for them as i am the largest civ, and nearly all of them have my state religion and i am good with nearly all of them ....)

what i only miss: beeing able to build the UN and Spaceship even if the victory conditions are turned off - you should be able to build them, but it should not trigger the win

 

[agoodfella]

what happens in during Global Warming?

 

[g4bb3]

less food, deserts pops up here and there.

 

[Wes007]

Cool, Thanks for the posts I was just curious about the time limit.