I own the entire map and the game never ends?

[fluffyfrog]

Has this happened to anybody else? I own the entire map. Not a single other civilization or city state is left. But the game doesn't end? I keep playing but it won't tell me I won...

Is there some legitimate way this could happen?

 

[General Tso]

There is an option in the setup screen (I forget what it's called). If that option is set then a civilization isn't destroyed until all of it's cities AND all of it's units are killed. Is it possible that option is set and a unit is hiding somewhere?

 

[Camikaze]

Look at your 'Victory Progress' screen and it should list the possible victory conditions. It's possible that you set the game up without any of the victory conditions available.

 

[Cicerosaurus]

General Tso may have it- if you have set the game to Total Kill (or whatever) you need to destroy every unit of the opposition. It may have a Great Engineer or something circling the globe.

Camikaze could be right as well, of course.

 

[Tokira]

I think that Camikaze is right and you might have all the victory conditions disabled or at least the "domination" victory disabled.

For a domination victory capturing the enemy capitals would be enough and it wouldn't matter that the rival civs are still alive as some units somewhere on the map.

 

[fluffyfrog]

Thanks so much for the replies! I checked the victory conditions were all ticked on, but I didn't check the Total Kill. I'll look for that...

Started another game anyways so maybe it just won't happen again. Thanks!

 

[timtofly]

There is a very high possibility that you did win, and upon hitting the "just one more turn..." button, you have kept playing the game. Hitting the enter button too many times in a row could have easily allowed the win "window" to pop up and dissapear with out a "hiccup" in the game and you just kept playing.

 

[Snoopaloop]

I like to play duel maps with 22 civs once in a while. One time the Polynesians had their first settler killed, but their (ocean mobile) scout hid in the ice-caps and it took me the entire game to kill him.

I did not have "kill all units" ticked. If a civ does not get their initial settler/capital built, you must eliminate all their units.