BuddhaBubba
Aspiring Sage
I don't know if anyone's come up with this, but I always wondered how I could stop myself from spending much more time playing Civ4 BTS than I initially planned. Well, I found a solution that works for me. It involves scheduling a task that runs once and includes the command to terminate a process. Think of it as windows scripting. There are two versions: one for XP Home, and one for XP Pro (they use a different command is all, it has the same effect). There are uploaded here as .txt files so you'll have to rename them as .bat files (.bat = batch files). Oh, don't forget to put your autosaves to every turn (in the My Documents\My Games\Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\CivilizationIV.ini file). You can save these batch scripts anywhere you want. Once you do those two things, just go to the Control Panel and double-click Scheduled Tasks. Click on add a task and follow the prompts. Then just schedule the run time as, say, 11:30 am. That way, if you start playing at 10:30 am you won't have to be worried about being sucked in to the game until midnight.
Please Note: This little trick worked for me. I make no guarantees whatsoever as to the effectiveness of controlling your Civ4 BTS addiction. Please Play Responsibly.
Please Note: This little trick worked for me. I make no guarantees whatsoever as to the effectiveness of controlling your Civ4 BTS addiction. Please Play Responsibly.
