Science advisor question.

[Rat Instinct]

Apologies in advance if this has been mentioned somewhere else but I've had a search and found nothing. Anyway here goes.

When playing on a huge map with about 4-6 civs about what year is average for reaching industrial. The reason I'm asking is that I never seem to be able to get to the end of this age by 2050 and I though if I could get an idea of what year I should be starting it should help me.

Many thanks from a major newbie.

 

[docceh]

Dont worry! In my first game i didnt reach the industial era for ages, then with my 2nd, 3rd games etc I got there earlier and earlier until i got it before the C11th.

If you still think you're not getting techs fast enough, you can change it in the editor.

 

[Magnus]

with more civs, and a higher level of play, tech will come faster, as there will be more tech trading and the AI will research faster.

 

[zombyman]

In my current game, which is Monarch, huge map, 16 civs, 80% water, archipelago, everything else random, I just reached industrial at 1600 AD. Unfortunately I am one of the worst civs but I am not too far behind in technology, 2 or 3 techs most of the time. Hope this helps!!

Zomby

 

[Rat Instinct]

Thanks people. I'll try increasing the number of civs and see if that helps me out.

 

[zombyman]

Be warned though...once you start getting a lot of civs the pause in between becomes very large, in my 16 civ game it is at least 5 minutes now (on my PII 400mhz, 128 RAM) and that is only in 1600 AD!!