Scoring Question

[hokie96]

I think in the original Civ, your score for conquest was based solely on how many turns it took you to finish. I assumed the same for Civ2, but it appears that may not be the case. Can someone confirm this for me? If so, how is the score calculated for conquest?

Thanks.

 

[shadowdale]

Well in Civ2 you get a bonus score if you finish quickly - but the bonus score is only applied if it higher then your regular score.

And in Civ2 the bonus score is also based on the number of turns used - but not in some formula - it's like, if you use between X and Y turns then the bonus score is A and if you use between X and Z turns then your bonus score is B.

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[willemvanoranje]

I can only confirm what Shadowdale said. I think this should be changed in Civ III; you can win in 20 A.D., but still get no bonus score because you alredy had more than 1312 points.

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[starlifter]

posted June 28, 2001 02:16 PM

Well in Civ2 you get a bonus score if you finish quickly - but the bonus score is only applied if it higher then your regular score.

And in Civ2 the bonus score is also based on the number of turns used - but not in some formula - it's like, if you use between X and Y turns then the bonus score is A and if you use between X and Z turns then your bonus score is B.

Sid can take a general lesson from Matrix on that... there should definitely be a built-in progressive adjustment for early finishers. Or at least a 3rd "score" (in addition to the usual base score an percentage) that reports a score based in part on speed/efficiency.

 

[HIEROPHANT]

they should in civ3 they should give you bonus on score if you have a low casualty rate.

 

[starlifter]

posted July 09, 2001 02:15 AM
they should in civ3 they should give you bonus on score if you have a low casualty rate.

A full statistical analysis based even on the existing info that Civ II tracks would be nice. If I had the time and Civ II source code (and Microprose's permission), it would not be that hard to add another pull-down option to the menus that would give much more analysis, and a couple new scores based on what you and others suggested. But in general, when I have time, I'd rather play than program anyway

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