hey guys, i just wanna know if any one out there has ever played a civ game with these rules and had a smooth game. i tried one with the romans and lasted until 150ad before it was practically impossible to wait 10plus minutes after ending a turn. if anyone have done so, can you tell me your comp specs? mine is a PIII 1ghz with 364MB RAM. and how many civs and what map size can i play with my specs? thanks guys!
specifications for 362x362 map, 24 civs?
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IKHAM
Chieftain
are you playing the PTW expansion pack?
IKHAM
Chieftain
I rember my old computer, which was a little bit slower than yours, used to take about 6 mins per turn on a large map with all civs.
Now that im running an athlon xp 2000 and 1.25 gig of ram it takes only a few seconds to play on a large map with all civs. Ive never played on a huge map yet.
I here that PTW is more intensive on your computer than the original.
Now that im running an athlon xp 2000 and 1.25 gig of ram it takes only a few seconds to play on a large map with all civs. Ive never played on a huge map yet.
I here that PTW is more intensive on your computer than the original.
On a 2.4 GHz P4 / 1 G Ram it takes about 2-4 minutes on a huge map after a turn.
But that is no problem, because it takes over an hour
to play the turn itself. 
Btw, I started the game 3 months ago
Hopefully, I will be able to finish it, sometime before Christmas, this year.
But that is no problem, because it takes over an hour
to play the turn itself. Btw, I started the game 3 months ago
Hopefully, I will be able to finish it, sometime before Christmas, this year. 
It only takes mine 1-2 minutes at the longest. But, gigamaps have been known to take mine 30 minutes per turn!If it actually takes only 1 minute on your workstation to perform the IT on a huge map (maybe I forgot to say: Modern Age), I buy it, no matter what prize
I'm working on MD-simulations in RL and we can always use such fantastic computing power
I'm working on MD-simulations in RL and we can always use such fantastic computing power
Twenty-four civs on a giga-size map, and you wonder why it's slow???
Think of everything that has to be done on a turn: manage citizens working tiles, manage happiness, manage production, conduct diplomacy, etc. The most time-consuming one of all is "move units". And with default patroling "on", each unit that *can* move, will. Now multiply all that by 24 different civs for the AI to handle, and you might understand why it is slow. I believe the worst-case scenario is a Giga-map, with Railroads. With RR, a patroling AI unit can go anywhere within its civ boundaries, and still have movement points left! That takes a *loooooong* time to compute all the possibilites for.
Think of everything that has to be done on a turn: manage citizens working tiles, manage happiness, manage production, conduct diplomacy, etc. The most time-consuming one of all is "move units". And with default patroling "on", each unit that *can* move, will. Now multiply all that by 24 different civs for the AI to handle, and you might understand why it is slow. I believe the worst-case scenario is a Giga-map, with Railroads. With RR, a patroling AI unit can go anywhere within its civ boundaries, and still have movement points left! That takes a *loooooong* time to compute all the possibilites for.
Pangur Bán
Deconstructed
EU II can plays 100s of "civs" and it still goes faster than civ3 with any number.
I believe the NoAIPatrol was added in 1.27 (the latest). So if you played an earlier version, it would have no effect.
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