OK, so I have been one of those who suffer from SLOOOOWWWWW TUUUURRRRNNNNNSSSSS syndrome, but I think I might have a couple of quick fixes that will HELP reduce your turn time. Some of these are no brainers, but one in particular I found to be a great help.
1) Turn down your graphics settings. Yeah, duh, but seriously, the difference between HIGH and Medium can translate into as much as an extra minute of "Please Wait" time between your turns.
2) Play on Standard Map Size or smaller. Again, yeah, duh, but the difference between Huge and Standard is another minute of turn time.
3) If you're comfortable with doing this, alt+tab out of the game, go into your task manager, select the Civ V Process, right click and change the priority to High. This CAN help you if you have a lower processor speed, but mileage may vary. This does, however dedicate more of your PC's resources to the game process, making it run a bit smoother. It can, however, cause instability in the process, causing the game to crash (not like it doesn't already though, right?)
And the one that surprised me:
4) When you're setting up your game, go into Advanced (at the bottom) and select Fast Combat. What this does is skip the animation for units in battle. It is my firm belief that the game waits for each animation to finish (whether the game shows the combat or not) one at a time before going to the next turn. When I play on a Huge map, my turn times are about 2 min each in the late game. With this option off, my turn times are about 1/2 that. This SERIOUSLY speeds up your turns, but can be a bit confusing. On a Standard map this can shave 15 seconds or more off your wait time.
My usual games now are all played at medium graphics, Standard Map, and with fast combat on. In my last game as Monty, turn 200 or so fielding a HUGE army and waging a world war my wait time was down to about 10-15 seconds per turn.
I hope this helps someone. The fast combat is something a lot of people miss, and I thought I'd throw this up there to see if it helps anyone else. I hope it does.
1) Turn down your graphics settings. Yeah, duh, but seriously, the difference between HIGH and Medium can translate into as much as an extra minute of "Please Wait" time between your turns.
2) Play on Standard Map Size or smaller. Again, yeah, duh, but the difference between Huge and Standard is another minute of turn time.
3) If you're comfortable with doing this, alt+tab out of the game, go into your task manager, select the Civ V Process, right click and change the priority to High. This CAN help you if you have a lower processor speed, but mileage may vary. This does, however dedicate more of your PC's resources to the game process, making it run a bit smoother. It can, however, cause instability in the process, causing the game to crash (not like it doesn't already though, right?)
And the one that surprised me:
4) When you're setting up your game, go into Advanced (at the bottom) and select Fast Combat. What this does is skip the animation for units in battle. It is my firm belief that the game waits for each animation to finish (whether the game shows the combat or not) one at a time before going to the next turn. When I play on a Huge map, my turn times are about 2 min each in the late game. With this option off, my turn times are about 1/2 that. This SERIOUSLY speeds up your turns, but can be a bit confusing. On a Standard map this can shave 15 seconds or more off your wait time.
My usual games now are all played at medium graphics, Standard Map, and with fast combat on. In my last game as Monty, turn 200 or so fielding a HUGE army and waging a world war my wait time was down to about 10-15 seconds per turn.
I hope this helps someone. The fast combat is something a lot of people miss, and I thought I'd throw this up there to see if it helps anyone else. I hope it does.
