timer option

[Alcamar]

Out of self-protection I would like to have a timer included. A timer you can set, so it allows you to play for the duration you specify, 1..2...3......whatever hours. Or that it automatically (after saving) stops the game at a specified time.
Ofcourse this should be optional, but i am sure it would help me overcoming the infamous "I will stop after the next turn, or after the discovery of the next technology" behaviour and it will increase the amount of sleep i get.

And for a game as addictive as the Civ's they should include it or someone will someday sue them

 

[NP300]

They might actually put this in since it would be good for marketing. Imagine the box cover saying "... so addictive we had to include a timer to allow players to control their play-time".

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

^ and how true that statement is.

 

[sealman]

what would stop you from reloading once the timer went off?

I already have a timer, it is my wife saying "get of that blasted machine"

 

[zippydooda]

what would stop you from reloading once the timer went off?

I already have a timer, it is my wife saying "get of that blasted machine"

Nothing at all...but that is how you find out that your *reaaaly* have a problem! Admitting you have a problem is the first step in solving it. After 18mo. of Civ3 and PTW, I am still going strong....and my wife HATES it.

 

[earthguido]

On the contrary, after ages of playing, I got my wife to know what is civilization. Not that she plays it, but at least she knows what I am playing.

 

[MSTK]

Just use an alarm clock.