What's the Half-way Point of a Game?

[Virtual Alex]

I was always wondering. What year is the halfway point of a game? Is time victory is on, there is only X turns in a game at any given speed. What year does the middle turn fall onto? I always find it hard to judge how much time I have left to finish a game when it's like 1560AD or so. It would help to know how close I am to the half-way mark.

I play on Epic and Marathon speeds. I am not sure if it's the same for all the speeds though.

 

[EweezE]

Press F8 and look at how many turns are left on turn 1 (4K BC), then divide by 2.

 

[Virtual Alex]

Oh, I didn't even realize F8 showed you turns left. I will look next time.

 

[kazapp]

If you mean, "halfway to a time/score finish", then, yeah.

If you mean halfway to winning/losing the game, this point usually comes much sooner...

 

[tycoonist]

on most levels and games, time victory is pretty irrelevant really.

 

[EweezE]

Oh, I didn't even realize F8 showed you turns left. I will look next time.

Yep. As long as Time Victory is enabled, the turns remaining will be there. Knowing how many turns are left before a victor is automatically declared (Time Victory) is very important information, especially if your aim is a Cultural Victory. I constantly compare my slowest culture city to the turns left to verify that a Cultural Victory is possible.

 

[oyzar]

Yep. As long as Time Victory is enabled, the turns remaining will be there. Knowing how many turns are left before a victor is automatically declared (Time Victory) is very important information, especially if your aim is a Cultural Victory. I constantly compare my slowest culture city to the turns left to verify that a Cultural Victory is possible.

Culture victory is faster than space.. no idea where you got the idea that either of them are slower than time...

 

[azzaman333]

Half-way is generally around Liberalism.

 

[EweezE]

Culture victory is faster than space.. no idea where you got the idea that either of them are slower than time...

Nice post. Where did I say that cultural victory is "slower than time?" Who said anything about space? How are your marks in English, reading comprehension?

 

[wannabewarlord]

get the BUG mod. It shows you everything you ever wanted to know. It shows turns left as well as % played, etc.

cheers,
wannabewarlord

 

[DMOC]

Half-way is generally around Liberalism.

I agree with this

 

[Gumbolt]

I would weight later turns of a game higher. The first 50-100 turns are usually quick as you have 2-10 units only. Come the final turn you may have 200+ units easily.

Assume liberalism by 1000-1200ad?

 

[Jerrymander]

Halfway for me is about 1 AD. The powerful nations are already created, and barring cultural/diplo wins, I know who will win and who won't.

Earlier game turns are weighted higher than later turns because you only have 2-10 units and little land, thus making a mistake much more costly.

 

[civvver]

Well the game is usually decided around 1-500AD, but as far as real time, halfway might be 1800 if I'm going for a modern era domination win. Moving all those units can take forever!