Where did all the hours go?

[Crazy Snail]

Here i am, new to the civ games on the PC (maaaaaaany years ago i used to play the board game civilization, but thats another story). And what a game Civ 4 is...I could just listen to the music for hours, let alone play the game!
But thats where the problem lies....when i do play i seem to time travel. Into the future. Its the only way to explain how i managed to loose 6 hours last night! There i was happily building culture by the barrow load while slaughtering a civ i didn't like the look of. Next thing i know its 12:40 am. I could have sworn it was many hours earlier than that...but i still had to play one more turn!

[Willem]

Re: Where did all the hours go?

Originally posted by Crazy Snail
Next thing i know its 12:40 am. I could have sworn it was many hours earlier than that...but i still had to play one more turn!

That's nothing, there's been a few mornings I didn't get to bed until 8 am or so. And that was after starting to play in sometime the morning already. I definitely get obsessed with the game sometimes.

[Tattila the Hun]

You were obviously abducted by the Grey.

[Adagio]

There should be a "Just...one...more...turn" warning on the box

[alva]

Re: Re: Where did all the hours go?

Originally posted by Willem


That's nothing, there's been a few mornings I didn't get to bed until 8 am or so. And that was after starting to play in sometime the morning already. I definitely get obsessed with the game sometimes.

Yeah, don't you hate those birds "taking' you out of it.
That's one sound I really dread, it's the sounds of birds waking up.

[Willem]

Originally posted by Adagio
There should be a "Just...one...more...turn" warning on the box

Thank god for CivAnon, I'm doing much better these days.

[-SafaN-]

Well the timer and a watch is included in the game ... i use it all the time

[Chronus9]

Well the timer and a watch is included in the game ... i use it all the time

It needs to do more than that . . . like automatically save your game and shut down the computer.

[Willem]

Originally posted by Chronus9

It needs to do more than that . . . like automatically save your game and shut down the computer.

That still might not be enough. It would be even more effective if it put you to bed and turned off the lights.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Willem


That still might not be enough. It would be even more effective if it put you to bed and turned off the lights.

i bought a laptop. I play in bed

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Willem


That still might not be enough. It would be even more effective if it put you to bed and turned off the lights.

If I play even 3 hours of Civ before going to bed, and the game is even somewhat in doubt... sleep is impossible.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Ninot


i bought a laptop. I play in bed

I've tried that with my laptop. It's not recommended. On a table Civ4 overheats my processor after 30-60 minutes(resulting the processor to suddenly go from 1.7 GHz to ~270 MHz... ), sitting in my bed it happens in no time. Probably because of the clothes/duvet.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Ninot
i bought a laptop. I play in bed

Taking Civ4 to bed?

Originally posted by Nikolai
It's not recommended. On a table Civ4 overheats my processor

There are far more important things (two, to be precise) that you should be worried about overheating when you take a laptop to bed...

[Nikolai]

Which is?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Nikolai

Originally posted by LordShiva

Originally posted by Nikolai

Originally posted by Ninot
i bought a laptop. I play in bed

It's not recommended. On a table Civ4 overheats my processor... sitting in my bed it happens in no time.

There far more important things (two, to be precise) that you should be worried about overheating when you take a laptop to bed...

Which is?