Game Settings Mathematical Details (v 1.61)

[Collapse]

I think this interesting and important information will help you to understand game settings concepts.

All the information I got during the experiments

I can't find this information anywere else (surely except first two tables).

	

		

			
World Size
			
Rivals
		
		

			
Duel
			
1
		
		

			
Tiny
			
2
		
		

			
Small
			
4
		
		

			
Standard
			
6
		
		

			
Large
			
8
		
		

			
Huge
			
10
		
	



	

		

			
Game Speed
			
Turns Count
			
Turns Factor
		
		

			
Quick
			
320
			
0.69
		
		

			
Normal
			
460
			
1
		
		

			
Epic
			
660
			
1.43
		
		

			
Maraphon
			
1200
			
2.6
		
	



	

		

			
 
			
Game 
			Speed
		
		

			
Quick
			
Normal
			
Epic
			
Marathon
		
		

			
Cost 
			Factor
			
Units
			
0.67
			
1
			
1.5
			
2
		
		

			
Buildings
			
0.67
			
1
			
1.5
			
3
		
		

			
Technologies
			
0.67
			
1
			
1.5
			
3
		
	



	

		

			
 
			
World Size
		
		

			
Duel
			
Tiny
			
Small
			
Standard
			
Lagre
			
Huge
		
		

			
Technologies Cost Factor
			
1
			
1.1
			
1.2
			
1.3
			
1.4
			
1.5
		
	



	

		

			
 
			
Difficulty Level
		
		

			
Settler
			
Chieftain
			
Warlord
			
Nobel
			
Prince
			
Monarch
			
Emperor
			
Immortal
			
Deity
		
		

			
Technologies Cost Factor
			
0.6
			
0.75
			
0.9
			
1
			
1.1
			
1.15
			
1.2
			
1.25
			
1.3
		
	

Another game settings: Map Type, Climate, SeaLevel, Civilization Type - do not affect on Units, Buildings and Technologies Cost Factor.




Example:

-----------------------------------------

World Size - Standard
Difficulty Level - Nobel
Game Speed - Normal

Future Tech - 13000
Factory - 250
Modern Armor - 240

-----------------------------------------

World Size - Tiny
Difficulty Level - Emperor
Game Speed - Marathon

Future Tech - 10000 * 1.1 *1.2 * 3 = 39600
Factory - 250 * 3 = 750
Modern Armor - 240 * 2 = 480

-----------------------------------------


It is very smart and good that factors normalize game features costs according to the game settings. It is one that was failed to take into account in previous versions of the game (I, II, III).



I do not understand only one thing:

why Turns Factors is

0.69565217..., 1, 1.43478260..., 2.60869565...

but not

0.67, 1, 1.5, 3?

[JackRudd]

The Turns Factors are not irrational. They are non-terminating decimals, but they are rational non-terminating decimals.

[Elwro]

Hey, quite an interesting bit of information, thanks!

[Diadem]

Indeed. 320/460, 660/460 and 1200/460 are all pretty rational numbers. That's the definition of a rational number: A fraction of two integers (note that this includes the integers, as 1 = 1/1, etc).

An irrational number is a number that can't be written as a fraction of two integers. Like the squareroot of 2 or Pi.

[lange17]

Perhaps he meant irrational in the colloquial sense. For instance, 5 is a rational number, unless you're talking about how many dollars they should charge me for a cup of coffee.

Thanks for the tables, OP.

[snoopy369]

BTW, if you put a table in the future I recommend [code ] blocking it so that it won't have wonky spacing... That's why they're so far apart [because the vB code display engine is inserting < br > s all over].

Using [code ] and [/code ] around your tables, without the space before ], will fix it right up

[Collapse]

Originally posted by snoopy369
BTW, if you put a table in the future I recommend [code ] blocking it so that it won't have wonky spacing... That's why they're so far apart [because the vB code display engine is inserting < br > s all over].

Using [code ] and [/code ] around your tables, without the space before ], will fix it right up

Thanks a lot!