Do any of you use the time machine?

[Scouse Gits]

quote: Originally posted by Gastrifitis on 04-29-2001 11:05 AM When I saw this topic, I thought you meant turning on the Cheat menu and changing the game turn. I just saw that option the other day, since I don't use the Cheat menu much except for game experiments. Change the game turn back to 1, and suddenly it's 4000BC all over again, except that the actual game situation doesn't change. I wonder what that would do to the Powergraph? [This message has been edited by Gastrifitis (edited April 29, 2001).]

There was an example posted by ?Smash? about a month or two ago and the effect (on the Powergraph) is very obvious - unfortunately I have just spent five minutes searching and could not lay my hands on the link


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[Blaupanzer]

I did "reset" recently when I sold a bunch of improvements in order to rush-buy a Wonder, then forgot to actually rush-buy it. For virtually all other games, I only save to prevent a system crash from stealing hours of development. Thus, I wouldn't be going back to any key point. I save about once every two hours or when I build a Wonder. Other than the example above, can't remember going to an earlier start in an on-going game.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

I used to reset before tipping huts - because the AI is more or less immune to barbarians, and a barbarian horseman can easily wipe out my musketeer on forest, I figured it evened the tables some. Since learning that the AI needs these cheats to compete, I've rarely used it.

However, I do save at the end of every turn once my empire gets moderately large. If I forget to go thru my mental checklist (run down a barbarian leader, rush build this or that, demand tribute, etc), I'll reload if it was a crucial oversight. Such as forgetting to rush build the city walls in a town that is about to get sacked.

...Altho' letting it go might more accurately reflect a bureaucracy at work: "We told the administration the Mongols would be here in two turns! They didn't free up the gold needed to hire more workers to have the walls built in time! Something about a form not being filled out properly..."

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