Very Huge Maps

[Moonsinger]

Originally posted by fittstim
Playing on a huge map (or bigger 256X256) with 16 civs

My guess is that you are playing a custom map. After patch 1.21f, huge map is reduced to 160x160. Too small, IMO.

[The Mad Monk]

You can easily edit it back up to 256x256.

Also, the 512 city limit is trully sucky.

Especially when you've just gone through a great deal of trouble to bridge the two halves of your empire, and, with just ten squares to go, you...can't.

[thorpey]

Originally posted by Menkerios
I keep hearing people talk about mega-, ultra-, and giga- maps. Theres bigger than huge? How do I use it?
Thanks

I played with this last night in the editor. In there you can change the sizes of the maps that are generated.

I see what people mean about tedium on a map that size.

Then a thought occurred... it could be quite a challenge to win a game on a 256x256 map by Domination only. Isn't the domination victory condition 60% of land area? If you used the minimum ocean area in your map generation then this would could take you quite a while.

bit of fun for the miromanagement addicts

[rex_angl]

With a P4 - 2+GHz 512M RAM system, how long is the average late game turn on a huge map?

[itsagreenday]

In my current game, the 160 x 160 map doesn't make turns too slow. The AI (7 civs) takes about 60 seconds to do its thing in the early modern era, and this is with a 1 GHz Athlon and 512 MB PC 133. What does take forever on bigger maps is warmongering. Moving around several hundred MAs, MIs, and artilleries and using bombers and ships effectively, even with the shortcuts, can make peace a real convenience.

[Panag]

hi ,

256 x 256 , 31 civs , a notebook of 650 mhz , 200 bus , 516 ram , wait in between turns , .......1.25 min , ....

most of the times its just the other programs and the comp that slow it down , ....

or people like to open several windows and the game , well dont do it , its simple , you play , you dont surf , ....

have a nice day

[Thrawn05]

Please my signature... and add the words: "GET OVER IT!".





The larger the better.

[muxec]

Re: Very Huge Maps

Originally posted by Gwylim
What about playing very huge maps?
On what to pay attention?

Pay attention: to play huge map you need at least 256MB RAM and P4-1.5HGz.

[Thrawn05]

Re: Re: Very Huge Maps

Originally posted by muxec

Pay attention: to play huge map you need at least 256MB RAM and P4-1.5HGz.

Then how does that explain me, a poor P3 550MHz boy?

[Saint Marcus]

I've got a 1.9GHz P4 and even I get slow down some times. It reminds me of Birth Of The Federation

I wish Civ3 was as fast as BotF

then again, I wish BotF was as good as Civ3.

You can't have it all I guess.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Thrawn05
Please my signature... and add the words: "GET OVER IT!".





The larger the better.

hi ,



however it seem that some people still dont believe it , ....

BUT when you ask those peole what other programs they have running they remain silent , ....



oh , btw , on an older mac notebook the game goes fast on a 450 , ....

have a nice day

[DRoseDARs]

I absolutely agree with Thrawn's statement a few posts up. I have a 733MHz processor (to Thrawn's 550MHz) and I too do not have problems with modded megamaps (256x256). I only play on those size maps! Sure, it takes a minute or five (Ten to fifteen? Never seen it happen on my computer...yet... :rollseyes: ) for the AI turns to be calculated, but I tolerate it (against all logic and reason). People really don't need the 2GHz processors because there are very few software programs out there that can utilize their full speeds, and Civilization III ain't one of them...

[Panag]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
I absolutely agree with Thrawn's statement a few posts up. I have a 733MHz processor (to Thrawn's 550MHz) and I too do not have problems with modded megamaps (256x256). I only play on those size maps! Sure, it takes a minute or five (Ten to fifteen? Never seen it happen on my computer...yet... :rollseyes: ) for the AI turns to be calculated, but I tolerate it (against all logic and reason). People really don't need the 2GHz processors because there are very few software programs out there that can utilize their full speeds, and Civilization III ain't one of them...

hi ,

even a 450 with 200 ram can let you play 31 civs , with a max of two min between each turn , ...

have a nice day

[Firebird]

I like rather large maps, but of course it slows things down a bit, but I love playing with all 16 civs, so I have adjusted all mapsizes to hold 16 civs.

That gives much more room for diplomacy and variation. A game with 8 or fewer is not interesting. In civ 1/2 or Moo 1/2 I allways missed more opponents. In BOTF there was these minor races to make up a little for there being only 5 real opponents.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Firebird
I like rather large maps, but of course it slows things down a bit, but I love playing with all 16 civs, so I have adjusted all mapsizes to hold 16 civs.

That gives much more room for diplomacy and variation. A game with 8 or fewer is not interesting. In civ 1/2 or Moo 1/2 I allways missed more opponents. In BOTF there was these minor races to make up a little for there being only 5 real opponents.

hi ,

in what way do you mean it slows down , because of all the units or , because of the waiting between turns , ...

have a nice day