Huge Game

[bobbo008]

Alright, I'm playing a huge map in civ3 (PTW) and the loading is horrible. to load the game, it takes 4 minutes and the loading between turns, without having animations, is SIX minutes. It's basically becoming unplayable now. too bad, because I enjoy the big games the best. my comp is 500 mhz with 96 RAM. anybody know how fast huge games go on, say, a 2 ghz computer? Here's a pic of where I'm at now:

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hope that worked...

[Jaybe]

Re: Huge Game

Originally posted by bobbo008
...with 96 RAM....

You need AT LEAST another 128 MB! That is your primary problem.

[alva]

96 mB is hardly enough to run XP (if it's that what you are using)

To play huge games nothing under 256 will do.

[bobbo008]

alright, thanks. so at 256, what could i expect the loading to be, if anyone knows (i currently have about 500 military units, but it would probably go well past 1000).

also, did the picture show up for you guys?

[Adagio]

I used to have (Just upgraded yesterday) a P3 500 Mhz with 386 mb ram, but that was incufficient for large games. At the end of the game it took ~15 minutes for the AI's to finish their turn...

I haven't had time to try to play Civ3 yet, so I don't know how long time it takes now...

[bobbo008]

15 minutes, wow...

one final point, what takes so long to load in the game? comapared to other games, and this isn't coming from a "computer" person, but it doesn't seem like too much is going on, especially 15 minutes worth per turn.

[Adagio]

Re: Huge Game

Originally posted by bobbo008
Here's a pic of where I'm at now:

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hope that worked...

Here's the picture:

[bobbo008]

doesnt work for me. i dont expect it to, however, since geocities sites wont work for me, and that s what i put it on... just want to make sure it works for everyone else, does it?

[Adagio]

Ehhmm... did you just delete the file? Or is geocities down? It worked 5 minutes ago... Now it's dead...

EDIT: Now it works...

[bobbo008]

hmmm...didnt touch it... and the URL doesn't change..maybe it'll come back? anyways, is there some simple place i can store pictures, like for posting here, that don't change URLs?

[bobbo008]

ahhh just went back to AOE... its stupid, too short, too militaristic and too simple. leaves me "unfulfilled". at least the civs are slightly more different...

[alva]

Could post the save? I'll check how long it's takes on my pc.

[bobbo008]

if you really want to, thanks.

...umm, how do i post saves?

[Adagio]

How fast is your computer Alva? And how much ram does it have? I might want to try it out also... tomorow...

That way we can compare the times...

Mine is 2.4 GHz with 512 mb DDR ram

[bobbo008]

quick note if on rule changes. privateers have attack of 3. frigates upgrade to ironclads upgrade to destroyers. i think the later naval vehicles have increased movement. If you get further in the game, there might be something wrong with cruise missles (i'm currently in the later industrial age). Difficulty should be set at Regent. All civs have all 6 traits. workers and settlers have a movement rate of 2. temples and several other improvements also reduce corruption. optimal number of cities increased from 32 to 64, although I think I might have upwards of 80. Unfortunately, there are only 2-3 squares of silks, which i failed to catch. This is the only luxury I don't control, but I see two in Turkey if one really ones to invade for it. I think that's it.

my basic stratigies:
I created a nice straight western border
Northern Russia/Finland highly underdeveloped in favor of fully industrializing the original/western cities.
Unfortunately, you can't see a couple border squares, which you'll notice, so the AI has been trying to settle those, so I've created a nice blockade of cavalry along the border.
My privateers extend all the way down to Iberia, as I've been slowly sending them down, taking out weak ships where I could.
Population is happily at 111 million, thats doubled since the dawn of the industrial age and it has been increasing rapidly.