Silly Question but here goes.....

[Willy]

I'm new to the series and will probably be with the series for a long time to come but a newbie question for everyone.

Can/How do I change the number of years per turn? Right now it's at 50 years and was wondering if you could increase/decrease that number.

Thanks,
Willy

[Cookie Monster]

How many years per turn depends on your tech level. There are certain techs that once discovered decrease the years per turn. Other than that there is no other way to change the years per turn setting. I could be wrong though. Does anyone out there know of any files that can be edited perhaps?

[TheBirdMan]

Do it in the diffDB.txt file in the gamedata folder. Remember, there are 6 difficulty levels. Save a copy of the original file (it can't harm ).

[Dictatress]

Techs?? Maybe your CTP world is radically different, but in mine it changes to 5 years after 1050, regardless of the techs or difficulty level.

[Cookie Monster]

Yeah Techs. I haven't really proved it yet but since I usually lag behind the AI in science I'm convinced that once they discover certain techs the time scale changes. I usually play on king level.

[J Bytheway]

The rate of game play in years/turn is determined only by difficulty level and turn. I assure you techs have nothing to do with it. As mentioned, edit DiffDB.txt to change the rate, but if you want to change the start year and end year you must edit const.txt - both files in \ctp_data\default\gamedata\.