[Courageous]

I find it bizarre how people with nearly
the same configurations could get such
dramatically different results. More info:
My "max number of systems" is left to the
default in Settings.txt (i.e., it's 100).
I set the Max Units in Space to 200, but
leave the Max Ships at 100. I play in a
Large universe. I set the maximum number of
AIs and play with Neutrals. I've seen late
game splinter empires form, so I've had as
many as 19-20 AI players taking a turn. It's
always less than a minute or so.

My configuration is a 500 mhz K7 with 256
megs of ram; I have a Matrox G400, and I'm
running Direct X/8. My hard drive is SCSI:
a 10000 RPM Seagate Cheetah.

I've been happy with the amount of time the
AI takes. On a technical note: has anyone
tried parallel turns with the A.I.? In
theory, the AI could do all of its processing
in seperate threads during YOUR turn. Does
it do this?

C//