Does a large battle cause a lock up?

[Jack Simth]

If that's it, there is something you can, maybe, do about it - army-killing spells (such as Fires From Afar ... although that won't work, as they are likely underwater....) and assasination spells (such as Earth Attack).
Spells go before the Movement phase, so they will still be in the province Ermor attacked from when the spells hit. Army-smash spells reduce the number of units, assasination spells remove the commanders, and thus keep the troops from moving (I think).

The really big problem will come in when two colossal computer players choose to fight each other somewhere you can't see them.

[AndonSage]

I've got every caster that can cast Earth Attack casting it there. Unfortunely, with 4800 units, I'm sure Ermor has a ton of commanders there also. I don't have any army killing spells that work under water.

[Jack Simth]

Let's see... does Manifestation work underwater?

Can't really use the raiding spells such as Ghost Riders, as those run a combat with everything in the province... unless there's a fortress ...

About all I can suggest is going through your researched spells and trying every assasination / direct army killing spell you can find.

There's a few globals that kill opposing armies, aren't there? Wrath of god, perhaps something that specifically targets undead?

Well, the other option (maybe) would be to abandon R'lyeh ... but that really only puts off the problem ... which may be enough to use the recources at your disposal to take care of the problem....

[NTJedi]

I say let the computer run overnight while your sleeping. I've had big battles cause a turn to take 15mins... with your scenario letting it run overnight won't do any harm.

[AndonSage]

NTJedi said:
I say let the computer run overnight while your sleeping. I've had big battles cause a turn to take 15mins... with your scenario letting it run overnight won't do any harm.

I did. Do you think 8 hours was long enough? Trust me, it locks up.