The only thing that po's me ....

[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//

[DirectorTsaarx]

I have a 233MHz PII, 64M RAM, and Windows95, and I've never had a problem with long turns. I don't remember the max ships/max units settings, but I set them both pretty high. I've also been doing the large universe/large number of AI opponents, neutrals allowed, etc. Maybe those people experiencing long turns have lots of stuff running in the background? I've put some effort into turning off all the garbage the SW vendors leave running.

[llreye]

Another issue is saving/autosaving since history files (for empires comparison) can be as bad as tribbles.
-MKC