On the cusp...

alexti · #1 October 17th, 2006, 09:14 PM

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kimmitt said:
But the turn processing time means that I just can't justify buying the game to myself. I spent more time watching turns process than playing them, and this on the first few turns of a 5-person game in the demo.

My machine's a 2 GHz with 768 MB of RAM; my graphics aren't the best, but my problem isn't with graphics processing.

It doesn't sound right. I thought you were complaining about sluggish turn processing on turn 80 on a huge map. I've marginally better computer and turn processing in similar setup takes maybe 1-3 seconds...

Ballbarian · #2 October 17th, 2006, 09:41 PM

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My only complaint regarding the map generation is the lack of options. Not that the maps it usually generates are bad, but it would be nice to be able to generate a land only map, or lower the ratio of mountains to plains and similar.

You already can!

From the main menu, select 'Game Tools', then select 'Random Map Creator'. From there you can set map:
width/height
province count
sea%
mountain%
ruggedness
rivers(not pretty)
impassable mountains
and finally antialiasing.

Archonsod · #3 October 18th, 2006, 12:52 AM

Heh, one of these days I'll get around to actually reading the manual...

Foodstamp · #4 October 18th, 2006, 01:44 AM

Don't feel bad at all! I didn't know you could customize the RMG either until someone pointed it out to me here.

Daynarr · #5 October 18th, 2006, 03:46 AM

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Archonsod said:
Heh, one of these days I'll get around to actually reading the manual...

Murphy's Law:

- When all else fails, read the instructions.

thejeff · #6 October 18th, 2006, 09:02 AM

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alexti said:

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kimmitt said:
But the turn processing time means that I just can't justify buying the game to myself. I spent more time watching turns process than playing them, and this on the first few turns of a 5-person game in the demo.

My machine's a 2 GHz with 768 MB of RAM; my graphics aren't the best, but my problem isn't with graphics processing.

It doesn't sound right. I thought you were complaining about sluggish turn processing on turn 80 on a huge map. I've marginally better computer and turn processing in similar setup takes maybe 1-3 seconds...

How long are those turns taking? I've never seen it take longer to process than to play. Even when it's taking 10-15 minutes on late turns on a huge map, I'm taking hours to set up the turn.

My system's around the same, 1.8G Athlon, but 1G of Ram, which makes me wonder if the memory is the difference. If you're hitting the swap file, that can make a huge difference in speed. Check your memory usage while it's processing.