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1212 posted 03-20-99 05:30 PM ET
In my opinion you should have more turns for play. REcently i was planying as the Hive, and it was neering m.y. 400 on librarian. I was screwed because i didn't have the technology to complete trenscendence. and there was no way to win as supreme leader. But had i had an extra 50 years i would have ben able to win. Also when playing at higher levels the reasearch slows down, so how can i complete a succseful game in the alootted 300 turns. Add another 100 to higher levels and - 100 for lower levels. Ill be happy then

BTW, does how large the map make a differnce in the energy and reasearch output, because it seems to?
Dick Knisely posted 03-20-99 10:14 PM ET
You want more turns? You got it, with Ver3 update anyway. Open Alpha.txt and look for these and change them as you want.
2600 ; Normal ending year for lowest 3 difficulty levels
2500 ; Normal ending year for highest 3 difficulty levels
Thue posted 03-21-99 07:04 AM ET
I have completed a transcent game on huge world in 160 years...
I think the techs come to fast in the end-game. Even with tech stagnation I get one every 2nd turn on transcent near the end of the game
micje posted 03-21-99 09:42 AM ET
You have got 400 years even on transcend difficulty. If it says in the manual you haven't, that's an error.
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Author	Topic: Why is there only 300 turns for higher play.
1212	posted 03-20-99 05:30 PM ET In my opinion you should have more turns for play. REcently i was planying as the Hive, and it was neering m.y. 400 on librarian. I was screwed because i didn't have the technology to complete trenscendence. and there was no way to win as supreme leader. But had i had an extra 50 years i would have ben able to win. Also when playing at higher levels the reasearch slows down, so how can i complete a succseful game in the alootted 300 turns. Add another 100 to higher levels and - 100 for lower levels. Ill be happy then BTW, does how large the map make a differnce in the energy and reasearch output, because it seems to?
Dick Knisely	posted 03-20-99 10:14 PM ET You want more turns? You got it, with Ver3 update anyway. Open Alpha.txt and look for these and change them as you want. 2600 ; Normal ending year for lowest 3 difficulty levels 2500 ; Normal ending year for highest 3 difficulty levels
Thue	posted 03-21-99 07:04 AM ET I have completed a transcent game on huge world in 160 years... I think the techs come to fast in the end-game. Even with tech stagnation I get one every 2nd turn on transcent near the end of the game
micje	posted 03-21-99 09:42 AM ET You have got 400 years even on transcend difficulty. If it says in the manual you haven't, that's an error.