Need help with Histograph

donarumo · October 12, 2001, 09:41

I was just looking at the new screen shot of the histograph on cov3.com and I may be having a brain freeze here but I'm having trouble seeing exactly how it is supposed to be read.

I mean, by 1778, how would you tell (just by looking at the graph) that one civ had more points than another? Is it the width of their area?

Also, were the Americans destroyed around 1430 or does the Aztec number simply overlap?

Just looking for help...

FrostyBoy · October 12, 2001, 09:54

yup the American's died, that's how it looks when a civ dies

and yes, the width of your color/area tells you how well you did

FrostyBoy · October 12, 2001, 09:55

actually looking at that, it seems the Aztecs wiped out the Americans, and also it's good to see that the AI can keep up with the rest of the world, as it seems..

LarryLard · October 12, 2001, 09:58

Assuming you mean this image , this is how I read it:

The width of a civ's bar at any given time is their relative score. For example at the start of the game, each would have (say) 0 points for citizens and 1 point for territory. So they are all the same. If after 10 turns one civ has two cities and the others only have one, then the civ with two cities would have a bar ~twice as wide as the others'.

In ~1430 the Americans were destroyed. If someone wins by conquest, at the end the whole width of the bar would be their colour.

The graph does not show absolute score.

The reason the American's have a score of 81 in the top-right is explained in the bottom-right: Your overall score is the average of your {absolute} scores on each turn

Stuie · October 12, 2001, 09:59

Quote:

Originally posted by donarumo
I mean, by 1778, how would you tell (just by looking at the graph) that one civ had more points than another? Is it the width of their area?

The score is actually the average points (or width, if you're just looking at the graph) over the course of the entire game. So it's pretty hard to tell just by looking at the graph unless one Civ is consistently wider than the others (like the Aztecs are in this example).

FrostyBoy · October 12, 2001, 10:06

So Dan Magaha, whose game is this one anyway?