What is the relationship between displayed turn and actual round number?

[planetfall]

Didn't like creating a new thread on this but can't find table via search or in FAQ page.

What is the table of showing the relationship between turns and years that pass.

What I have been able to recreate:

Turn 1-25, each turn is 48 years

Turns 100-125, each turn is 20 years

Turns 175-225, each turn is 10 years

Turns 275-325, each turn is 5 years

Turns 475-540, each turn is 1 year.



Does anyone have a table showing where the elapsed time changes between years?

[Aeson]

4000BC - 2750BC 25 turns, 50 years each
2710BC - 1750BC 25 turns, 40 years each
1725BC - 750BC 40 turns, 25 years each
730BC - 250AD 50 turns, 20 years each
260AD - 1250AD 100 turns, 10 years each
1255AD - 1750AD 100 turns, 5 years each
1752AD - 1950AD 100 turns, 2 years each
1951AD - 2050AD 100 turns, 1 year each

[TheDarkCavalier]

The right table would be:

Years Y. per T. Turns

4000 BC - 2750 BC 50 25
2750 BC - 1750 BC 40 25
1750 BC - 750 BC 25 40
750 BC - 250 AD 20 50
250 AD - 1250 AD 10 100
1250 AD - 1750 AD 5 100
1750 AD - 1950 AD 2 100
1950 AD - 2050 AD 1 100

[Aeson]

TheDarkCavalier -

If you want to get technical... In Civ3 "time", time doesn't exist between turns or pass while turns are being played. You can leave your game idle for long periods, and (AFAIK) the date will never change until you actually end your turn and the AI are finished with their moves for the current date. The next "moment" in time will be the date of the next turn.

Your table deals with time as a continuum, and would be more suited for real life time measurements. Both our tables were also flawed in how 4000BC and 2050BC are handled. 4000BC is a complete turn and should be counted as such, while 2050 is an incomplete turn and should not count. We both had this reversed. Assuming that 2050BC doesn't count as a turn, the total number of turns (540) was correct in each table.

The table should be:

4000BC 1 turn, N/A years from previous turn
3950BC - 2750BC 25 turns, 50 years from previous turn
2710BC - 1750BC 25 turns, 40 years from previous turn
1725BC - 750BC 40 turns, 25 years from previous turn
730BC - 250AD 50 turns, 20 years from previous turn
260AD - 1250AD 100 turns, 10 years from previous turn
1255AD - 1750AD 100 turns, 5 years from previous turn
1752AD - 1950AD 100 turns, 2 years from previous turn
1951AD - 2050AD 100* turns, 1 year from previous turn

*2050AD is not a full turn, only a few automated events happen.

[planetfall]

Turn Blocks

Turn beg	Turns in Block	Turn end	Elapsed/Turn		Yrs/Block	Start year	End Yr
1	25	25	50		1250	-4000	-2750
25	25	50	40		1000	-2750	-1750
50	40	90	25		1000	-1750	-750
90	50	140	20		1000	-750	250
140	100	240	10		1000	250	1250
240	100	340	5		500	1250	1750
340	100	440	2		200	1750	1950
440	100	540	1		100	1950	2050

[planetfall]

Chart of Displayed Year after 20 turns block

End of Turn		Year Minus is B.C. Positive is A.D.		Percent of Turns Available
0		-4000		0
20		-3000		4
40		-2150		7
60		-1500		11
80		-1000		15
100		-550		19
120		-150		22
140		250		26
160		450		30
180		650		33
200		850		37
220		1050		41
240		1250		44
260		1350		48
280		1450		52
300		1550		56
320		1650		59
340		1750		63
360		1790		67
380		1830		70
400		1870		74
420		1910		78
440		1950		81
460		1971		85
480		1990		89
500		2010		93
520		2030		96
540		2050		100

[godinex]

ummm interesting numbers. I think they response to a version of the history