Tool-assisted speedrun
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After completing a game on Chieftain difficulty, I immediately became curious about how quickly one could take over the world. It turns out people have done it in less than a minute, and I wanted to see how far it could theoretically be pushed.
I figured out that a different map is generated based on the system time, specifically the second you start the game. I made a script that would increment the time and calculate how close you are to the enemy cities, and then mark down any that were particularly close. Eventually I came up with this:
https://tasvideos.org/10574S
This is at about 24 seconds in RTA timing. A more full in depth explanation of the strategy is in the link. Hope you all enjoy it!
Old adage: Rome wasn’t built in a day
Slamo:
That’s great! How much was your final score? I think I remember the score for a “conquest” victory only depends on the number of turns you needed, so you should have made a ton of points, even if that was not the primary goal.
The final score was 1666, or 33% – better than Simon Bolivar! Just a population of 10,000 though.
On a side note, it turns out it was faster to go into the options and turn off the palace cutscene, I haven’t updated the video but I’ve submitted the new input file to TASVideos.
That’s awesome – looking forward to your updated run 🙂
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