Barons of the Galaxy Forum - General Discussion - How long is a turn IRL? - Messages http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2296-how-long-is-a-turn-irl.aspx Barons of the Galaxy Forum - General Discussion - How long is a turn IRL? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Fri, 30 Dec 2016 08:55:08 GMT Fri, 30 Dec 2016 08:55:08 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2296-how-long-is-a-turn-irl.aspx Message from Rydh2o ]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2016 08:55:08 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2296-how-long-is-a-turn-irl.aspx Message from Doctor Dread Rydh2o wrote:
One turn is just ten minutes for me. Lol I find myself watching the countdown timer like a hawk! *taps fingers harder on my desk as time winds down*



You are hardcore man =)

I don't even have addicting timers and flashing gold buttons!]]> Thu, 29 Dec 2016 21:02:32 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2296-how-long-is-a-turn-irl.aspx Message from Rydh2o Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:12:53 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2296-how-long-is-a-turn-irl.aspx Message from eccheccazzo Yes too much realism in general is bad, but it felt weird earning $ 7'000 every 10 minutes at the start of the game. Now it makes more sense! smile]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:19:02 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2296-how-long-is-a-turn-irl.aspx Message from Doctor Dread eccheccazzo wrote:
What is (or what is more likely to be?) the real life equivalent of one turn?
One day? One month?
I somehow need this information for immersion. smile



That is dangerous =) Realism is going to break your immersion!

...But since we're having fun here, I would say 1 turn is equivalent to at least one real life day.

I am basing that off of fighters being able to cross the planet in 2-3 "days" realistically, obviously not flying max speed the entire time.
An army , using trucks can probably cross the united states in 4-5 days. And there are 4-5 squares in the united states.
A ship in game traveling 10 (Freighter) can get to another planet 5-6 spaces away in a couple of weeks.
A ship flying 10 can go about 200 days to get to another Star System 3-4 spaces away.

The distances on the map between planets is obviously not to scale with the planets themselves. The Moon in reality is 30x the width of the planet earth away from earth. Earth is 7k miles diameter(?) Moon is like 250k miles away. I can explain that by saying the empty spaces between planets and stars is traveled across at much higher speeds than when traveling over a planet which technically is "in orbit" and can be attacked by ground forces.

1 day = 1 turn and 1000 game turns happens in a week (7 days) . make the time compression in the game be about 1 to 150 ish? 144 turns at most should happen in a single day. that sounds about right.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:07:11 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2296-how-long-is-a-turn-irl.aspx Message from eccheccazzo One day? One month?
I somehow need this information for immersion. smile]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:21:15 GMT