So online play still freezes most of the time huh?

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Haven't played online in a few months because with all the freezes and crashes it was basically impossible to finish a game. I came back to it today hoping that things had improved.

Joined a 3P game, somebody left about 5 generations in, replaced with an AI. Next generation, the game froze during the AI's turn. Waited a minute or two, then returned to main menu and reloaded. It took a few minutes to load, and when it did, it was already at the next turn's research phase (though I hadn't passed, lol). Then two generations later, it froze again during the AI's turn. Went to main menu but game wouldn't reload after ~5 min at "Planet in Sight". Closed and relaunched game. Still couldn't rejoin.

So this is still pretty typical huh?

[Armanz]

I usually don't have any issues except for 1 freeze out of roughly 70 games.
1 small piece of advice I can give is play with Sub AI off. It sucks when somebody leaves without forfeiting, and it sucks hard then. But it doesn't potentially ruin your game if you DC for a couple seconds.

[FrankJones]

引用自 Armanz：

I usually don't have any issues except for 1 freeze out of roughly 70 games.
1 small piece of advice I can give is play with Sub AI off. It sucks when somebody leaves without forfeiting, and it sucks hard then. But it doesn't potentially ruin your game if you DC for a couple seconds.

That won't really help. Game freezers still occur regardless of whether the AI sub is on.

[Armanz]

引用自 FrankJones：

引用自 Armanz：

I usually don't have any issues except for 1 freeze out of roughly 70 games.
1 small piece of advice I can give is play with Sub AI off. It sucks when somebody leaves without forfeiting, and it sucks hard then. But it doesn't potentially ruin your game if you DC for a couple seconds.

That won't really help. Game freezers still occur regardless of whether the AI sub is on.

I didn't imply it would help with the freezes, just with you leaving/disconnecting and the game continuing without you.

[Tablis]

What does the "AI sub" option do exactly? I assumed it means that when it's off and a player forfeits or runs out of the time, they "disappear" (instead of the AI taking over for them). But now I guess it means that when a player is disconnected, other players wait?

[Armanz]

引用自 Tablis：

What does the "AI sub" option do exactly? I assumed it means that when it's off and a player forfeits or runs out of the time, they "disappear" (instead of the AI taking over for them). But now I guess it means that when a player is disconnected, other players wait?

Sub On replaces any player that disconnects/leaves the game immediately with AI (also when he forfeits/times out) at least to my understanding in past games. Sub Off only replaces a player with AI as soon as he forfeits or times out. So the advantage is that if you have a disconnect or crash or something AI doesnt immediately take over and possibly ruin your game. The disadvantage is that if a player only leaves the game (but doesn't forfeit) you have to wait until his time runs out before he gets replaced with AI and you can continue playing.

[FrankJones]

引用自 Armanz：

引用自 Tablis：

What does the "AI sub" option do exactly? I assumed it means that when it's off and a player forfeits or runs out of the time, they "disappear" (instead of the AI taking over for them). But now I guess it means that when a player is disconnected, other players wait?

Sub On replaces any player that disconnects/leaves the game immediately with AI (also when he forfeits/times out) at least to my understanding in past games. Sub Off only replaces a player with AI as soon as he forfeits or times out. So the advantage is that if you have a disconnect or crash or something AI doesnt immediately take over and possibly ruin your game. The disadvantage is that if a player only leaves the game (but doesn't forfeit) you have to wait until his time runs out before he gets replaced with AI and you can continue playing.

This is correct.

AI sub is generally to be avoided, because if you need to leave for just a minute or two (for whatever reason; there are many), the AI sub will make (bad) moves while you are rejoining the game.

With either setting, an AI sub will take over a forfeited or timed out player - but, as Armanz noted, with AI sub off, it will not take over until his entire clock runs out or he actually clicks "forfeit."

It's a really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ move for someone to intentionally and permanently "quit" without actually clicking forfeit. Some people, in a hopelessly lost game, might even do it to see if the opponent will forfeit himself first. Lame.