What are the terms of a cultural victory?

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I had 91% of a cultural victory for well over a year, and I still didn't win. The ? icon next to the victory says over %90. I got a notice that if I maintained my level for a year I would win... what the heck?

~SDC~
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
You need to dominate 7/8 of the sectors culturally.

e.g. 5 x 5 = 25 * 7/8 = 21.875.
I think you would need 22 out of 25 to win on that one.

R_A
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmm, thanks, that should be more clear on the options screen where you can view the victory conditions. They are deceiving to say over 90% when that isn't accurate.

Vern

~SDC~
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
In what way is it not accurate? Is 92% not over 90%? ;)

Seriously though, when going for a Cultural victory you should take the victory condition listing with a grain of salt. Don't stop adding cultural modules to your starbases or cultural buildings to your planets just because it says you'll win in a year. The AI doesn't sit back and succumb to the inevitable, it will fight back with it's own cultural influence if it can, so keep at them! :)

~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Yea, I kept going with the cultural mods and facilities. The A.I. apparently kept up with me as well. And then a well timed recession, a senate that refused to let me take one little system :D ... etc. All in all, I appreciate the game, just frustrated trying to get that first win.

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Look at it this way: When you got that notice, the other races probably recieved some similar notice (you usually do when an AI is close to a victory condition). The easiest way to stop someone's cultural influence is to increase your own, so you're going to have to improve faster to get that last 10% of the victory condition.

~SDC~
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Which I fully expect the other races would start increasing their efforts, but my point was, I maintained over 90% for more than a year and didn't win. So in actuality, it' more like "more than 91 or 92% for a year in order to win, or at least it seems, because 91% wasn't enough.

~SDC~
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I've had mine sit at 2 months for twenty turns. Are you at war with anyone? I was, and when I made peace with them within the next five turns I had the cultural victory.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
You could work out which system has the most remaining AI influence and go drop some constructors in that sector to quickly build a cultural starbase? Probably best to also drop some ships onto the starbase when you do it, though. ;)

~SDC~
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
At one point there was an earliest year that a cultural victory could be attained. I don't know if it is still in, but know it had moved from 2200 to 2190 at one point and may have moved back.

I've personally never had a cultural victory as my games tend to end in the early to mid 2190s.