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Any idea how to get GalCiv to process turns when it doesn't have focus?

January 18, 2007 11:57:04 AM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I've got a dual core processor...and mid/end game (6-7+) I'm producing enough ships and rallying it takes a decent length of time for it to process (since it only runs in a single thread and the other processor sits idle). So I'd like to be able to read forums while waiting for a turn to process but can't since the turn stops processing if I switch the focus to another application.
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Reply #1 January 18, 2007 1:22:36 PM
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Dark Avatar is going to be able to take advantage of dual cores and quad cores (Man I really want a quad core) so maybe that would be able to do more for you... Well, when it comes out that is. Other than that... Unlucky is the only thing I can think to say. Maybe some other poster will be able to say something more useful.
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Reply #2 January 18, 2007 9:53:40 PM
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Eh, if it uses the full processing power it should help at laest. =0
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Reply #3 January 19, 2007 4:24:53 AM
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You could try having GalCiv run in a window and move it out of the way while you view the forum page. That way you can keep the game 'active' while reading the forum. Of course the game would go 'inactive' whenever you needed to scroll or click in the forum...
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Reply #4 January 19, 2007 4:34:19 AM
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You could try having GalCiv run in a window and move it out of the way while you view the forum page. That way you can keep the game 'active' while reading the forum. Of course the game would go 'inactive' whenever you needed to scroll or click in the forum...


Which is pretty often =0 Oh well.
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Reply #5 January 19, 2007 4:58:36 AM
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There may be a way to get GalCiv and your internet browser to run in separate threads simultaneously; I'm not certain how at the moment.
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Reply #6 January 19, 2007 9:13:55 AM
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Well if it comes to you let me know. I tend to like Gigantic with lots of small/tiny sized ships so I end up with 4-10min turn processing once I hit year 6-7 and have a hundred or two colonies spewing the suckers out.
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Reply #7 January 19, 2007 1:06:25 PM
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Bring up task manager, then right click any process and go to 'Set Affinity'. Let's you choose what processors can run something (up to 31 seperately! Who has that many though!?)
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Reply #8 January 19, 2007 10:48:52 PM
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That doesn't work...and yes I did try it.
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