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Is it possible to play the game using less than 1 gig ram memory?

April 28, 2006 8:30:04 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I am getting frustrated with this game. I have a P4 with 640 mg of ram. Game is crashing constantly due to running out of memory. Is it possible to play the game with 640 megs of ram? Tips on how to do this would be very welcome.

Also, loading time can take 5 minutes and saving the game can take just as long. Anyone out there having the same experience?

I llike the game but the crashes is making it difficult to play.

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Reply #1 April 28, 2006 8:59:04 PM
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The new 1.1 has some memory issues at the moment. They are working on it as the #1 priority.

But yes, it is possible with your ram. It does run better with more, though.
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Reply #2 April 28, 2006 9:06:33 PM
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i've got 256 mb and it runs fine...
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Reply #3 April 28, 2006 9:10:18 PM
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i've got 256 mb and it runs fine...


Same here, Only with 512MB

Your graphic cards memory will play a huge part in it too.
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Reply #4 April 28, 2006 9:10:51 PM
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yeah, turn off some some graphical options, mainly anti aliasing
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Reply #5 April 28, 2006 9:18:59 PM
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I have 768 Ram and It plays fine. I just turn off some of the graphic options
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Reply #6 April 28, 2006 9:26:14 PM
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maybe try upping virtual memory?
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Reply #7 April 28, 2006 9:33:02 PM
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When I recently had to loan 512MB of my 1GB to my sister, I was astonished by the decline in playability because I have a very high end system. This was with 1.0X. I suppose it's because I have the settings turned up. Anyway, I now have 2GB of RAM just in case.
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Reply #8 April 28, 2006 9:44:18 PM
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If you into PC gaming I would go ahead and upgrade to atleast 1gb of ram. More and more games are using around a gig of ram.
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Reply #9 April 28, 2006 9:47:27 PM
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I have 1 GB but my graphics card is only 128 MB. i have a few issues, especially in larger galaxies. turning down graphics options does help. might also want to double check if you have any unnceccessary idle programs, spyware, etc. running in the background.
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Reply #10 April 28, 2006 11:02:28 PM
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With 1.1 I've had to turn way down the background stars et al.
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Reply #11 April 28, 2006 11:43:30 PM
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I have an athlon xp 2500+ (1.8ghz), with radeon 9800 pro 128 mbs and 1,5 gig of pc2700, it take no more than 30 second to load huge save game !
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Reply #12 April 28, 2006 11:48:34 PM
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512 RAM and it runs fine here, but of course i play with the screen in zoomed out mode after the early stages of the game. I just like the tatical map best, remember, graphics don't make games, gameplay does .
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Reply #13 April 29, 2006 2:34:54 AM
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celeron 2.8 512 ram and fx5200 - i can play the game as long as there are not many ships on my screen ... 3+ more ships and its 5 fps huge galx load time is about 2 mins and first save after starting the a huge galaxy takes even more
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Reply #14 April 29, 2006 9:18:56 AM
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The Celery-on is your problem.
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Reply #15 April 29, 2006 3:32:05 PM
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You can play with less than a gig but you probably need to increase your virtual memory settings. I moved mine to the max under XP 4096 (4 gig) and the playability improves. Save and load times do not however.

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