game speed improvements

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does anyone have some tips for increasing game speed, because my computer is not really up to date and i have some lag problems on the larger maps and maps with lots of civs
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
mebey try a smaller map and less civs? ..... just a sugestion

got the latest patches for everything? defragged your harddrive lately? more ram never hurt anyone either

i dont think there is much else
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
On the options screen you can enable a lot of trhe graphics reductions. Turning anti aliasing to 0 really helps performance.
Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Go to the options and turn down some of the graphics levels, that might help some

Cheers,
Reaver
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
run msconfig and stop all those unecessary background programs - which is most of the icon cluttered systray. Be sure to keep the MS ones tho - nearly all you need for now, although even those could be pared down eventually. For now zap most of the others - get brutal, but watch you keep firewall/AV / MS going initially.

Stop firewall & AV if playing off line

Boost swap file to 2Gb

This and all the others in preceeding posts are small in themselves, but add them up and you start saving a chunk of RAM and some cpu time - all helps give more room to breeth for GalCiv.

The most effective without a doubt are the graphics changes the others outlined, eye candy is nice, but pointless if game becomes unmanageable for you due to taking resources to keep up eye candy.

Lastly - the old adage - update drivers, it does make a difference in the long run.

Regards
Zy
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If you don't object to playing beta versions, Stardock has added a ton of performance enhancements in the betas for version 1.2.