Re: Why does Dom 2 take up so much resources on my computer?
I have multiple start-up icons for dominions. Two of them seem to apply here. One runs all the pretty stuff and another that turns all that off. No animations, no fades, low sound, no music, low graphics (there are multiple settings for this so go as low as you can stand it). For some reason, running in a windowed mode seems to help also. There is a file with all the switches. Should be
"C:\Program Files\dominions2\doc\command_line_switches.txt"
Plus in WinXP you can also set the icon to run in a "mode" and to limit the amount of memory the program gets. It lets you decide if you would rather feel the limitation in that particular program, but have the resources available to others.
right-click the Dom2 icon.
copy it
right-click a blank spot and paste it (paste, not paste shortcut)
right-click the new icon and edit the preferences
[ July 05, 2004, 15:08: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]
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