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July 6th, 2004, 01:09 AM
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Re: Why does Dom 2 take up so much resources on my computer?
But my problem is when Dom2 is up and running NO game, just having the starting screen (create new god, play existing game, etc.) up eats up most of the resources...
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July 5th, 2004, 02:16 PM
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Re: Why does Dom 2 take up so much resources on my computer?
turn off the starfield (preferences, animated background) and that will reduce the hit on your resources somewhat.
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July 5th, 2004, 02:20 PM
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Re: Why does Dom 2 take up so much resources on my computer?
What does DOM "eat up" ? CPU ? Memory ?
And it would be helpful if you're a little bit more specific about your system ... .
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July 5th, 2004, 04:01 PM
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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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July 5th, 2004, 04:32 PM
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Re: Why does Dom 2 take up so much resources on my computer?
bad coding would be my guess...
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July 5th, 2004, 05:07 PM
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Re: Why does Dom 2 take up so much resources on my computer?
I don't know if this would help you. It won't fix any problems, but it might get Dominions to run a little better.
In the Dominions folder (eg. C:/program files/Dominion2) make a new notepad file, rename it 'Run Dom2' then save it as a .bat[i/] file instead [i].txt file.
Now Edit the 'Run Dom2.bat' file
Write: start /ABOVENORMAL Dom2.exe
Then save it.
Make a shortcut to the desktop of Dom2.bat
Start Dominion2 through Dom2.bat
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July 5th, 2004, 06:27 PM
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Re: Why does Dom 2 take up so much resources on my computer?
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Originally posted by Ragnarok-X:
bad coding would be my guess...
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heehee compared to what? How many games dont bother to NOT take all the resources it can get. 
Its always ben up to the machine owner to create false ceilings for things you dont want to run as if it owns the whole machine.
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