Slow performance

[Gandalf Parker]

You might try rebooting your computer, then running the game with many of the features turned off. No music, low graphics, no fade screens, etc. You dont have to change those for ALL your games. It can just be for the one you are having problems with. Some help for that is here...
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=44262

The map can also be a problem if the graphic part of it is too high-resolution. But that is really hard to try and change in mid-game.

Or you might zip up the game (and the map) to send to a server so they can run it for you. I can do that if you want to send it to me. That way you can connect over the net and the server does the heavy processing.

[Atreidi]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

You might try rebooting your computer, then running the game with many of the features turned off. No music, low graphics, no fade screens, etc. You dont have to change those for ALL your games. It can just be for the one you are having problems with. Some help for that is here...
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=44262

The map can also be a problem if the graphic part of it is too high-resolution. But that is really hard to try and change in mid-game.

Or you might zip up the game (and the map) to send to a server so they can run it for you. I can do that if you want to send it to me. That way you can connect over the net and the server does the heavy processing.

Thanks for the tip. But I am certain this is not a hardware or CPU power capacity problem. At this point I already know what kind of dominions game sizes my computer can handle. This happens even in smaller maps. I've ran much bigger maps for more turns with out it getting stuck on the thinking phase. I have no way of verifying this but I think it is a problem with how the AI is processing the turn. It is as if it was getting stuck with a decision. I just wish I knew how to avoid it. From all the hundreds of SP games I've played its only happend a couple of times, but it is still frustrating having to end the game earlier than expected.