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September 25th, 2003, 06:48 PM
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ship movement slowdown on new computer
Hello, I have been happily playing space empires and assorted mods for years. I have picked up a new computer and the ship movement is terribly slow. The machine runs win xp, pent4/3gig with a gig of ram and ati pro card. I searched the forums for the problem and tried solutions mentioned-ran game in win 95/98 and 00 emulation, no help. Changed colors to 16 instead of 32 also no help. This is my favorite game of all time but the ship speed is making it unplayable. Someone plz help. I have all newest drivers and its defragged.
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September 25th, 2003, 06:57 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
I suggest upgrading to win98 
It sounds like you've already seen the other thread about slowdowns from the search engine. Hopefully someone else can help more.
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September 25th, 2003, 07:24 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
I've never heard of a foolproof fix for it. Wish I could help...I just live with it.
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September 25th, 2003, 07:44 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
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Originally posted by Five Angels:
Hello, I have been happily playing space empires and assorted mods for years. I have picked up a new computer and the ship movement is terribly slow. The machine runs win xp, pent4/3gig with a gig of ram and ati pro card. I searched the forums for the problem and tried solutions mentioned-ran game in win 95/98 and 00 emulation, no help. Changed colors to 16 instead of 32 also no help. This is my favorite game of all time but the ship speed is making it unplayable. Someone plz help. I have all newest drivers and its defragged.
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Turn off all music and sound. It "cured" slowdown on my computer
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September 25th, 2003, 09:18 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
Best I can determine is that it's an XP problem. I have it too and have tried everything I can think of unsuccessfully to fix it. I turned off ship movement and use the "movement lines" option instead and this is a pretty good work around. There have been previous threads about this problem, but nothing has fixed it for me. 
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September 25th, 2003, 09:31 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
I haven't had ship movement on since I opened the box (envelope). Running XP and haven't seen a problem. Does it only happen with ship movement?
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September 25th, 2003, 09:53 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
It happens during ship movement in combat and during all strategic moves on main screen.
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September 25th, 2003, 10:02 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
Have it on XP Pro and dose the same to me..I think it is something with the OS..I'm just living with it
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September 25th, 2003, 10:07 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
Recently got a new computer and had the same thing happen. I'm discovering that I hate XP for a varierty of reasons. |
September 25th, 2003, 10:24 PM
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Re: ship movement slowdown on new computer
If you have CD music on and have another non-music CD in the drive - it does cause a major slowdown.
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