problems with game running

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Okay guys what am I doing wrong...I have had nothing but problems since the download of the latest patch.  When I click on the end turn button it takes almost 2 min before anything happens, my people dont move very well, etc....it is driving me crazy!!!! Is there a way to go back to the game the way it was?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top


Okay guys what am I doing wrong...I have had nothing but problems since the download of the latest patch.  When I click on the end turn button it takes almost 2 min before anything happens, my people dont move very well, etc....it is driving me crazy!!!! Is there a way to go back to the game the way it was?

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whats your system specs of the system your running it on? And which version did you update from?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

 Another thing that can be affecting your performance is you've got to many tasks runing in the background. As a general rule I lobotomize my computer via the "currently running softtware" menu. Sorry if this wasn't helpful. ZGood luck.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I have made sure there is nothing running in the background.  This is a new laptop.  2gig processor.  I bought the game a couple of weeks ago, from walmart.  Brought it home and ran the update prior to using the game the first time.  Then updated again when this new update came out.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting JoanneMcGirt, reply 3
I have made sure there is nothing running in the background.  This is a new laptop.  2gig processor.  I bought the game a couple of weeks ago, from walmart.  Brought it home and ran the update prior to using the game the first time.  Then updated again when this new update came out.
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The reason i asked for your system specs is.. elemental requires at the very least a dual core. Now... multithreading prior to 1.1 was done in a rather mundane end of the turn way. So one wouldn't notice a lack of processing power besides length of time between hitting end turn and starting a new turn. However 1.1 brought in multithreading in which the AI is calculating during your turn. Not having the system requirements would be far more noticeable after recent updates.

 

Now just because a laptop is new.. doesn't mean it meets the minimum system requirements. Many new "value" laptops are still running single cores.