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Kautilya
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St Louis, MO
Feb 2000
time: 23:14
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Since I have a P-2 300 with 48MB of RAM I was naturally rather worried how well CTP2 would run on my computer. I noticed there were a few other people who also had the same worry so this might prove useful to them as well.
Basically so far it seems quite tolerable. The loading time is a little long and the AI takes about 1-2 minutes to reply in the Alexander scenario but otherwise I didn't have too many problems.
I have only played a couple of hours in my game and haven't developed a very large civ yet so first impressions might not be very accurate. However I also tried the nuclear scenario and used cheat mode to show the whole map. I gave about 15 extra units to the other civ. Still it seemed to run fine. In fact I would say it was significantly better than SMAC which had lower minimum requirements.
I have no doubt that my system would be completely incapable of handling huge maps with lots of civs. Fortunately for me I prefer small or midsized games so that isn't the least bit ofa problem for me.
Anyway to others with low end systems: if your system is better than mine I would guess CTP2 will run OK for small and medium maps.
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wheathin
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I'm torn. I have a P-200 w/ 64 MB and a 17" monitor (tiny 2.5MB video card), and a P2-450 64MB laptop w/ 600x800 monitor. Speed or eyecandy?
Any advice for which would be better? Will the game run at all on the P-200?
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Tis I
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Thank you Kautilya! I seem to have the same system except i have a Celeron 300 rather than P-2. Same 48megs and 4mb Video card though.
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shmily_dana
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Tucson,AZ USA
Aug 1999
time: 05:14
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I was really surprised about the 4meg video card requirement. What is in the game that needs that? I looked at CTP and it only needed a 1meg video card. I have Age of Kings and that only needs a 2meg video card. So what video card is everyone using?
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jkadabomb
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I got a k6-2 with 3d now 64megs of ram, 2 meg vid card and the game ran just fine on gigantic map with 8 civs( although animated trade routes turned off as well as goods)
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Tronq
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I use a Duron 700/64mb/Geforce2 32mb. I am playing on a medium map, there is only me and the Incans left and I just discovered technocracy. Because of all the harddisk activity each turn (also with autosave disabled) the game runs almost as slow as CTP1 did on my P200 with 80mb ram!
It looks like my system is just begging for some more ram...
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Tronq
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I defragmented my harddisk and it helps a little. I had autosave already turned off (in gameplay options).
My budget isn't too big, so I built the system myself, planning to add more ram later. It just surprises me that CTP2 needs so much ram, since other games I play (Q3, UT, AOE2) run great.
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zaz
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Anyone wondering if CTP2 is playable at or below minimum specs?
Finally got my copy yesterday.
I have a P166(min spec), 80MB, 2MB Video(below min spec), 200MB swap, Win95. So far I'm about half way through my first game. I have autosave on, 6 civs, regular map. Delay between turns 5-10 sec. I call this extremely good considering the system. Can't wait til I upgrade to 1+GHz in 2001. Thanks Activision.
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zaz
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MKL - Almost to the end of my first game. Turns now taking 15sec, not bad for the system. You should have no problems with the video card, my 2MB is a generic piece of sh** in a 5 year old HP. Found something out yesterday that has really sped up my game, you can seriously adjust the unit movements with a slider bar in the options. I must have missed this when I loaded the game. I thought all the pieces were moving slowly due to the system. Once I adjusted the slider, the pieces were flying.
Two things I think, from playing and reading other players comments, that make the difference: RAM - over 64MB and Operating System - low-end machine must have Windows 95.
Hope you get to play soon, I'm loving it.
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Kautilya
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St Louis, MO
Feb 2000
time: 23:14
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Well I have got near to the end of the game (1800's) with five civs and medium map. I wouldn't call it quite "smooth" but it is tolerable. If you turn off the enemy unit view the game speeds up immensely with 5-10 seconds after each turn even at the end. You lose some information but not that much and it's well worth the extra speed.
I would say that playing all the 600-800 turns might be slow on a low-end machine but that's just fine with me. Anything longer than 500 turns is a bit too long for my tastes anyway regardless of the machine.
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