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hairy potter
20th Oct 04, 1:33 AM
If you are playing this game on win 98/me, now is a good time to seriously think about switching to xp or 2000. When I was using windows me, the load times were 3-10 minutes. After playing a few matches, it would take literally 15 minutes load the battle summary screen. The longer the game was played, the slower it would get, and the longer the load times would be. After updating every driver, checking every bios setting, and doing a clean install of windows, the problem remained. After switching to win2k, the entire game runs noticably faster. The sound doesn't stutter anymore. The main menu loads in a few seconds instead of minutes. Battles load in 15 seconds. Loading the battle summary screen? 2 seconds instead of 15 minutes.

Moe
20th Oct 04, 5:23 AM
That is a known issue and also posted in the Master Troubleshooting list.

hairy potter
20th Oct 04, 9:25 AM
Yeah, just wanted to let people know it makes a HUGE difference. Definitely worth the trouble. I love this game, and it has become vastly more enjoyable now that I don't need to go read a book while waiting for the map to load!