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Trey posted 06-14-99 05:05 PM ET
In the manual it states that selecting the preference "Move all units quickly" will prevent all units from showing any movement; the units in question "are not shown moving between squares -- they just appear in their next position." In my version, at least (without any bug patches) this is never the case. And when the AI has about 14 planes stacked, making bombing runs, this means a turn can take 9 minutes to complete, while I sit there and watch the computer move a bunch of units around the board -- one...square...at...a...time. Yikes.
How do I make this game run faster? I mean, I've already got a 300-PII machine for God's sake! The game itself calculates quickly. I know this preference should work, because I don't have to watch the units move through fog-of-war squares. I would really like this preference to work as it is advertised.
-T.
KaiyanWang posted 06-16-99 02:20 PM ET
I have had the same problem. Sometimes I am in a rush and would like to complete as many turns as possible without waiting for all of the units to move around.
Also.. I'ma having a problem with the faction questionnaire... apparently I cannot get the Hive from any combination of answers. Is this intentional or a bug?
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Author	Topic: "All units move quickly" doesn't work?...
Trey	posted 06-14-99 05:05 PM ET In the manual it states that selecting the preference "Move all units quickly" will prevent all units from showing any movement; the units in question "are not shown moving between squares -- they just appear in their next position." In my version, at least (without any bug patches) this is never the case. And when the AI has about 14 planes stacked, making bombing runs, this means a turn can take 9 minutes to complete, while I sit there and watch the computer move a bunch of units around the board -- one...square...at...a...time. Yikes. How do I make this game run faster? I mean, I've already got a 300-PII machine for God's sake! The game itself calculates quickly. I know this preference should work, because I don't have to watch the units move through fog-of-war squares. I would really like this preference to work as it is advertised. -T.
KaiyanWang	posted 06-16-99 02:20 PM ET I have had the same problem. Sometimes I am in a rush and would like to complete as many turns as possible without waiting for all of the units to move around. Also.. I'ma having a problem with the faction questionnaire... apparently I cannot get the Hive from any combination of answers. Is this intentional or a bug?