I have been trying to find the mod but all the original links have disappeared. I played this game back when it came out and although I loved it (playing as a landlocked nation at least) the slowdowns would cause too many problems and I would have to give the games up...

Well I have finally got back around to it but I would like this mod so my game doesn't stop working once I have actually built myself a decent empire.

Ideally I think I want the light edition but I would settle for anything.

Also any other good mods to download?

I will probably play a game or two normally with just the optimised mod first before I try something else but Darth's mod sounded quite good.