Quote Originally Posted by Thoros of Myr
I think there is a memory leak or something equally bad. I was playing a battle (about 2K troops all told) and the FPS suddenly went down to the single digits with massive stutters,
I second that. I had this happen now 3 times. Common circumstances include:
a moderate to large amount of troops (at least 500 per side)
LOTS of missiles used. Typically cretan archers, but I have seen it in a battle with lots of velites and cavalry auxilia
There may have been missiles fire at some point in all three instances.


I definitely feel it is related to the missles. If a lot of them get fired, the computer slows to a crawl. It almost feels like it is still trying to track the missiles that got thrown.

I have played other massive battles without much slowdown. I think my specs are NOT the problem. Here they are for completeness ( not boasting):

Dell Pentium4 2.4 Ghz with 1 MB RAM. Nvidia 5700 Ultra with 128MB RAM (made by PNY). On board sound (no sound card). Resolution at 800X600 or 1024X728 (happened with both). Happens despite decreasing all the "extra" stuff. Win XP no patches. Graphic card drivers circa Dec '03 . I will look for new ones.

This is a real problem for me. I hope it gets patched soon

Afrit