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    Something funny happened

    Seeing that patch 1.09 does absolutely nothing to fix my problem of the game freezing the computer solid - in fact, the situation seemed to have gotten worse - I decided to remove the whole thing and reinstalled the entire game again.

    The installation went smoothly, but then something very strange happened. All the voice-overs now sound like Donald Duck's nephews talking, this includes Leonard Nimoy

    It seems that the speed of the speeches somehow got increased, a lot.

    I am not sure what's the difference between these two installations.
    (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
    (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
    (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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  • #2
    Firaxis hates you and wishes you misery UR, that is all
    Speaking of Erith:

    "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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    • #3
      Who doesn't hate commies?
      Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

      It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
      The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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      • #4
        I am having great fun listening to the a mile a minute speeches. It is comic relief
        (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
        (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
        (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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        • #5
          Masochist.
          Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

          It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
          The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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          • #6
            I turned off the speeches, "music", and all movies after a few games.
            We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
            If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
            Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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            • #7
              The saga continues

              After much deliberation, I decided to bite the bullet by upgrading to a 6600GT.

              When I got home yesterday evening I put the video card in. Installed 81.95 and rebooted the machine a few times in typical Windows fashion.

              I ran the game again and found the speeches were back to normal. Nimoy no longer spoke like Donald Duck's nephews However, the intro screens I had used to get (and skip) disappeared.

              Sure, I did installed DirectX 9.0C the umpteenth time, again. It's not like I haven't done that with my old FX5500 card, though.

              This is the weirdest gameprogram I have ever seen.

              Even after the upgrade the game still crashes on me. Freezes the box solid no less.
              (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
              (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
              (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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              • #8
                Wow. That sucks. Even after the new video card?

                I'm sure you've already answered this a hundred times over... what's the rest of your system like at the moment?
                What is SportsDigs.com?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Franklinnoble
                  Wow. That sucks. Even after the new video card?
                  Yup. That didn't fix the freezing problem. The scrolling is a lot faster now, though, and the units just zip around the map.

                  Originally posted by Franklinnoble
                  I'm sure you've already answered this a hundred times over... what's the rest of your system like at the moment?
                  Athlon 64 3200+
                  1GB RAM
                  MSI Neo Platium mobo
                  tons of hard disk space
                  (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                  (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                  (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                  • #10
                    What is "MSI Neo Platium mobo"?

                    I'm still having troubles with the game's performance, and I also got two new video cards (for me and my wife) just for this one game...but I've been able to enjoy some of the game's subtleties. I trust you'll get there too (if not already).

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Cordelayne
                      What is "MSI Neo Platium mobo"?
                      This beast
                      (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                      (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                      (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                      • #12
                        Well, your system certainly exceeds the minimum specs.

                        Maybe this game has issues with the AMD 64 processors? Has anyone done a study on this?

                        My system is slower - but I don't think I've ever had a CDT... but I'm on a T42 thinkpad with an Intel Centrino processor...
                        What is SportsDigs.com?

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                        • #13
                          You had the GeForce FX 5500 before, UR? Your problems were most likely not related to that, since I have that exact card and the game runs fine on my machine.

                          -Arrian
                          grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by SpencerH
                            I turned off the speeches, "music", and all movies after a few games.
                            I certainly switched off Mr "I got Pig Iron! I got Pig Iron!" Nimoy. I like the Wonder movies, though.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by SpencerH
                              I turned off the speeches, "music", and all movies after a few games.
                              Why the quotation marks?
                              I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"

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