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Gil R. -> RE: Temporary Fixes and Essential Modifications (12/1/2006 6:57:26 PM)
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The minimum memory for "Forge of Freedom" is 512MB RAM. To play with so little memory, one will probably need to make some adjustments by putting the game into low-animation mode and turning off sound. Here is what Eric wrote elsewhere about this:
On a system with 512MB, it'll run, but there will be caching to virtual memory that can lead to some intermittent delays. It does run better in the low-animation mode.
In case anyone was wondering, the big difference between regular graphics and low-animation: low-animation turns off things like the province background pictures and unrest flames, extra frames of animation in quick combat and smoke, and uses the chit-view instead of the little guys in detailed combat.
And here's a quote from the ReadMe file that comes with the game, explaining what to do:
From the ReadMe file:
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* Low Animation Mode *
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Users who have difficulty running Forge of Freedom on their computer can try to run the game in "Low Animation Mode." Open the file forgeoffreedom.ini. (This file is typically found in your Windows directory or in the ForgeOfFreedom directory. You'll need to run the game at least once for this file to be created.)
Add the following entry:
LOWANIM=1
Make sure there are no entries that read:
LOWANIM=0
To turn animation back on, either set the LOWANIM value to 0 or remove all LOWANIM entries in the forgeoffreedom.ini file.
There's also a "No Sound Mode" which is similar to Low Animation and can help squeeze out performance on some machines:
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* No Sound Mode *
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Users may also disable all sound effects in the game to increase performance on their machines. Using the procedure outlined for Low Animation Mode, add the entry:
NOSOUND=1
to the forgeoffreedom.ini file. To turn sound back on, change the entry to NOSOUND=0 or remove all NOSOUND entries from the file.
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