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First of all, I thank you FoxAhead for your work. Civ2.42 has been my long time favorite game. I needed to retain a 32 bit PC for the exclusive ability to play 2.42. The advent of 64 bit operating systems and the obsolescence of 32 bit has been a concern. While previous methods let me play MGE...

Civ V is mostly single threaded. What you see is windows distributing a single thread across your 4 cores. 25% each.

@MastermindX: Glad to see you are still around. I have been able to run civII gold on 64 bit, but the hostile ai drives me crazy. There is a patch for that, but it does not seem to work with your 64 bit patch. I solved this with a dedicated 32 bit pc to get my civII 2.42 fix. But, I...

I am currently running nicely on a 2560 x 1600 monitor. I see that you can now buy a seiki 4k2k(3840 x 2160) monitor for <$1500. The question is, will BTS be able to run at that resolution. I have already verified that modern high end graphics cards will support that resolution

Great idea. I am interested too.

I have been looking for a long time for a way to play civ2 2.42 on a 64 bit OS. I have given up and resorted to a dedicated 32 bit os expressly for that purpose. One solution is to run MGE with a 64 bit patch, but the hostile AI makes it not nearly as much fun as 2.42 I would like to see...

Well, maybe not $5 anymore. But here is a link that starts at $10: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Civilization-2-Gold-Edition-/290721534984?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item43b05a9408 As far as I know, the only civ 2 product that will run on 64 bit is the mge or gold edition. And, it needs a patch...

I recently installed a GTX680. It runs well on other games, but on civ4 bts, there is some stuttering that shows up when the map is scrolled. What I figured out is that the driver senses that a high frame rate is not needed when the map is fixed, and reduces it to 30fps to save power. When...

For siege units, which I use mostly for attacking cities, My first three promotions are city raider, 1,2,and three. After that, though, should it be drill to preserve the unit, or barrage to do more damage? My inclination is drill. Thoughts???

I am sorely disappointed with Civ 5:( I loved civ2.42 and civ 4 BTS. I am looking for another good game with good repeatibility and random starts. Any suggestions??

You must have the 64 bit version of Windows 7. Civ 2.42 can not be installed because it is based on 16 bit DOS which can not run in a 64 bit environment. If you change to 32 bit Windows 7, it will work. The only issue I have found is that the music will not transition after one piece. I...

I has a similar occurrence using a ATI 5870.

Exactly, yet task manager shows 4 cores active <20% each, yet civ5 appears to be waiting . Something does not compute.

What bothers me a bit is how windows-7 handles multi cores and hyperthreading. W7 is supposed to be aware of the distinction between hyperthreads and full cores, dispatching full cores preferentially. It is also supposed to redispatch the same task to the same core if it can, thus preserving...

It does seem to take some time per turn. I have a i7-920 @3.3 and it still takes a couple of seconds per turn. I use a 5870 at 2560 x 1600. Fraps shows 20-40 FPS. Looking at the task monitor, it looks to me like civ5 can use 4 cores. But, each of those cores looks to be only about 15%...

Thank you Petek, the cost icon did the trick. I had read the manual, the guide, and civilopedia to no avail.

I believe that Windows-7 knows the difference between normal cores, and hyperthreads. It also knows to redispatch to the same core if possible to preserve core cache contents. I do see a small bit of activity on all logical threads, even though not much else is going on.. This early on a...

There is an option in the city panel to buy more land. You click on that option, and eligible land is displayed, along with the cost of adding it to your city. I have plenty of gold, put nothing happens when I click on the tile I want to purchase. Is this a bug? Or, am I missing something...

When their strength is depleted, you see fewer individuals. I liked the single unit view with a strength bar better.

I also see the long turn time. I have a i7-920 @3.3 5870, and 6gb. With the resource monitor active, I see only about 10-15% cpu activity while waiting. What gives???