bootcamp Civ V problem

[babyhuey]

I have an early 2008 Mac Pro 2x2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 16 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM, flashed ATI Radeon 5870 card, SSD drive with Lion and Windows 7 Home Premium on the partition. Every thing works well. I can play Civ V on highest settings. However, whenever I load a save game at around 200 turns or later many of my farms don't show up. They are there, just aren't visible. I found this problem elsewhere, but only on huge maps. I only play large maps and universally end a game before 250 turns. Very annoying to resume a game with only a handful of turns left and not see the map. 5000 hours of Civ V. Doesn't do this on the Mac side.

 

[twilson1972]

It might be a memory issue?.

I am pretty sure civ 5 is 32 bit, so can only use 4gb of your ram.

 

[ToborajniN]

Yeah, unfortunatly Civ 5 is VERY memory demanding and can't make proper use of high ram, as stated above. Even for my computer Large/Huge maps tend to lag in the later stages of the game. And I too recieve some minor graphical bugs (tile yields/hex grid popping up and turning off every now and then is bloody frustrating). I haven't found a way around it to date sadly..

 

[babyhuey]

Thank you for your replies. I'm not sure I understand. It doesn't do this on the Mac side and doesn't
do it when running on Mac Pro 1,1, only in Windows. You're saying the problem is because my Windows 7 is 64 bit and Civ isn't so it can't use all of my memory. OK, I can handle anything, but just have one more question. Is there a computer and an operating system which allows a user to do everything that this game is supposedly capable of doing. Seems like they have it backwards. I don't want to see every wave on the ocean, I just want the game to function.

 

[twilson1972]

Thank you for your replies. I'm not sure I understand. It doesn't do this on the Mac side and doesn't
do it when running on Mac Pro 1,1, only in Windows. You're saying the problem is because my Windows 7 is 64 bit and Civ isn't so it can't use all of my memory. OK, I can handle anything, but just have one more question. Is there a computer and an operating system which allows a user to do everything that this game is supposedly capable of doing. Seems like they have it backwards. I don't want to see every wave on the ocean, I just want the game to function.

You could try turning graphics down, and closing background steam

Also if im playing a big map i flick between strategic and normal view at the end of my turn and it makes a dramatic speed difference.

 

[Volcanon]

There is a mac version of civ 5. Why don't you use that version and avoid bootcamp problems?

 

[joncnunn]

Moderator Action: Moved to Civ V: Macintosh