How to play massive maps w/out lag?

[ZergMazter]

Good idea monkey. I will create a new resource that is only needed to build a trade port and it must be near the city. I will selectively place them on the isolated islands unconnected from all civ capitols by the ocean. That way if there is no allied capitol that connects to my cities I or the AI can still trade.

In a sense its as if i was adding another capitol city to the map due to my settings and rules. I wasnt gonna build wonders because i know how awesome the AI is. They will stack all the trading wonders in the same city and not get any benefits lol.

 

[Samez]

You can also combine the requires water and the requires river flag to limit the amount of harbors.