Optimizing for strategic view

[Optymistyk]

I have a potato incapable of running direct X11 so I had to use WARP to even run the game.

As expected, the game was still unplayable in 3D, so I switched to the strategic view.

Here's the thing though. Despite playing at the lowest possible graphical settings in strategic view I am still getting less than 3FPS all the time. I do have a potato, but it is generaly capable of displaying 2d images and sprites rather smoothly.

My guess is that the game is pre-rendering all the 3d objects from normal view when in strategic view so that it can switch back to normal very quickly. But since I can't even play in normal mode I'd rather just have the game optimized for strategic, without the pre-rendering. I tried disabling normal view completely in the .ini files (AvaiableViews 0), but it just crashes the game.

What do I do?

 

[Wizard-Bob]

You invest in a bigger potato, of course

 

[callan]

You are being almost certainly correct in that you're being caught by pre-loading of textures for 3d view. There is invariably an option to prevent the game engine from doing this (it is frequently referred to as pre-fetching) but I've not explored the .ini files sufficiently myself to know where it might be, assuming it does exist in this specific case. I'd suggest asking in Modding forum because even though you don't need a mod for this issue persae those guys will have the grasp of the .ini files that you are looking for.

 

[Ogaw]

I have a potato incapable of running direct X11 so I had to use WARP to even run the game.

As expected, the game was still unplayable in 3D, so I switched to the strategic view.

Here's the thing though. Despite playing at the lowest possible graphical settings in strategic view I am still getting less than 3FPS all the time. I do have a potato, but it is generaly capable of displaying 2d images and sprites rather smoothly.

My guess is that the game is pre-rendering all the 3d objects from normal view when in strategic view so that it can switch back to normal very quickly. But since I can't even play in normal mode I'd rather just have the game optimized for strategic, without the pre-rendering. I tried disabling normal view completely in the .ini files (AvaiableViews 0), but it just crashes the game.

What do I do?

Buy a new computer. 3 fps mate, you deserve more