Slow city screen

[Wraithkrown]

The Game plays fine for the most part, however when chooseing items to build and makeing a build list it is slow. The more cities I have the slower it is. If I have 1 city it can take 1-2 seconds for a selection to show up. So far I have only played on tiny maps so I have never had more than 10 cities. Once I pass like 7-8 cities it can take a minute to build a list of say 5-6 items to be built in a city. Is there a setting I can alter to make this a bit faster? Even in the late game turns rarely take more than 15-20 seconds to cycle. I do not have problems with speed when scrolling around the map, zoomed in or not. So the slowdown on my build menu makes a big difference to my game play and does'nt make much since to me. Any help you all can provide would be vey welcome.

 

[Wraithkrown]

Ok this is just a little bump to catch the weekend croud. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Zydor]

when you do you get slowdown ? is it late game? eg circa 1600-1800's - are there any other symptoms (maybe slow saves of mins not seconds - slow game turns - slow time between games - choppy/horrible movies - increasing CTDs as you go into a late game etc etc)

EDIT: sorry could you post your Dxdiag ?
(Start button - click -choose run - type dxdiag - press enter - let it chunter away for a min - select "save all information" - then post here using the 'advance' button below)

Regards
Zy

 

[Wraithkrown]

Hmmm It will not let me add attachments? I click the "Manage Attachments" button and nothing happens. My permissions say I can add attachments. Well I will just add the first part of the file, if you need a section I have not posted let me know. O and there is only one other problem i can think of, There is no sound for my wonder movies. It could be because I have music turned off, however i have sound affects on. I had choppy wonder movies till I lowered some display settings. Really I am fortunate in that I have had very few problems. The slow down for my city screen does get worse and worse as the game progresses. By end game, 1900-2050, it getts to where i have to wait maybe 5 seconds for what I sellect to show up, and I can not just keep clicking to add as it will only put up the last item even though I am holding shift. And I dont have any CTD's. Thanks very much for your time and any help you can provide. Ok here is the first part of the DXDIAG.

{Edit} I have only played on Duel sized maps so far.
{Edit2} I only have one 3.2GigHz CPU, dont know why it says I have 2.?

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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/18/2005, 18:58:21
Machine name: WALTER
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: FUJITSU
System Model: N6010
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Processor: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 766MB RAM
Page File: 272MB used, 1603MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: The file ati2dvag.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series (Omega 2.6.83)
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. (Omega 2.6.83)
Chip type: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 AGP (0x4E50)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_127F10CF&REV_00
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic Television
Monitor Max Res: 640,480
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6583 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/28/2005 22:12:48, 247296 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 10/28/2005 22:12:31, 1391104 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0D10-11CF-C86A-7532A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x4E50
SubSys ID: 0x127F10CF
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_B ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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Description: SigmaTel C-Major Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_12D010CF&REV_A0
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: STAC97.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.4216.0000 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 6/14/2004 22:59:40, 263760 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: SigmaTel
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xB5B
Min/Max Sample Rate: 32000, 48000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: SigmaTel C-Major Audio
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: STAC97.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.4216.0000 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 6/14/2004 22:59:40, 263760 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x41
Format Flags: 0xCC0

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DirectMusic
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DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
Acceleration: n/a
Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
SigmaTel C-Major Audio, Software (Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal
Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Registry: OK
Test Result: Not run