[Version 1.01.15821]

HAHA. I'm not surprised the AI player hadn't left his starting island. That's a lot of what I complained about back then. The AI was simply terrible. Still is, the game default script hasn't changed. I don't know if it's possible to use mods in the demo, but if it is, I suggest you download my mod and try it. You'll find a 180 degree difference. The last game I played, by 70 turns or so the AI had me beat and I resigned. This was a case of watch out what you wish for. It took me five+ years to get the AI script along with the unitdb and config to this point.

Is there a way to download your AI without having to join the yahoo group? I applied for that but they refused membership.

[Version 1.01.10162]

Oh no. Yes, please send me the .game file as well as the files inside the /PBEM directory. I'll put an email address in your private messages.

Thanks a bunch. It's on its way to you.

[Version 1.01.10162]

Got a needs to close message after my PBEM partner and I tried to continue a game with the new version. We're both updated. Is there a place I can send the file to? I'd hate to have to start over after so many turns.

[Optimizing NVIDIA Graphics Cards]

I would think with two video cards like that having to tweak anything for peak performance is pretty much unnecessary. Maxing everything out in the game should be as good as it gets.

[Graphic Card Advice]

I've got an HP, and my computer came with an onboard Nvidia 6150LE card. It was no faster than the 5 year old computer I had before, so I put a 7300GT in there. Increased my graphics speed by a factor of five and I didn't need to change out the power supply. TOW runs very smoothly for me, but having a 5200+ AMD dual core also doesn't hurt.

[For those with Dual/Quad Core Processors]

I have a relatively new system, so maybe I've got all the up to date drivers for AMD except the optimizer. I just tried a battle and had no issues anywhere with both cores active. Maybe it's hit or miss for now until they track down why the game's a bit flaky.

[For those with Dual/Quad Core Processors]

Athkatla, can you run it using both cores now after you updated?

[For those with Dual/Quad Core Processors]

You might want to try getting rid of the dual-core optimizer. There have been complaints about it on the AMD forums concerning poor game performance and stutters. I've got an AMD dual-core system myself and no optimizer installed and I'm running the game fine.