Game performance?

[wosung]

In AACW1 I used to play the Union much more often than the Confeds. Just b/c AI turn resolution time for the huge Union forces is much longer than for the latter.

And there's quite some unhappiness with turn resolution time in PON.

So, what about game performance in AACW2? The newest version of the AGE engine, in only a two-sided setting, but also with its huge map?

From watching the vid, linked below, it seems to me that:
http://the-strategy-wargamer.tumblr.com/post/60303843630/civil-war-2-first-impressions-i-was-able-to-get
(I know, beta. Don't know this guy's system specs.)

-game engine loading time is about 1 min.
-scen loading time is quite fast, under 10 secs. ( 2:35-2:40)
-turn resolution time is about 3 min. (Union AI in June, 1961) (31:50-34:50)
-map scrolling is not completely smooth.

So, how will the release version perform? What about turn resolution times, say for the Union in 1864/65?

Best regards

[Ace]

About the same speed as ACW1. The game is faster than AJE. Never played PoN.

On my old comp (8 years old), game load time is faster, turn resolution speed is about the same.

And ACW1 is a game >6 years old. Computers should be now way faster.

On my middle class new laptop, turn resolution takes few seconds only.

That is my unofficial view on the product speed, I hope the devs won't mind for saying this without approval.

[Pocus]

that's ok.

I would say that the big map is a problem if you want to check regions that are not preloaded from the start and have an old computers (you'll get a bit of lag), i.e Mexico for example. For the rest, bigger map has no impact.

[arsan]

About the same speed as ACW1. The game is faster than AJE. Never played PoN.

On my old comp (8 years old), game load time is faster, turn resolution speed is about the same.

And ACW1 is a game >6 years old. Computers should be now way faster.

On my lower/middle class new laptop, turn resolution takes few seconds only.

That is my unofficial view on the product speed, I hope the devs won't mind for saying this without approval.

Hi!
Your post give some hopes i may be able to play CW2 in my 9 years old computer.
I was writing the game off until i bought a new computer because on the Product Page
http://matrixgames.com/products/500/details/Civil.War.II
says it requires 1 GB graphic card and i only hae a 128 mb one I'm ok on the rest of the requirements.
May i ask what graphic card do you have on your old computer?
Regards!

[Ace]

With 256 mb dedicated video card - 512 mb together with shared RAM, my old comp does just fine with a little very small first time lag on regions not loaded at startup (mostly far western or Mexico regions). After you have viewed a region once, the lag disappears. Graphic card tact 400MHz.

For 128 mb video card I do not know. Maybe some other tester could help you on that.

[Pocus]

128 mb... mh, you'll go were nowhere went in ACW2 it seems

[ERISS]

It's time to buy a better pc!
example of 'small' gaming pc, not too expensive:
. processor Intel Core i3 3220 (20% faster than the Pentium which is not enough now),
. 8Go RAM (however you need no more than 6Go, but 4Go is small for a 64b system),
. graphic card: AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB (very good for its price),
. a Windows 64b: WinXP (may be old soon, some new games already can't use it), or Win8 with Start8 or Classic Shell to bring back the Start menu

[arsan]

Thanks for the info Ace! It seems i will have to try the demo to make sure my old and trusty PC can tackle CW2.
It seems Pocus isn't to optimist about it

Thanks for the tech advice Eriss! I know i will have to get a new computer soon, but i'm kind of fond of my old computer and besides it's a drag having to configure, install programs, move 10 years of stuff from the old computer to the new one.
Maybe next year...

[Ace]

Installing programs may be a drag, but the movement of files should be simple, a couple of hours at most

EDIT:

Try AJE demo (plenty of action there is in your home country anyway ). Its map is more resource demanding than cw2 (at least from my experience). If it runs smoothly, you should have no problem with cw2, graphics-wise. Even if it doesn't run smootly on AJE, you could give cw2 demo a try.

[arsan]

Thanks for the info!
I have AJE and experience no problems running it or the rest of the previous AGEOD games (except PON which is huge, but i still can play it even if with sluggish performance).
On the other games, as you said above, moving to new parts of the map for the first time gives some lagging, but once the regions are loaded once y moves pretty smoothly.
Cheers!

[Pocus]

Ace is a CW2 beta by the way (and a very active one )