the solution I found to the slow-down problem is to operate the game in Safe-Mode. I saw no major differences with operating the game this way (just less animation of fire), and the game ran fast.
__________________ God there’s a lot of stupid bastards walking around. Carry a little pad and pencil with you, you'll wind up with 30 or 40 names by the end of the day. Look at it this way: think of how stupid the average person is... and then realize that half of them, are stupider than that! (George Carlin) |