Ok so first of all https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/378149 <--GO HERE. Read EVERYTHING on this mod, or skim and just dl it. This mod changes NOTHING IN GAME-PLAY. The mod however DOES reduce loading time, makes that nasty bogging down of lag after an hour of play move to about 3 hours or four. It works for lower and HIGHER end systems because the game itself has the limit. You can argue all day till your blue in the face about your comp being high end and it not effecting you but we all know it does. MINES AND STRIKE CRAFT NO LONGER MAKE YOUR GAME TURN INTO A LAG FEST (that's what sold me honestly.) Just click the link,dl the mod, and TRY IT. go on a 10 person FFA with vicious comps for about 20 mins and surrender and look around at the planets covered in mines at the least, the lag is virtually gone.
Just spreading the word. Tune~
(all rights to mod, creation of mod, and credit for mod go to Major Stress)