sebastianNZ

so is the diplomacy expansion the most popular?

Hi all, sorry if this question has been asked already but I can't find any previous post. I've just been getting into Sins again on this new macbook pro since it can actually run it at full settings without any lag - very pretty game! I'm using Bootcamp to play Sins from Windows 7 and it runs fine. But as I'm using the trackpad I'm at a loss as to how I enable rotation of the camera. I thought the option was the Z axis option in the settings - but when I set that to the mouse button, nothing

I'm a bit worried that the latest nvidia driver update isn't going to fix the problem that those of us on XP are experiencing... Is anyone from Stardock able to elaborate on what nvidia has actually fixed?

Ok I tried upping the page file to 4 gig, didn't fix the problem. Does anyone know when the new nvidia drivers will come out?

I will be stoked if the next nvidia drivers fix the problem! *crosses fingers*

Ok last night I tried a small map game. It was fine until me and the other AI started fighting proper. At this point we each had about 3 cap ships each, so it wasn't anywhere near end game! After we began fighting I locked up. Note that there wasn't any frame rate issues here, despite the relatively low specs of my system. So I don't feel my hardware was being pushed that hard at this point. The fact that I crash on a small map with only one other AI Player (plus pirates) at about the midg

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm going to try these ideas when I get a chance. The thing about the paging file idea is that when I lock up, I'm able to alt-tab into windows. When I check task manager, only around half the paging file is used (I have it set to 1 gig). So I'm not sure its running out. Then again, with windows, more is always better, so I'll definitely increase the paging file and see what happens. The ram idea is interesting, but sometimes I crash very early o

StitchedChin: Yep. When I upgraded to the latest nvidia drivers (169.25), I did get this 'graphics driver has stopped responding' message. The older drivers don't have this message, but the game still acts in the same way. That is you can alt-tab in and out of the game, although it is slow to respond, and the music and sound keeps playing. This seems to be a common theme for people with this problem! BTW: my cpu is a p4 2800, Asus P4P800 motherboard and 1 gig of ram. The setup is va

I'll try that. I've also tried different nvidia drivers. The newest ones are by far the worst. There is periodic hitching while playing. The older drivers are better. The game is okay for a while and then it eventually locks up. The fact that I get variable results from different drivers makes me certain that it is a driver issue. There is also the fact that there is a whole thread with people with nvidia cards having problems. I think I'll wait for a fix... :p Next time

I'm having similar lockups to what people are describing in this thread. But I'm on XP with a geforce 6600GT. I have another thread posted in this forum too.

Thanks for the help, I will try tweaking some of these settings. RE: your last comment, I actually did try uninstalling and reinstalling, but the problem hasn't gone away. I just tried the latest drivers again, and still no luck. Also I've been running 3dmark constantly to see if it crashes, but its fine. So I don't think its my system overheating. So frustratin!

Oh and the other thing that is quite strange, is that when I initially began playing the game, I played some really long games with no problems at all. I was playing 2 player random maps with pirates. The problems started when I tried some of the bigger maps, with 3 AI players including pirates. So to test my theory, I started a 2 player map again. But unfortunately I crashed after about 10 mins :/ So its not just the fact that I'm playing bigger maps, although I think this makes the proble

Hi guys, Great game but after enjoying some long sessions initially, I now crash after a few mins of playing. My specs are P4 2.8 GF 6600 1 gig ram Soundblaster 5.1 Win XP System is very vanilla, no o/cing, and all settings are bsaically default, including in BIOS. The winxp install is quite fresh too, maybe 2 months old. When I first started crashing, I updated to the latest Geforce drivers , but they were even more unstable than the previou