Sypwn

The issue is not 32/64 bit, the problem is the game is single threaded. Your game chugs down but only uses 25% because you have a 4 thread CPU but Iron Engine 1 only runs on one core at a time so the others just idle. Therefore, your max speed is limited entirely to your IPS (clock/pipeline.) Optimizing something to be multithreaded is hard enough, retroactively adding it to an existing engine is much harder. If you want to play large games, try setting small fleet size and/or overclocking yo

@OP Starbases with aux government Does 1 Novalith really neutralize a fully developed planet? I seem to remember having to fire 3-4. In reply to bloodmoon, if the enemy really has enough money to research the Novalith and build enough of them that it becomes an issue, I don't see why you won't have enough money at that point to build a few starbases. Also, if you believe the Novalith really is the best superweapon, than I side with the others that say