Before I describe the problem I'd like to clarify something. When you play against the computer just by yourself are you supposed to use the 2 player game or the 4 player game ? I am playing the 4 player game and have had major freezeup issues ever since I bought the game way back last fall. I also bought the 15$ gold upgrade and things improved a bit but it is rare when I can play 2 turns in a row without freezes. The freezeups always occur during the 'political phase'. I have probably started 25 games now and have never even been able to get through year 1915
I am using 32 bit vista on a Gateway laptop. UAC is off and video drivers have been updated. I have all sound off too. I also am experiencing very poor performance by my mouse (not just when AI is thinking - all the time)and it's a major chore to move troops and refill units and other basic tasks. I'm at a point where I am going to shelf this game if I can't resolve these issues - just can't waste hours a day trying to play 2 turns you know. Perhaps my laptop just sucks but I have been able to play a wide range of games on it. It'd be a shame to shelf it because it looks like a good game plus I'm out at least 60$ too.
I could send you the saved game file but don't know how to do that.
thanks for any help