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Real Men can do that!
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:56 pm
by Pocus
Work nice, if you have some RAM (and Windows XP? Best Windows O/S ever!).
It is rumored that the AI can exchange between the various games running. I even saw once Davout corps marching to the sound of guns on behalf of Mc Dowell... They were busy repulsing Gage.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:20 pm
by Nikel
NCP in russian is nice but you would have impressed me with Frederick the Great loaded too
Besides I cannot see any porn video on your desktop
Now seriously, if you have enough memory, have you tried to set paging file size to 0, so that everything is loaded in RAM?
There is a noticeable speedup.
In the future I plan to add 2 GB and try it (4GB in total), I pressume NCP loading time will be reduced
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:57 pm
by Primasprit
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:24 pm
by Nikel
Who is "you"?
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:31 pm
by Primasprit
Who is "you"?
"He".
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:15 pm
by MarkShot
I suspect I could do that with 4Gb or RAM and 4 processors. Only got video card with 768Mb VRAM.
But the most games, I have ever played concurrently is two.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:15 pm
by MarkShot
Left off - two monitors (one LCD and one CRT).
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:30 pm
by Primasprit
MarkShot wrote:Left off - two monitors (one LCD and one CRT).
Ditto.
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:48 am
by MarkShot
Norbert,
You also have both an LCD and CRT?
What are you doing with your CRT these days? I am using mine for playing old DOS games in DOSBOX. I make the resolution on the 20" CRT very low like 720x480 and then have the DOSBOX window pretty much fill most of the screen.
It makes a game which on a 21.3" LCD would look like a postage stamp, look quite large and comfortable on the eyes.
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:34 am
by GShock
Jesus, NCP in russian!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:16 pm
by Paul Roberts
GShock wrote:Jesus, NCP in russian!
Actually it's called "Kutuzov's Campaign."
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:10 pm
by Primasprit
MarkShot wrote:Norbert,
You also have both an LCD and CRT?
What are you doing with your CRT these days? I am using mine for playing old DOS games in DOSBOX. I make the resolution on the 20" CRT very low like 720x480 and then have the DOSBOX window pretty much fill most of the screen.
It makes a game which on a 21.3" LCD would look like a postage stamp, look quite large and comfortable on the eyes.
I am a huge fan of two monitor systems as it is a big help for me if I am working on the computer. I have a 19" CTR and a 22" (wide screen) LCD. I do not use the CRT monitor for any special application, there was simply no reason yet to replace it with another LCD.
I use the LCD too if I play older games with low resolutions. Running DOSBox in full screen mode mostly, so everything is big enough.
Cheers
Norbert
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:06 am
by boboneilltexas
I've got one of those quad processors and 3 GB running Vista Pro and it's running ACW great. Do not run 2 games at the same time but keep my e-mail open while I play. Vista lets me play MOO2 which my XP box does not. 22" screen is a lot better than my old 19" on these old eyes.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:59 pm
by lodilefty
Um, I'm in stupid brain-dead mode....
How do you get the game to run in a window like that?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:54 pm
by dooya
lodilefty wrote:Um, I'm in stupid brain-dead mode....
How do you get the game to run in a window like that?
Maybe using the configuration utility?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:53 pm
by lodilefty
dooya wrote:Maybe using the configuration utility?
Now, you'll tell me that somewhere in the manual it says that "Fixed resolution, with border" means "in a window"....
I think I get the "OMG, what a silly question" award in the 'over 50 group...
