I got a game here which is almost 100 years old. I like it a lot.
Recently, it has gotten unplayably slow. it was a sudden onset slowness beginning about 6 months ago. Just prior to that, I had made the decision to forcefully upgrade my shipping by tractoring in ships, then destroying them. The shipping lines have been slow to adopt the newer, faster, larger commercial shipping craft, but they're making progress. I figured this would speed up the game, but it seems to have the opposite effect...things are crawling along now, perhaps 45 seconds to a minute for a 5 day increment...almost double what it was before.
I doubt this was due to an alien race, as I've only discovered one, it was a decade ago, and they seem to keep to themselves. They have never hurt performance. I suppose it could be the Ha! There's no spoiler here! or perhaps the Twelve Monkeys is an Amazing movie. I experimented with deleting the alien race, and the problem still persisted.
My questions are:
- what can I do to stop the lag. I really like this game. Is there a way to temporarily disable sensor checks or some other quick fix?
- how much do shipping lines contribute to lag? Would gutting my shipping industry cause the game to mysteriously slow down?
- is it realistic to play aurora for 100+ years with manageable lag. I realize a little is inevitable, but I would like to try a very long game with 2+ NPR races that goes on for at least a century.
- how much does computer performance affect the speed of the game? I'm not on the fanciest machine, but it's never been a problem with other games.