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I think its because the game is not designed for multi core processors. I also feel that it's the extra trees combined with the shadow generation for all those trees could be the reason for a slow down. I remember playing this on my C2D 2.1GHz 5 years ago, I avoided developing large cities like a plague. Whenever I tried to do so after about 130,000 or so population the game would come to a grinding halt. Even at Cheetah speed the time would move forward very slowly. ie 1 month game time would take about 10 mins or so. Plus with so many mods installed there were random crashes occurring all the time. That was one of the reasons why I had given up.

Bouder Port Population 1.2 million Commercial 500,000 Industrial 80,000

Just chiming in with my input. Started playing SC4 after nearly 4 years. I have a corei7 oced to 4.2GHz GTX 560 Ti 1 GB gpu and 8 Gigs of ram I can take up my medium cities to about half a million (5,00,000 - 7,50,000) and large cities to about 1.2 million. I have lots of mods included probably more than the game size itself . I have done extensive testing and can tell you that SFBT street tree mod along with shadows enabled can slow down my game but only when I reach the above mentioned population levels.

Been here since October 2003.

Civ 4 + EPs was a lot better than CIV 5 will ever will be. oh and the DLCs ruined too...

been here for so long...this is my 8th year

Change a letter Game The rules are simple, I'll post a word and the person replying after me makes a new word. He/she can change only one letter from my word. example: Mine, Dine, Dime, Lime...etc You can also add/remove a new letter, if you do that, than you can't remove/change any other letter. example: cop, cope, hope, rope... etc Those who have visited Sporeum should know about this game by Dtr. To start the game: Rise

Paul Van Dyk - Tell me why

I really don't give a damn about what Obama says in his speeches. I just think he is favouring Pakistanis in his foreign policy. Which has hurt the US badly for the last 30 years and will continue to do so. They are giving boat loads of money and weapons to fight the Taliban...The Pakistani army is deploying all the new weapons on our western border, so in a way Obama administration is helping Pakistanis militaristicaly against India. period. PS this post was in resonse to the PM I received from edikusumo. -- edited to remove offensive, racist term --

^ Actually we (Hindus) can thank British for religious enlightenment/reformation during the 18/19th century. This exercise/custom used to happen only in villages and small towns long long time ago. They banned it, initially. Some Hindu liberal religious scholars at that time agreed to it, and they banned other such 'archaic' practises too. At present if you force someone to die with their deceased relative it amounts to murder. If I would have posted something like witch hunting and burning at stakes for heresy in Christianity I would have probably been banned/reprimanded, same goes for what you posted, please get your facts checked before posting them. I know most of the people in US don't know even basic things about Hinduism - its not your fault though. But a bit more effort to understand a different culture can only be good.

Originally posted by: Duke87 Link? I have heard of this sort of practice in Hindu tradition. A man dies, his wife gets forced to go with him by being burned alive. Among other reasons for it. quote> I don't know where you got that info. That kind of thing has been banned for nearly 150 years here in India. You guys seriously need to find out more about other religions than Christianity and/or Judaism. People are openly cremated in India but only after their death and that too at a pre designated location. These locations are almost always near a river bank. These days, people prefer to burn the corpses in electrical crematoriums to avoid using wood. In Hinduism, we believe that after you burn some one's dead body, it merges into the 5 elements of nature. Its pretty simple if you think of it that way.

^ out of all the contenders only 3-4 are the real ones...the rest of them are just plain opportunists.

Far Cry...yep its inspired from the very famous first person shooter game. Probably the worst movie in recent memory. In fact any movie made by director Uwe Boll just suck.

Firefox... but not without add-ons.

^ Very good post...I was thinking of posting the same but you were a step ahead. I have seen all the movies mentioned above, except for the English Patient. Big Q: Does SM belong in the same league as the movies mentioned above even after winning 8 Oscars? A big No. The movie might be good, inspirational, etc...but to to be in the same class as Gone with the Wind and such...absolutely no.

Had it come from a Hollywood screenwriter, it would have been dismissed as being horribly politically incorrect.quote> It was written by Vikas Swarup; even then some critics (mainly 2 leading bollywood actors who had refused the 'TV show host' character in the movie) described the movie as poverty p0rn. I can see their mouth being sour from the grapes they had eaten earlier. It does have an uplifting story and inspiring songs here and there, but the movie does have some serious flaws...more on that at a relevant topic.

I don't understand them at all. and I still love the song. I'd like to learn the dance but I don't see that happening any time soon.quote> Well if you are planning to come to India or New Jersey (Yes, that state has a very large ex pat Indian population) any time soon, I am sure you'll find many dance classes teaching the exact dance sequence to you. It kinda feels strange that this movie got so many awards. Its also funny in a way that it took a British director, producer, script writer, camera man etc. to portray the slums in our big cities in a likeable and entertaining way. The music by AR Rahman: Slumdog isn't his best work by a distance. That guy has been making great music since the early 90s. These are some of my favourite vids: A song from the movie 'Taal' or 'Beat' 1998 (Translates into: 'You are not here before me') Songs from his first movie 'Roja' or 'Rose' 1992 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfB0d8Vfm4 (Translates into: 'Rose, my dear') http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-6MM5U-k8 (Translates into: 'These beautiful vistas, those open blue skies')

^I have heard that Pussy cat dolls have just finished recording a remix version of the same song. Its great to know that Americans like Indian flavoured music. Here's the translation of the song in English. Now after reading you might think this sounds really lame, however the song was originally written and sung in Hindi and Punjabi. If you do understand the language (Hindi/Punjabi) it really sounds very inspiring. Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho, Jai Ho (IT ROCKS!,IT ROCKS!,IT ROCKS!,OH IT ROCKS!) Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale (COME ON MY LIFE, JOIN ME UNDER THE BIG ROOF) Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale (COME JOIN ME UNDER THE GLITTERING BLUE SKY) Jai Ho Jai Ho (IT ROCKS..OH IT ROCKS!) Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale (COME ON MY LIFE, JOIN ME UNDER THE BIG ROOF) Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale (COME JOIN ME UNDER THE GLITTERING BLUE SKY) Jai Ho Jai Ho (IT ROCKS..OH IT ROCKS!) Jai Ho Jai Ho (IT ROCKS..OH IT ROCKS!) source: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2574655-jai-ho-translation-what-does-jai-ho-mean-meaning-of-jai-ho Note: the rest of the discussion about Slumdog Millionaire can be found here. Please carry on with the video discussion - Ski

Mentioned for "We Miss You; Come Back" category... Well I am here lurking and not posting as regularly as I used to be. I give as much time as possible for Sporeum. Anyway congrats to all the winners.

Any Colour you like - Pink Floyd

Is it(the city) in the Asian sub-continent?

very cool.

I have ceiling fan in all of the rooms in my home(mainly due to the climate), including the kitchen. One of the fans has been with us since 1985, and yeah it does make a weird noise sometimes, but overall it works fine.

Originally posted by: anik In response to the last reply: Which leads me to my final conclusion - maybe a Hindu nationalist group is purposely financing this terrorist operation, to add flame to the fire or hate.quote> Proof...where is it? I can't understand how you came to that conclusion The terrorist are Pakis, there is clear evidence for that.

I couldn't care less who became the president of US...but I loved the new holograms on CNN!