I think the game ran much faster under Windows 95 than it does under Win98. Maybe the game played better with DirectX5 than it does with DirectX6 (which is installed by ROR automatically).
Whatever the reason, anytime I hear the Win98 radio commercial claiming that it loads and runs programs faster I groan. It's just not true!
And I'm not a big StarCraft fan, but it does run smoother than ROR. Of course there are no random maps, so the path finding probably isn't as hard to do as in AOE.
I wish Ensemble would publish tips on how to get the game to run faster. But I guess they probably test it on really good computers on a fast LAN. (I hate people like that ) Like which TSRs really slow down performance, which have nor real effect, etc. Are there any user definable settings to DirectX6 that could speed things up? Any inside info at all would be appreciated.
Mr Hanky