[jim]

I give up. At least for tonight.

The pc made grinding noises for 10 minutes and the second turn had not yet showed up.

Previously, I had found that 7 races in a large simultaneous game would choke the pc. This was 5 in a standard "large" and not 200 or so systems. I guess my next step is to try a non-simultaneous game. Those, however, are much less fun, even wth tactical not allowed.

The files under the darlock section definitely do contain the named missing bmp file. It is the next to the Last file in the Pictures folder for the Darlocks. Is that the wrong position? There are 65 bmp files there - is that the right number?

Again, I saw the 1.49 and the "Using TDM directory" and still got this.

Any help will be gratefully received.