Arcanum is sucking #$!#@$

I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem I have with Arcanum since I bought it. When I am in any city and I have any followers with me, the game runs VERY slowly for no valid reason at all (I am carrying 6 of them...the game runs a bit smoother if I only have 1 but I am not going to drop anyone). The only way to ameliorate this is dropping the followers in a location but if they are not with me when I go up levels, they stay puny and weak.

Puter specs: 750 Mhz Duron, 328 MB RAM, 2.4 X DVDRW/12 X CDRW, 64 MB Geoforce 2 MX 400. I am using DirectX 9 with the most recent drivers for all my hardware and Windows XP. I already patched Arcanum and I am using the Hard Arcanum mod.

Does anyone know how to get the game running decently? This is really getting to bug me the bad way.

 

Arcanum is known for it's bad memory management. If it gets really bad try entering turn-based combat and moving like that. It takes longer, but you don't get anywhere near the lag.

 

Thanks

Good tip! I'll have to use it in Tarant.