Hi,
I know that the inability to play on maps requiring more physical memory than the cpu can manage is done so that everyone who plays experiences optimum performance.
However, 1) when I start a new game, I experience roughly the same performance problems as when I load one of my prior games on insane maps;
2) I have made room in my computer for 8 GB, yet the game still claims I have only enough GB for a tiny/small map; and
3) Even if I could not experience high performance on larger maps, I would still like the option to play on them (I'm fine with lag time - GC3 is a turn-based game, so nothing that I could otherwise prevent will occur between turns - also I get other rl tasks done during said periods).
As it is, I'm unable to play as other races on any map where I could comfortably build a research/influence empire while handling several major and minor races. Yet, I can comfortably play an insane map so long as I load a past game (something which doesn't quite make sense).
As such, I would like to see GC3 give just a warning when the player's computer supposedly does not have enough physical memory - a warning such that the player could still try the larger maps and decide whether they are ok with the lag they experience.