Bladeblue,
I started a new single-player game today, and I have the new patch too.
I left the movies on (unchecked) in the graphics options settings in
the game. I have had no problems with the movies when they come up in
this single-player game. No freezes, lock-ups, or anything bad. I
have a G-force 3D video card with 256 MB of RAM on the card. I have 2
GB computer RAM. I'm playing on the huge map too, with large islands
for each player sprinkled with small islands. I don't know why you are
having the video movie problems now.
-Pholus
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