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Hi,
im used and prefere to play on gigantic maps. I havent played some Month and now the only Mapsize i can create is a middle sized Map. For gigantic Maps now i need 16 GB Ram....wth happened and how can i play on gigantic maps again (without adding another 8GB Ram of course)?
Either use a MOD or make one to change requirements for map sizes.
With all the changes they do beware of slow downs.
Easiest way...
open your steam library
right click on gal; civ 3
click on properties
click the "set launch button"
In the box type: NoMinSpec
launch game
you should now have access to all map sizes
Beware however, you will quite likely run into performance issues, you have been warned 
When they first started limiting access to different map sizes, we raised a bit of a ruckus, so they made this workaround for us.
TBH it seems to me that they were overly restrictive. I routinely play map sizes 2 sizes above the restriction without issue, however your mileage may vary
Enjoy!
Oh yes... the launch option will remain until/unless you change it, so you don't have to keep messing with it.
It depends heavily on what you put on the map.
more factions/planets etc will slow the game down too.
I like to play on the biggest map, with only 10-20 factions and limited (habitable) planets,
so even with just 24gb ram it works just fine.
On all abundant with 50-100 factions it would probably get really slow^^
I play with 9 factions on the biggest map. Its enough for my taste.
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