System level crashes or mouse / keyboard freezes during live games are almost always a hardware / driver issue with your system. A minimum spec Windows system with 8GB RAM and a dedicated GPU should normally have 6GB RAM free before starting PA.
Like most games you need free memory to run PA especially with a local server. After your router your ISP, their backhaul and their transit to PAnet AWS servers will determine the quality of your network connection. When playing you are connecting to a local server or hosted server over the internet.Ī cabled Ethernet connection to your router will perform better than Wi-Fi for most games.
Planetary Annihilation is a cross platform client / server networked OpenGL application.Īny software that interferes with network connections or OpenGL can cause issues.
