TheTinkler

Never mind - a couple of overlapping boxes hid the Menu option - once I was in there I was able to set the resolution.

So far, so good.

Now this might seem ridiculous but since I don't have any documentation for this game and I don't see a settings/preferences tab that I can get to, I have no idea how to change the settings.

I've logged in, but can't find a menu.

I'm on a 24" iMac - 2.4ghz intel core duo with 2gb ram

As soon as I get in the login screen I can type my account name and password but it seems like all the interface buttons and even the toggle to remember account name are unresponsive and the game just stalls with the background music looping.

I just downloaded the 14 day trial today and I verified the game files. Any suggestions?

I understand that all these games are ridiculously large - which is why they tend to be distributed on dvd's and when there are downloads, they are usually bit-torrented or run from several mirror sites.

My issue is that the download speed seems to capped at a low enough level that people like me who want to do the 14 day trial are facing 6 hours minimum of downloading to do so.

I've opened the right ports in my firewall and I don't experience slow download speeds like this in general so after checking all the tech advice here it seems my problem comes down to capped download rates.

6 and a half hours to update this? You have to be kidding. I'm on a high-speed cable connection and the download didn't get above 140k a second.

Also, what's with the amateur message board design from the 90's?