Dont you just wish people who have problems with the install would just SHUT UP? I mean comon! if they cant get it working they should just improvise, for instance, I had problems with the console so I just edited the short cut and it was done, then I had problems with the bots but got it working eventiually, the worst they are gonna do is stuff up the install which is easy to fix, REINSTALL IT! I have a 28.8k modem and I love this game so I spent 5 hours dling it... and I have a 4 hour cap limit, so howd i do it? with DOWNLOAD ACCELERATOR! and by the way,k people if ya fine that ur system laggs with esf, well get a new rig, mine does (CELERON 400, 256mb RAM, and a 4mb on board SiS 620) so I chopped the reolution down to its lowest (software renderer) and then ran it, I had no problems after that! so yeah. peoiple instead of complaining, just improvise, we wont be here for ever, and not everyone has an answer to your questions.