gsanders said:
A) "It works very cleanly" users are all running v1.172 Warband on PCs with probably > 4 GB system RAM and 64-bit Windows 7/10
Yup. That's exactly what both of my PCs are - 64 bit, Windows 7 and 10 respectively, and I downloaded 1.17
2 for Phantasy.
By the way, I do not think there is a memory leak. One of my PCs runs Phantasy from Windows update to Windows update, i.e. I do not exit the game for a week straight.
And another "by the way". A lot of the people running 1.173 are doing so because Steam updated it for them. It may not be 1.173 itself, but the Steam overlay, which sometimes plays hell with buffer switching.
And finally, the reason so many people play orcs/dwarves/etc. and avoid humans may be simply because last time I checked, humans had MUCH worse stats and skills than other humanoids. You literally lose 3-4 in stats and 6-8 in skills.