LOL, I was seeing if anyone esle tried it. I have already found a way to reduce lag by uncompressing your zip files:
1)go here c:/program files/seirra/empire earth 2/zips
(NOTE: it may vary between machines if you choose a diffferent path during installin)
2)one by one uncompress the zip folders (only folders in there) by right clicking, and selecting extact all...
(NOTE: this is the recommended way but this will take a while to uncompress)MAKE SURE BOTH THE NEW AND THE OLD FOLDERS HAVE THE SAME NAME.
3)leave both the old compress folders, and the new uncompressed folders, and the game should pick up the new folders instead. RESTART YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE LOADING THE GAME.
(I tested this, it reduces lag, and I made sure that the new folders were being used by deleteing the new folders during gameplay and the game would not work till I replaced the folders.)
AS ALWAY MODS TO THE GAME ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG YOU CAN ALWAYS REINSTALL THE GAME.