I second that - my laptop can barely handle the graphics part of VV2 once I get above 25-30 villagers... with a giant family tree array, the later part of the game could well be unplayable on an older machine like mine.

I suppose the family tree array could be written to an output file that is updated as the game progresses (so the in-game array is limited to current children as it is now) - if you want to see the family tree, the game pauses and then opens the output file to display. But after a while that would be completely unreadable anyway.

I'd rather have a VV3 that can be played on slightly older hardware than a VV3 with tons of bells and whistles that requires a top of the line system. JMHO