Question on loading times

[JuergenSchT]

Hello again guys.
Today, I tried reinstalling some mods. After that, I started the game. It loaded as fine as usual. Then I tried starting a new career with 7th Flotilla, 1941. After I clicked 'Start Mission' I waited... and I waited. After 25 minutes, I decided to restart my PC. This time, I used GameBooster. I opened SH3 and tried to star a new career (same as above).
After 37 minutes, the patrol didn't finished loading. So I called it quits.
... and I had only enabled four mods [over GWX3]:
WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010
GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6
Extras for the Wilhelmshaven campaign v2.4c
Aces' St.Nazaire Super Pens v5.1 GWX Version

Now, my question is: is there any way to improve my loading times?

[Myxale]

MAke sure you have enough RAM more than 1Gb and use the 4Gb Switch.

Make sure to disable the Merged Campaign files if you don't plan sailing into exotic waters.

A HDD with decent RPM

Remove mods you don't really need.

Try GWX only (without any other mods) and give us an estimate of you loading Time.:88)

[Gerald]

37 minutes...eh...right...:doh:

[von Kinderei]

37 minutes ... :o

I give up after 2 :03:

[JuergenSchT]

Try GWX only (without any other mods) and give us an estimate of you loading Time.:88)

Will try this tomorrow. Got to do some university stuff ATM.

[Myxale]

Do that.
Even My aging rig, manages to start up SH3 GWX and tons of mods in 10 mins.
And I do use the Merged C-Files. :arrgh!:

[JuergenSchT]

... now, here is my report.
Used Gamebooster.
Tried to start a new career with 7th Flotilla in 1941 (which is St. Nazaire).
The main menu loads after 1:40 - 2:10 minutes.
Now, with any of these combinations, the patrol loads after 5 - 6 minutes: GWX3 only; GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6 and
Extras for the Wilhelmshaven campaign v2.4c; and WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010.
After that I installed all four mods [check the first post].
Started the game and started a new career.
Accepted mission.
The patrol was loading for 10:50 minutes. Then, CTD (now, that is new).

Here's my specs:
Dell Vostro 1500
Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 1.60GHz
Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS 128Mb
2560Mb DDR2 SDRAM

[frau kaleun]

... now, here is my report.
Used Gamebooster.
Tried to start a new career with 7th Flotilla in 1941 (which is St. Nazaire).
The main menu loads after 1:40 - 2:10 minutes.
Now, with any of these combinations, the patrol loads after 5 - 6 minutes: GWX3 only; GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6 and
Extras for the Wilhelmshaven campaign v2.4c; and WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010.
After that I installed all four mods [check the first post].
Started the game and started a new career.
Accepted mission.
The patrol was loading for 10:50 minutes. Then, CTD (now, that is new).

Here's my specs:
Dell Vostro 1500
Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 1.60GHz
Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS 128Mb
2560Mb DDR2 SDRAM

Did you get any notices about possible file conflicts when you enabled the mods? The first two should work together in that order but I'm not sure about the WAC animated subpens, I seem to remember that there was a compatibility fix needed to use all three together - maybe Aces' combined .sdl file. :hmmm:

Also, I think your specs are at the low end as far as requirements for the game, the processor may actually be below the recommended requirements and the 128 MB gfx card is right at the cutoff line... so it's possible that the mods you've enabled are just too much for your system. I never could run the new Wilhelmshaven/Extras mods on my old system, always got a CTD, and IIRC most of my specs may have been a bit better than yours.

[Gerald]

... now, here is my report.
Used Gamebooster.
Tried to start a new career with 7th Flotilla in 1941 (which is St. Nazaire).
The main menu loads after 1:40 - 2:10 minutes.
Now, with any of these combinations, the patrol loads after 5 - 6 minutes: GWX3 only; GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6 and
Extras for the Wilhelmshaven campaign v2.4c; and WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010.
After that I installed all four mods [check the first post].
Started the game and started a new career.
Accepted mission.
The patrol was loading for 10:50 minutes. Then, CTD (now, that is new).

Here's my specs:
Dell Vostro 1500
Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 1.60GHz
Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS 128Mb
2560Mb DDR2 SDRAM You running low on RAM memory....INTER ALIA :arrgh!:

[Myxale]

Agree With the above.

Sometime endless loading times are because of major mod conflicts, or mod running outta ram!

[JuergenSchT]

@Frau Kaleun, Vendor, Myxale: Well, I did get some mod conflict notifications, but I didn't consider them to be important. Let's see: Extras for the Wilhelmshaven... goes above GWX3 Wilhelmshaven...; etc. Aces, in the Super Pen's readme (http://174.123.69.202/%7Esubsimc/radioroom/showthread.php?t=182993&highlight=super+pens) stated that his mod must go above WAC Animated... and GWX3 Wilhelmshaven....
So I don't think there is mod conflicts.
I'll go for the theory of insufficient system resources (not enough RAM, CPU not strong enough, barely adequate video card). So I'll just store these mods for the future... (I hope).
Auf Wiedersehen.

P.S.: Oddly though, Wilhelmshaven/Extras has never malfunctioned for me.