# of Units and Load Times

iambecomelife · 10-11-07, 02:35 PM

How many units do you people have on your installations? I would like to know if anyone has heavily modded installs with lots of community created ships & aircraft - such as the GWX 1.03 vessels and single release ships - and what effect that has on your load times for Museum and Caampaign mode.

Samwolf · 10-11-07, 02:53 PM

Using only GWX 1.03 ships (with the Sh3 Commander files) Museum takes the longest to load . Initial game load maybe a minute / minute and a half, mission 2 to 3 minutes, museum up to 4 minutes.

Used to have 1 Gig of Ram, just upgraded to 3 Gigs. Load times seem to have improved some.

denis_469 · 10-11-07, 03:02 PM

I use near 300 units total and time loadnig game near 5 minuts and museum not loading so weak computer.

FIREWALL · 10-11-07, 03:12 PM

My rig loads ok but I never look at Museum any more.

I wonder if I move the file to backup if it will cause ctd.

I haven't had a ctd since it's been installed. GWX 1.03 that is.

And I don't want to screw it up now.

Anyone Know ?

bigboywooly · 10-11-07, 03:22 PM

Combination of both units and campaign files Iambecome

I use a set of blank campaign files to test land stuff or scripted single missions
Load times are vastly increased

Of course the more units you have the longer it takes as well

I have 39 air units and 200 units in the sea folder in one of my installs

Time to first load is 40 secs
Time to Happy times mission load is 4 minutes

With Blank campaign files

Time to first load is 55 secs - ?? go figure eh
Time to Happy Times mission load is 45 seconds

VonDos · 10-11-07, 03:50 PM

Hi ^_^

340 sea units (off all kind)
64 air units
22 sub units

\adverage time for load a campaign savegame: 6-7 min
\museum can't be loaded (can if i cut some nations roster and put it temporary in another folder; great nations like us, gb, italy..)
\single mission load time: 4-5 min (variable for mission type)
\initial load time: 2-3 min

My pc:
1GB ram, AMD athlon64 processor 3500+,
video card ATI RADEON 550X

TheDarkWraith · 10-11-07, 06:45 PM

with GWX 1.03 and a slew of other ships and aircraft and all it takes about 1 minute to load.......but I also have dual Raptor 150's in a RAID 0 on a crosshair MB with an OC'd FX-62 providing the horsepower. Everything is fast.

iambecomelife · 10-11-07, 07:58 PM

Hmm. Interesting results. My load times for missions and Museum seem pretty normal - maybe better than average since I have GWX plus my own modded ships.

I was wondering since I want to add as many ships as possible without bringing people's system to a crawl.

Racerboy, how is the noise from the Raptors? I wanted to get one but I don't like noisy drives, I don't want to run 2 in RAID and I would rather not reinstall Windows on the Raptor when I get it, so I'm not sure if it would really improve my speed/be worth it.

10-11-07, 02:35 PM	#1
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,706 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	# of Units and Load Times How many units do you people have on your installations? I would like to know if anyone has heavily modded installs with lots of community created ships & aircraft - such as the GWX 1.03 vessels and single release ships - and what effect that has on your load times for Museum and Caampaign mode. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

10-11-07, 02:53 PM	#2
Samwolf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South Carolina, CSA Posts: 684 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Using only GWX 1.03 ships (with the Sh3 Commander files) Museum takes the longest to load . Initial game load maybe a minute / minute and a half, mission 2 to 3 minutes, museum up to 4 minutes. Used to have 1 Gig of Ram, just upgraded to 3 Gigs. Load times seem to have improved some. __________________ GWX 3, JSGME 2.3, Sh3 Commander 3.2 SH3 Gen 8.1, Water Stream for U-boats, LRT LITE 2.0, Lifeboats for SH3

10-11-07, 03:12 PM	#4
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	My rig loads ok but I never look at Museum any more. I wonder if I move the file to backup if it will cause ctd. I haven't had a ctd since it's been installed. GWX 1.03 that is. And I don't want to screw it up now. Anyone Know ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

10-11-07, 03:22 PM	#5
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Combination of both units and campaign files Iambecome I use a set of blank campaign files to test land stuff or scripted single missions Load times are vastly increased Of course the more units you have the longer it takes as well I have 39 air units and 200 units in the sea folder in one of my installs Time to first load is 40 secs Time to Happy times mission load is 4 minutes With Blank campaign files Time to first load is 55 secs - ?? go figure eh Time to Happy Times mission load is 45 seconds __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

10-11-07, 03:50 PM	#6
VonDos Admiral Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 2,352 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 60	Hi ^_^ 340 sea units (off all kind) 64 air units 22 sub units \adverage time for load a campaign savegame: 6-7 min \museum can't be loaded (can if i cut some nations roster and put it temporary in another folder; great nations like us, gb, italy..) \single mission load time: 4-5 min (variable for mission type) \initial load time: 2-3 min My pc: 1GB ram, AMD athlon64 processor 3500+, video card ATI RADEON 550X __________________ Those, others and WIP ships are avaiable in my SHIPYARD here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=136508

10-11-07, 03:02 PM	#3
denis_469 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Russia Posts: 700 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	I use near 300 units total and time loadnig game near 5 minuts and museum not loading so weak computer.

10-11-07, 06:45 PM	#7
TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	with GWX 1.03 and a slew of other ships and aircraft and all it takes about 1 minute to load.......but I also have dual Raptor 150's in a RAID 0 on a crosshair MB with an OC'd FX-62 providing the horsepower. Everything is fast.

10-11-07, 07:58 PM	#8
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,706 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Hmm. Interesting results. My load times for missions and Museum seem pretty normal - maybe better than average since I have GWX plus my own modded ships. I was wondering since I want to add as many ships as possible without bringing people's system to a crawl. Racerboy, how is the noise from the Raptors? I wanted to get one but I don't like noisy drives, I don't want to run 2 in RAID and I would rather not reinstall Windows on the Raptor when I get it, so I'm not sure if it would really improve my speed/be worth it. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/