Why do I have time for two cups of coffee ?

I now have GWX 2.0 running fine now but the load time is excessive. Not one cup of coffee but two. What can I do to minimize load time of a saved mission ?

Regards
Jib01
:hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

Originally Posted by Jib01

I now have GWX 2.0 running fine now but the load time is excessive. Not one cup of coffee but two. What can I do to minimize load time of a saved mission ?

Regards
Jib01
:hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

Be sure u're not using merged campain mod If u do, disable it

[Sag75]

Hi!
i visibly shortened my loading times when i upgraded my pc memory from 1024 to 2048MB.
But you can reduce it a bit adding Lite Harbour Traffic mods, too; or disabling what on your pc uses memory, for example antivirus background running, internet connection..

bye!
S.75

[NealT]

Without knowing how your system is set up, it is hard to tell...

GWX is load intensive - meaning it has to load an awful lot of stuff into it to get it all to run. Having said that...

Put as much memory in the machine as it will take. At LEAST 2 Gig worth if not more.
Make sure all of your unnecessary processes are shut down.
Make sure that your hard drive is defragmented.
Load as few a mods as you can.

A more 'drastic approach' would be to look at the speed of your hard drive. If you have the money, it might pay to upgrade it to a faster one - perhaps even with a SATA interface.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by NealT

Without knowing how your system is set up, it is hard to tell...

GWX is load intensive - meaning it has to load an awful lot of stuff into it to get it all to run. Having said that...

Put as much memory in the machine as it will take. At LEAST 2 Gig worth if not more.
Make sure all of your unnecessary processes are shut down.
Make sure that your hard drive is defragmented.
Load as few a mods as you can.

A more 'drastic approach' would be to look at the speed of your hard drive. If you have the money, it might pay to upgrade it to a faster one - perhaps even with a SATA interface.

Hope this helps.

Neal, I have all of the above and do all of the above so that doesn't help. What about this merged campaign some people are talking about. How do you disable that ?

Regards
Jib01

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Jib01

What about this merged campaign some people are talking about. How do you disable that ?

It is one of the optional mods in your GWX Install, disable it ( if activated ) with JSGME. Make sure you are in port when doing this.


RDP

[HundertzehnGustav]

i cannot BELEIVE it.
a man complaining about too much time for coffee.

damn, you should go see your boss and ask what his take on the matter is.:rotfl:

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

i cannot BELEIVE it.
a man complaining about too much time for coffee.

damn, you should go see your boss and ask what his take on the matter is.:rotfl:

How true I can never get through one big mug of coffee while GWX2.0 is doing its load thing! That is what I like about this game you can relax and enjoy a nice cuppa Joe!

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Jib01

Neal, I have all of the above and do all of the above so that doesn't help. What about this merged campaign some people are talking about. How do you disable that ?

Hi!

The default GWX configuration contains all the campaign elements for the Arctic, Atlantic, and Mediterranean theaters, with specific elements to support those single player missions that occur in the Indian Ocean. There is an option for a Black Sea-only campaign for folks who are in the Black Sea, and an Indian Ocean-only campaign for those who are already in the Indian Ocean and who aren't planning on returning to Europe on the current patrol.

There is also a "Merged" campaign that includes the default campaign, the Black Sea, and Indian Ocean campaigns in one file. This option has to be specifically enabled, and is used when you are planning to transit between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, or if the longer load time doesn't bother you.

The Silent Hunter III game engine loads in every campaign action for the entire war, and World War II was a big war; for example, it will load in the D-Day invasion even if you're still in September 1939. It's my understanding that Silent Hunter IV only loads about six months of the campaign, so its load times are much shorter, but until and unless GWX switches to the Silent Hunter IV engine I'm afraid there's not much we can do beyond what folks have already suggested.

Pablo

[Mush Martin]

Originally Posted by Jib01

I now have GWX 2.0 running fine now but the load time is excessive. Not one cup of coffee but two. What can I do to minimize load time of a saved mission ?

Regards
Jib01
:hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

Jib are you talking about a Career game or single mission games?
because if its a career game I cant help you but if its a single mission
this will help you. just be forewarned that some of the GWX included
missions are overlayed on the campaign layer for participant units so
those missions would not be compatable. this is true for gwx missions
as of the 2.0 release I dont know if it is true or not for earlier missions
I never had any trouble with the 1.03 ones I played though.
M

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103633

Regards.
M

Originally Posted by Mush Martin

Jib are you talking about a Career game or single mission games?
because if its a career game I cant help you but if its a single mission
this will help you. just be forewarned that some of the GWX included
missions are overlayed on the campaign layer for participant units so
those missions would not be compatable. this is true for gwx missions
as of the 2.0 release I dont know if it is true or not for earlier missions
I never had any trouble with the 1.03 ones I played though.
M

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103633

Regards.
M

campaign only. No problem with single missions....

Regards
Jib01

Man!!
I run more stuff on loading then most and I
can not drink 2 cups of coffee in the load time!!
Are you like,
Power chugging those 2 cups?

[Dronston]

I have a campaign loading time of about 3 minutes which I think is long but I read somewhere that one Kaleun has a loading time of 20 (!) minutes. So I guess it's not too bad for me. Not sure I would play the game at all if it took me that long.

P4 3 Ghz
2 GB RAM
800 Mhz FSB
S-ATA HD

[von hally]

lo all

my campaign load times was around ten mins.....but when i installed "lite harbour traffic" it cut it by a couple o minutes...........gwx is worth the wait tho!!!

[danlisa]

Verdammt!

I'm going to answer this question fully and with no possible comeback. It will leave you in now doubt as to why GWX takes time to load.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
As soon as I get home in about 1hr.
:rotfl: