Improving Loading Times

[Hitman]

A streamlined campaign and removing many really unused units would work miracles for much less money

For those of us with little time to play, a fast loading game is essential. So if you guys have 8 minutes to spend just staring at the loading bar .... I envy you

[wolffpl]

Originally Posted by Hitman

A streamlined campaign and removing many really unused units would work miracles for much less money

For those of us with little time to play, a fast loading game is essential. So if you guys have 8 minutes to spend just staring at the loading bar .... I envy you

Agree, some time ago I had the same problem and I got a few less minutes in the loading screen after removing some heavy mods like MFM (great mod but caused me some problems).

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Hitman

A streamlined campaign and removing many really unused units would work miracles for much less money

For those of us with little time to play, a fast loading game is essential. So if you guys have 8 minutes to spend just staring at the loading bar .... I envy you

I've been running my game in a windowed mode, makes using dual monitors easier, and saving frequently. Then, instead of closing the game when i'm done, I just pause it and walk away. With the saves, in case of wives, kids, CTD's etc, I can reload if I have to, but I can usually just pick up where I left off.

[kk20]

Its not that I have 8 minutes, I dont have £200. But I do have a kettle and children to put to bed whilst it loads. Oddly enough, I too run in windowed mode and since then I havent had a single CTD on my current career (run exclusively in window).

If I had 8 Gigs of memory?
I'd create a RAM Drive and a special boot up for SHWhatever.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Hitman

A streamlined campaign and removing many really unused units would work miracles for much less money

This.

If you don't believe it, time how long it takes to load a stock game without any mods.

A bit of a warning though, when "streamlining" (deleting) unused traffic areas and lesser used units, be very careful about what you remove, and from where, and pay great attention to detail. I've done this myself some years ago, its a bit of a pain.

[wolffpl]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

A bit of a warning though, when "streamlining" (deleting) unused traffic areas and lesser used units, be very careful about what you remove, and from where, and pay great attention to detail. I've done this myself some years ago, its a bit of a pain.

I`m interested at this point, to remove some files. I always play campaigns in the north atlantic, US coast and caribbean sea. I never use the grids in mediterranean sea, black sea, indian ocean, african and south american coasts. If someone knows which specific folders/files to remove it would be great for me.

[LGN1]

Originally Posted by wolffpl

I`m interested at this point, to remove some files. I always play campaigns in the north atlantic, US coast and caribbean sea. I never use the grids in mediterranean sea, black sea, indian ocean, african and south american coasts. If someone knows which specific folders/files to remove it would be great for me.

Hi,

these scripts might be useful for you:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1681

Cheers, LGN1

[Delareon]

If u play GWX there are different campaign files, one for everything and one for every area u want to play e.g. one file with just the mediteranian files.
Dunno if it really helps because i dont care much about loading times. I start a game then i go for a beer and a smoke and when im back im in my Boat

[wolffpl]

Originally Posted by LGN1

Hi,

these scripts might be useful for you:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1681

Cheers, LGN1

I tested an example script in my current campaign, enabled with JSGME without problems. That was just what I was looking for. Many thanks.