Load times

[predavolk]

It takes my 2100 with 1GB of Ram 20 minutes to load too. It's really unfortunate, because that eats up a good chunk of the time I have to play the game. As far as I can tell though, there's nothing that can be done to change that other than not loading big mods like GWX. Oh well.

[GoDeep]

Originally Posted by predavolk

It takes my 2100 with 1GB of Ram 20 minutes to load too. It's really unfortunate, because that eats up a good chunk of the time I have to play the game. As far as I can tell though, there's nothing that can be done to change that other than not loading big mods like GWX. Oh well.

Seems like my clunky old rig is not doing so bad then... :hmm:
Not loading mods like GWX? Go wash your mouth...

But seriously, yes those load times eat a lot of my game time as well. It really sucks, because that means I can't sit down and play a quick half hour when I have the time. I really need to plan when to play. Now, what I usually do is fire up SHIII, go and do something else, come back about 5 minutes later when it's running, load my career and then come back another 15 minutes or so later when I can take my post on the conning tower...

[predavolk]

Originally Posted by GoDeep

But seriously, yes those load times eat a lot of my game time as well. It really sucks, because that means I can't sit down and play a quick half hour when I have the time. I really need to plan when to play. Now, what I usually do is fire up SHIII, go and do something else, come back about 5 minutes later when it's running, load my career and then come back another 15 minutes or so later when I can take my post on the conning tower...

That's exactly what I do! And I too end up having to plan my SHIII time carefully too. Make sure there's no family or chores interruptions.

[Murr44]

After reading about the length of load times others experience with GWX I don't feel so bad. I'm usually up & running in about 2-3 minutes. I think the longest that I've had to wait was 5 minutes. Vista Home Premium with 4GB Ram. It still p*sses me off when the game decides to go south & CTD but those happen much less frequently (knock on wood) since I started being much more careful about which mods that I use & in what order I enable them.

[Jimbuna]

Pretty impressive loading times

[bigboywooly]

Campaign files are one of the things which increase load times

Time a start up using the Merged campaign files then do the same using the Black Sea files only
You will see what I mean

This why I guess I dont use the merged files
Why add all that traffic in the Black Sea and Indian Ocean when I am not going to be leaving the Altantic

My times with normal campaign files worked out at 6 mins 45 seconds
With Black Sea files 2 mins 25 seconds

lol

Plus the more ships you have in the Sea folder also contributes to slower times

Mine currently has 233 ( not inc Icebergs and Bouys ) = 1.56 Gb

[STEED]

I'm about 2 or 3 minutes giving me time to make a cup of coffee.