Load times- wow...

madkiwi · 11-30-12, 07:26 PM

Since I added the Merchant Fleet and Skins mods I noticed my saved game load times are almost unbearable- it takes 3 minutes and 20 seconds to load.

I know they are some big mods, but my HD is a Sandisk Extreme SSD with 550 MB/s read times... I can't imagine what it must be like with a spinning drive. My laptop boots Windows 7 64 bit in 17 seconds.

Time enough to go make a cup of tea once you start the game...

11-30-12, 07:39 PM

On my old Dell, without the Merchant Fleet Mod, running GWX Gold, it usually took 25 minutes to load a career.

sharkbit · 11-30-12, 09:46 PM

Sorry, no sympathy here either.

10-15 minutes with GWX. My previous computer would push 20 minutes.

HW3 · 11-30-12, 11:11 PM

Yours is about the quickest time I have seen posted.

madkiwi · 12-01-12, 12:28 AM

Holy crap. Yeah, I'm running GWX 3.0 too, you guys must have a lot of patience.

My laptop is not the fastest cpu- it is an Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz with 8 GB of DDR3 memory. But I love my SSD, makes things very fast. I thought over 3 minutes was kind of sucky.

I'll quit my bitching now.

sublynx · 12-01-12, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madkiwi

I love my SSD

I think I could murder someone to get a loading time of 3 minutes

I hate buying new technology because it always seems to be a downgrade: from metal parts to even more plastic, from relative durability to a bigger risk of malfunctioning hardware.

However the loading times of a fully modded SH3 are such that I have decided to take the risk of buying a new laptop with an SSD drive eventually. I hope and expect the prices will start dropping next year. Another bad thing about having to buy a new computer is that I probably have to buy a laptop with Windows 8 - who knows if that piece of ____ is even able to run SH3

11-30-12, 07:26 PM	#1
madkiwi Seaman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florence, MT Posts: 31 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Load times- wow... Since I added the Merchant Fleet and Skins mods I noticed my saved game load times are almost unbearable- it takes 3 minutes and 20 seconds to load. I know they are some big mods, but my HD is a Sandisk Extreme SSD with 550 MB/s read times... I can't imagine what it must be like with a spinning drive. My laptop boots Windows 7 64 bit in 17 seconds. Time enough to go make a cup of tea once you start the game...

11-30-12, 09:46 PM	#3
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Sorry, no sympathy here either. 10-15 minutes with GWX. My previous computer would push 20 minutes. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

11-30-12, 11:11 PM	#4
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,575 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Yours is about the quickest time I have seen posted. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

11-30-12, 07:39 PM	#2
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	On my old Dell, without the Merchant Fleet Mod, running GWX Gold, it usually took 25 minutes to load a career.

12-01-12, 12:28 AM	#5
madkiwi Seaman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florence, MT Posts: 31 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Holy crap. Yeah, I'm running GWX 3.0 too, you guys must have a lot of patience. My laptop is not the fastest cpu- it is an Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz with 8 GB of DDR3 memory. But I love my SSD, makes things very fast. I thought over 3 minutes was kind of sucky. I'll quit my bitching now.