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Sev Jul 2, 2024 @ 4:47am
Crazy long load times
I installed the game on my SSD and it takes like 5 minutes per loading screen, is this normal? Feels so bad.
Last edited by Sev; Jul 2, 2024 @ 4:48am
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Botaniq Jul 2, 2024 @ 4:49am 
Originally posted by Sev:
I installed the game on my SSD and it takes like 5 minutes per loading screen, is this normal? Feels so bad.
No. I have it on my SSD and the loading times are very fast
Fiddy :) Jul 2, 2024 @ 4:50am 
Originally posted by Sev:
I installed the game on my SSD and it takes like 5 minutes per loading screen, is this normal? Feels so bad.
It's the same for me, I seem to spend more time loading than actually playing half the time.
Pixelica Jul 2, 2024 @ 5:00am 
It's compiling the shader for 1st time. After that you will get faster loading.
Sev Jul 2, 2024 @ 5:03am 
Originally posted by Phallus :):
Originally posted by Sev:
I installed the game on my SSD and it takes like 5 minutes per loading screen, is this normal? Feels so bad.
It's the same for me, I seem to spend more time loading than actually playing half the time.
Yep same, and sometimes it even freezes during loading screen and i have to alt+f4 and restart the game xD
Corinarh Jul 2, 2024 @ 5:04am 
Originally posted by Pixelica:
It's compiling the shader for 1st time. After that you will get faster loading.
wasting so much time and still stuttering that could only happen with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ UE5
장예은 Jul 2, 2024 @ 5:15pm 
UE5 is too bad, lmao
Melomaniak Jul 2, 2024 @ 5:16pm 
Originally posted by Sev:
I installed the game on my SSD and it takes like 5 minutes per loading screen, is this normal? Feels so bad.
I have NVMe and its like 3-5 seconds. SSD should have similar results I think.
Patch-Notes Jul 2, 2024 @ 11:55pm 
I'm on NVMe and it took almost 6 minutes for first time, crashed a few minutes later and second time it still took about 3 minutes for the load screen. Now I know I may have a bit of a potato:
Ryzen 7 5700
Nvidia 3060 ti 8GB
16 GB RAM
but the load times still seem ridiculous on medium settings
Sev Jul 3, 2024 @ 9:44am 
Originally posted by Patch-Notes:
I'm on NVMe and it took almost 6 minutes for first time, crashed a few minutes later and second time it still took about 3 minutes for the load screen. Now I know I may have a bit of a potato:
Ryzen 7 5700
Nvidia 3060 ti 8GB
16 GB RAM
but the load times still seem ridiculous on medium settings
Pretty much had the same experience, but it seems to have been fixed somehow now and only the first load into the game takes a while but after that going between the town and other zones instant now, weird.
God Spike Jul 3, 2024 @ 9:46am 
Originally posted by 장예은:
UE5 is too bad, lmao
i agree unreal engine 5 is the worse engine so far in term of optimization
DAOWAce Jul 3, 2024 @ 9:47am 
"per loading screen"

It's not compiling shaders folks; that's on first boot only.

If it's literally each loading screen, something is critically wrong. I'd guess it has to do with the 2 separate anti-cheats running for this game. If I tab out then Windows runs all sluggish. Other games don't do this.
Sev Jul 3, 2024 @ 9:51am 
Originally posted by DAOWAce:
"per loading screen"

It's not compiling shaders folks; that's on first boot only.

If it's literally each loading screen, something is critically wrong. I'd guess it has to do with the 2 separate anti-cheats running for this game. If I tab out then Windows runs all sluggish. Other games don't do this.
Yep, i had already done the first time compiling shaders thing indeed when i made this post.
kornel94 Jul 3, 2024 @ 9:54am 
How much Ram you have? I have 2 SSDs (main M.2) and loading screens are like 10 sec at most (30 if first map loading)
Sev Jul 3, 2024 @ 9:57am 
Originally posted by kornel94:
How much Ram you have? I have 2 SSDs (main M.2) and loading screens are like 10 sec at most (30 if first map loading)

My exact PC is:
i7-8700k
RTX 2070 Super
32gb DDR4
WD Black SN850 M.2 (which is what i installed it on)

Now, its not the worlds best PC but it should be able to play this game and have no issues, i can play any other game that has ever come out so far.

But like i said i had major loading screen problems, however after the game freezing a couple of times and me trying to load it over and over again it somehow fixed it self and now its actually fine, dunno why it was like that in the start tho.
Zeek Jul 3, 2024 @ 9:59am 
Aside from server hiccups causing the occasional freeze, I have no issues. Make sure you've updated to latest drivers. I've noticed that fixed many issues for people.
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