Howto reduce Loading Times?

[Blitz4]

Is there a way to create a map that loads in a minute as the brand new map I created takes about 6 minutes to load. It took like 20-25 minutes to generate. Is that pre-built map faster?

[Crater Creator]

That does sound unusual, if the map really is generated already. If Navezgane also takes this long, we'd know for sure that it's not generation-related. I'd say load times are less than 30 seconds for me. If you post your specs, we could narrow down if your hardware is likely struggling or if it's something else.

[Blitz4]

i7-4790k, 2080, 16GB, SSD
Sounds like it's just me. I'm going to try and replicate.

edit: experimental build

[Power Button]

the map generation for me is like 4 hours. Well, I play it on i3 with only 4 GB ram.

it's worth it.

[Blitz4]

Loaded that map I generated ~8000 size, this time it took 1:02 to load. Pretty sure my cpu was pre-occupied, if I notice anything else strange I'll post it here.

[SylenThunder]

For an 8k map, 20-25 minutes on that GPU is perfectly normal. They're working on speeding that up. Ideally they would prefer that it was under 5 minutes, and that you would be able to make up to 16k. There's still a lot of work being done on the RWG algorithms.

Originally posted by Power Button:

the map generation for me is like 4 hours. Well, I play it on i3 with only 4 GB ram.

it's worth it.

Yeah, when you have no RAM, it's going to use your Pagefile on the really slow hard drive. That will make it take considerably longer. And if your GPU has less than 4GB VRAM, it's not even able to use that to boost the speed.

[The Giving One]

Yea, I agree that is about normal for that to generate. I have a the same CPU as you but a 980 Ti instead, and it takes about 13 or 14 minutes for me, usually.

[Crater Creator]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Loaded that map I generated ~8000 size, this time it took 1:02 to load. Pretty sure my cpu was pre-occupied, if I notice anything else strange I'll post it here.

That 1:02 sounds comparable to when I was playing on an i7-2600, though that was a few alphas ago. I'm glad you're doing better than 6 minutes now. As a reminder, there are three pregenerated maps included with the game for those that don't want to generate their own.

[Blitz4]

Just reinstalled windows. Generating a map now only takes like 5-10 minutes! Gotta get a stopwatch lol

19:27 - no clue what happened. I can tell you for sure A19.3 reduced the amount of time it took to generate the cities. I'll test again properly after the next Windows install in a few months.

[Blitz4]

Originally posted by RuunForRest:

generating a new map takes 25 minutes? are u ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ serious? if thats true that instant uninstall

Uninstall. Reinstall. Yea I do that often. Doesn't fix the issue.

Dwarf Fortress takes just a bit longer unless it's tweaked it to not generate so much data. Difference being is that DF is single-threaded.

If they didn't update the game any more. I'd be stuck until I get a new CPU in 2 years. DF on the other hand, it'll forever be stuck on a single-thread and future updates will only make it take longer, no matter what CPU I get. There's worse things.

What I'd like is I could automate the process. Use some cli program to generate these worlds at night, then when I awake I could use them. I wonder if there's dedicated server software for this game and if it has some feature like that.

[SylenThunder]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Originally posted by RuunForRest:

generating a new map takes 25 minutes? are u ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ serious? if thats true that instant uninstall

Uninstall. Reinstall. Yea I do that often. Doesn't fix the issue.

Dwarf Fortress takes just a bit longer unless it's tweaked it to not generate so much data. Difference being is that DF is single-threaded.

If they didn't update the game any more. I'd be stuck until I get a new CPU in 2 years. DF on the other hand, it'll forever be stuck on a single-thread and future updates will only make it take longer, no matter what CPU I get. There's worse things.

RWG generation uses the GPU. Assuming you meet the recommended spec of 4GB VRAM.

Originally posted by Blitz4:

What I'd like is I could automate the process. Use some cli program to generate these worlds at night, then when I awake I could use them. I wonder if there's dedicated server software for this game and if it has some feature like that.

This ability partially exists in the vanilla client. Just use advanced generation. It'll make the map and then stop, so you aren't dropped into a save with the map. The only real limitation is that you can't batch it for multiple maps.

[Lady Ming]

Originally posted by RuunForRest:

generating a new map takes 25 minutes? are u ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ serious? if thats true that instant uninstall

Sure if you have a piece of ♥♥♥♥ computer. Which alot of people do. On my 3600x with a 3 year old 1070ti I generate a new map in 11 minutes. I expect that to go down some if I can ever catch a 3070 in stock. Game uses gpu to process alot of the map generation.

[Blitz4]

2080 w/ 8GB, that's double the rec'd specs !
a 2 year old gpu and 6 year old cpu

rnd map gen is cpu + gpu dependent, these are avg figures over the duration:
gpu 50-60%
cpu 60-100%
ram 10gb
gpu ram 4,747mb
duration: 17:18

I disabled vsync in nvidia control panel. that increased the fps but not the generation speed. things to note. for me rnd map gen is cpu bottlenecked. i'm using more gpu ram, for map gen, than the game suggests in the rec'd specs. i'll try resetting everything, running game as adfmin and upping he priority

[Frost]

Why does this game takes too long to load a new map

its my first time playing is that normal? its faster to download the game than load a new map c'mon

[KayDawg13]

are you creating a new map or downloading a map from a server you are joining?
creating a new map is pretty resource intensive. the game is generating every little thing. if this is your first time playing, I'd suggest playing the default Navezgane map, it is a really good map, well balanced. give it a try while you get used to the game.
once you download a map from a server, you won't need to download it again unless the server makes changes to the map, usually pretty rare.