Slow Loading Times

[Bushwhacker2k]

Most loading times in this game are just fine, where it only takes 1-2 seconds before moving on. Some load times are consistently way too slow, taking at least 20 seconds every time.

One example is going to Vivec City Outlaws Refuge. I often drop in here to sell/launder stolen loot, and it always takes an annoyingly long time.

Switching characters is annoyingly slow too.

Is there any way to shorten load times? Thanks.

[Psyringe]

Your load times are already very short, so I assume you're already playing from an SSD, have enough RAM and VRAM to keep a lot of textures stored, and don't have lots of other programs open while playing. The devs actually implemented a function that ends the loading screen after 2 minutes even if the textures aren't fully loaded (the game will then show replacement textures), so that people don't have to wait longer than that - which might give you an impression of the loading times that others are experiencing.

Vivec City is not only a large zone, it's also (usually) a place where lots of players are running around, which means that many additional textures have to be loaded, especially if they are wearing non-standard gear. I would expect long loading times when _entering_ the zone though, not when leaving it to go to the outlaws refuge. So the large spike is indeed a bit strange.

[Bushwhacker2k]

Originally posted by Psyringe:

Vivec City is not only a large zone, it's also (usually) a place where lots of players are running around, which means that many additional textures have to be loaded, especially if they are wearing non-standard gear. I would expect long loading times when _entering_ the zone though, not when leaving it to go to the outlaws refuge. So the large spike is indeed a bit strange.

Right, since it's an area contained entirely within Vivec City, it seems odd that it would take so long to load.

Originally posted by Psyringe:

Your load times are already very short, so I assume you're already playing from an SSD, have enough RAM and VRAM to keep a lot of textures stored, and don't have lots of other programs open while playing. The devs actually implemented a function that ends the loading screen after 2 minutes even if the textures aren't fully loaded (the game will then show replacement textures), so that people don't have to wait longer than that - which might give you an impression of the loading times that others are experiencing.

You're right, I have an SSD.

That function sounds very attractive. Do you know if there's any way to make it activate sooner than 2 minutes? I'm more interested in getting things done than having everything at max detail.

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by Bushwhacker2k:

That function sounds very attractive. Do you know if there's any way to make it activate sooner than 2 minutes? I'm more interested in getting things done than having everything at max detail.

I don't think so, but in theory there _could_ be a setting in some editable text file. But it seems rather unlikely to me. You could suggest such a feature to the devs in a support ticket - might just be wasted time, but who knows.