Load times

[R-Bull™ _P-Omen]

Every couple of minutes the game loads up a new area and it takes a good while.
Is there anything to do about it?

[RageMaker]

What kind of hard drive are you running it on?

[esopedantric]

Whether you have an SSD or not, it is just one of the limits of the source engine. Lots of 'loading...'

[V I D A L]

Not only a limit of the source engine. Even the original which ran in a modified Quake 1 engine also had that.

As already said, the only thing you can do to is minimise the issue is to install it on a SSD.. the loading will still happen, but it will be quicker.

Or just carry on as it is.. you will get used to it. It's not really every couple of minutes.. it's only this frequent during the tram ride at the beginning. Once the game play start you will go a good 10 mins + between loading times. It's like loading the next level.

[1v4n94]

Originally posted by R-Bull™ _Paradoxical-(8)-Omen:

Is there anything to do about it?

Add this code into the app's launch parameters:

+sv_forcepreload 1 +mod_forcedata 1 +mod_forcetouchdata 1 +mod_touchalldata 1

This is so the game preloads as much files as possible, so that loading times when changing maps are reduced.

[R-Bull™ _P-Omen]

Originally posted by 1v4n94:

Originally posted by R-Bull™ _Paradoxical-(8)-Omen:

Is there anything to do about it?

Add this code into the app's launch parameters:

+sv_forcepreload 1 +mod_forcedata 1 +mod_forcetouchdata 1 +mod_touchalldata 1

This is so the game preloads as much files as possible, so that loading times when changing maps are reduced.

Could be a placebo effect, but i felt like the load times got faster. Thanks a bunch!

[1v4n94]

You're welcome. The difference may not be huge, but it's nice to have less stutter while playing.