Endless loading screen?

[EligibleBachelor]

Anyone else get this? The loading screen just keeps loading and it appears in task manager as "Not Responding"

[Dukie]

The game sure takes quite some time to load up for me. I'm going to reinstall it on my SSD. Maybe try that as well? It eventually loads up though on my normal HD, maybe be a bit patient.

[Hawk-Eye-4077]

I had done all that and alll beta fixes again over a hour at the loading screen

[shadowclasper]

I'm in the same issue. It just keeps loading eternally. Only mine doesn't say 'not responding'

[Ursarkar]

The trick I use here is finish the task and then try again. It usually works and the game starts in just a few seconds.

[Phlynt]

Same issue here, Beta worked fine, then it leaves Beta and I just have the loading background, 3 dots cycling in the bottom right, and the pleasure of watching something that is "not responding" max out usage on 16GB, however it doesn't matter how many times I end task, it still doesn't load. This, combined with all the other complaints people have voiced, leaves me regretting this purchase.

[Majinmagics]

same issue here,a quick end task and restarting the game usually works

[Colcut]

i have never had it not respond, however it may take 2 minutes to load for me.

[Herodotus]

Takes minutes to load, as long as my OS. This was the case in beta and persists. Updating drivers etc. do not work, and having to TM end the game to re-boot just to shave a minute off what is still a long time screams for attention.

P.S. There is already a thread in the Technical Forum, and has not been answered by any Dev since first posted weeks ago in beta.

[khostov]

[Task: BFG (64-bit, PCD3D_SM4)] [Status: Not Responding]
Followed the FAQ, jumped through the hoops, spent many minutes watching the three loading pips cycle over and over.. watch Task Manager phys.mem. max to 99% over and over..

What bugs me is that for three glorious instances the game has moved past "64-bit, PCD3D perma-loop" and fired up [Task: BFG Version: 7487c] [Status: Running] so I know it works! It's just random AF!

NB - As I typed this I left BFG "loading-maybe/confused/not-responding" in the background, for just under 5 minutes.. And it's literally just switched to BFG Version: 7487c running. Persistence in this case, paid off.

For the Emperor!

[shadowclasper]

Finally got it to work. What you need to do is just make sure everything except steam is off, and not click anything else, let it run through the full load process until you hit the main menu. From there you should have no more problems no matter what conditions you first boot it up in.

[Herodotus]

Ah, what do you mean by "everything" - backgorund applications, or prcresses (which would be a nightmare).

[Glorious Tachikoma Overlord]

The game itself takes really long to load by today's standards (easily 1 min+) , on the other hand all the other loading times in the game itself are really short, even on a HDD. I just browse the steam forum while the game boots up.

[Daliena]

Game freezes on that first loading screen for me as well, typically I just shut it down in the task manager then reboot it and it works like a charm the second time. Don't ask me why..

[Herodotus]

Originally posted by Daliena:

Game freezes on that first loading screen for me as well, typically I just shut it down in the task manager then reboot it and it works like a charm the second time. Don't ask me why..

Trie that too. Only works if I fully load the game the first time, and then subsequent boots same day are shorter. TM quitting the load for me doesn't shorten anything...it must fully load the first time.

[Connatic]

I almost thought my game was frozen. Was propably loading for a couple of minutes, then the main menu finally popped up. Haven't had a chance to play this game a bunch since release, so I'm not sure when this issue started. I'm pretty sure it was much quicker during the beta, today's patches didn't fix it. May have caused it for all I know.