How to fix long loading times?

[Dre]

So whenever I start up a dm match it takes a long ass time SOMETIMES for me to actually get into the game. Plus when I get into the game, I'[m stuckign spectating people and its annoying as hell. Is there any wy to fix screenloading times? It can't be my internet cause I get 3 bars every game I play.

[brandon♿]

It's your hard drive most likely, I had a 5 year old hard drive that took me almost 2 minutes to load in and I bought a new one and I load in under 30 seconds.

[Smelly Inferno]

Same since this last update. Havent been in the match to see the countdown one time since the update. S&D I have to sit the first round out because of the delay. And on dom the first point is already taken by the time I get it. And no its not my hard drive. Guy I game with is having same issues since update.

[thebumishere]

I often wonder how many people go to the auto parts store for help without actually telling them what kind of car they have.

[TooL]

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/intel-optane-technology.html

[🌸RogueSiren🌸]

Actually I noticed it as well directly after the update. Prior to it, I was always the first to load just waiting for the timer to actually start, afterwards, I wouldn't get into the match until after the first point in Dom was actually captured.

I resolved this in a couple ways.

First (as I use an nvidia GPU) I went into and re-optimized my settings for something far more towards "performance" than image quality. If I want to look at pretty pictures i'll play the campaign.

Secondly, in-game, under the advanced video settings there is at least one setting called "shader pre-load" and has a description of "preload shaders prior to gameplay. incurs longer level load to eliminate potential hitching during gameplay". I disabled this.

After this, my load times were back to normal, but there is a price as I did notice hitching afterwards occasionally.