Stuttering when a match begins?

[鬼椒]

Ever since the first blood update while not severe I've noticed when loading inside the map and spawning for the first time the game freezes for a few seconds sort of like things are struggling to load. Afterwards the match continues like normal. Has anyone else noticed this at all or would this just be a problem on my end?

E: There's also stuttering within the match when clickin on another hero across the map. Doing this in replays will occasionally crash the replay with this message.

http://puu.sh/4FcLB

I've checked the dev forums for dota and this is a common problem yet has no solution.

[JayEm65]

Yarr, same like all other valve games. lol.

[鬼椒]

I wouldn't doubt it's the source engine but I'm curious to know if this is affecting more players after the update. Regardless I'll probably defrag to be sure.

[Serris]

same to me and my friends, we all got this issue

[鬼椒]

The stuttering is even worse when watching a replay. Pretty sure something in the update caused it but I won't hold my breath.

[Rampoina]

I always had this issue. When the game starts (when spawning) it freezes and the sound loops for a few seconds, then everything continues without any problem.

[rainy blues]

I got this too since I started play DOTA2 (1 year ago) but after latest patch its even worse with graphics bug...

[Bald Spider]

That's been going on since before the update. I'm no programmer, but maybe the game tries to load everything at once instead of cycling through heroes/store/towers/terrain, and the result messes with it for a couple seconds. Annoying, but since the games have a timer before it starts and we can all shop and get into positions before it starts it's not exactly a high-priority issue.

[BijutsuYoukai]

While I'm used to a bit of stuttering when everyone loads onto the map, it seems to have gotten worse since the update. It used to be just a couple seconds, yet after the patch I get a full on freeze for about 3-4 seconds, followed by about the same amount of cutting out and stuttering.

[Kahv1k]

Before the update, I had about a 1 second pause, then everything went to normal. Now, after this update, once I press play and spawn in, it freezes then I get disconnected saying "Timed out." But I then reconnect and everything is normal. I tried to lower all my settings to the lowest possible but it still gets stuck. I hope I'm not the only one.

[AAF]

Mine just Lag/Frame drop after my hero spawn from picking. I can't do anything buy items/chat or even pause. makes me lane late. 1 thing is for sure its not on our end. Ever since the First Blood patch some sort of loading stuffs his happening

[Xanoth]

Same issue after a recent patch. DOTA2 is installed on a SSD, none of the friends I regularly play with seem to have the issue. After the stutter the game runs fine with 90+ fps, I've no idea what it's doing that could cause such a huge performance difference.

[GroovyHobo]

This has always been there for me. When the heros load at beginning game, it stutters for 2 seconds and then its all good for the rest of the game.

[Snuggly Pootis]

Same issue, and even worse. I had to wait around 1 minute for the game to be back to normal again. I've never experienced this issue before the update.

[Shozzum]

turn networking to low in settings. worked for me

[鬼椒]

I've read that it may be due to the dota 2 guides and unsubscribing somewhat helps. Another few suggestions I've seen is cl_forcepreload 1 and as above lowering network settings now.

Will test a few of these.