TF2 Slow Loading

[Marr0w]

Before I say anything, yes I've looked online, and no, I did not find any answers.

Basically, a bit recently, TF2 has been having loading problems; so much so that the game is unplayable. When I start the game from Steam, it takes several minutes for the main menu to load. All I see on my screen is the background and that's it. No music, no buttons, nothing. The worst part is I can't leave the game when this happens, my computer is frozen until the menu loads. Once the screen loaded, I thought the worst was over. Then I tried loading up a game. I sat and stared at the map loading screen for so long with nothing happening, I had to hard reset my computer.

I'm sorry if I'm asking a question that could be easily answered by four-year-old, but I don't know what to do; TF2 is the only game in my library that takes this long to load, everything else is fine. Thanks in advance.

[muckymucks]

Verify your cache.

[Marr0w]

Originally posted by muckymucks:

Verify your cache.

I did that and the game still takes between 5-10 minutes just to load up.

[Crypto Carlos]

It sounds like you either:

A.) Have a very full hard drive - mechanical drives will slow down as you near their maximum capacity due to fragmentation/needing to sort through more files etc. tho fragmentation is typically not nearly as much of an issue with the NTFS file sysem. If this is the case, try deleting unused programs/games.

B.) Have a heavily fragmented drive - try using Windows built-in defragmenter or a third-party tool (I recommend "Defraggler")

C.) Have damaged files/areas on your hard-drive - run "Scandisk" or some other tool.

D.) Some virus/malware is running in the background and robbing your hard-drives I/O bandwidth.

[Marr0w]

Originally posted by yellowblanka:

It sounds like you either:

A.) Have a very full hard drive - mechanical drives will slow down as you near their maximum capacity due to fragmentation/needing to sort through more files etc. tho fragmentation is typically not nearly as much of an issue with the NTFS file sysem. If this is the case, try deleting unused programs/games.

B.) Have a heavily fragmented drive - try using Windows built-in defragmenter or a third-party tool (I recommend "Defraggler")

C.) Have damaged files/areas on your hard-drive - run "Scandisk" or some other tool.

D.) Some virus/malware is running in the background and robbing your hard-drives I/O bandwidth.

I've defragmented my hard drive, made space in said hard drive, cleaned out my computer, and still I'm waiting just as long for TF2 to load. Thank you for the suggestions, but unfortunately, nothing has worked.

[Crypto Carlos]

Originally posted by SpikeX95:

Originally posted by yellowblanka:

It sounds like you either:

A.) Have a very full hard drive - mechanical drives will slow down as you near their maximum capacity due to fragmentation/needing to sort through more files etc. tho fragmentation is typically not nearly as much of an issue with the NTFS file sysem. If this is the case, try deleting unused programs/games.

B.) Have a heavily fragmented drive - try using Windows built-in defragmenter or a third-party tool (I recommend "Defraggler")

C.) Have damaged files/areas on your hard-drive - run "Scandisk" or some other tool.

D.) Some virus/malware is running in the background and robbing your hard-drives I/O bandwidth.

I've defragmented my hard drive, made space in said hard drive, cleaned out my computer, and still I'm waiting just as long for TF2 to load. Thank you for the suggestions, but unfortunately, nothing has worked.

What do you typically run in the background (if anything)? You could try closing down any processes/services that aren't strictly necessary - just a thought. The last time I played TF2 (it's been a while, and not currently installed), it did take a fairly long time to get into the menu, but not several minutes.

[Marr0w]

Originally posted by yellowblanka:

What do you typically run in the background (if anything)? You could try closing down any processes/services that aren't strictly necessary - just a thought. The last time I played TF2 (it's been a while, and not currently installed), it did take a fairly long time to get into the menu, but not several minutes.

I always keep Chrome open, and no matter how many tabs I have open, games have always worked no problem.

Could I possibly copy the game's data from my primary hard drive to my second one, delete the local content, move the data back, reinstall TF2 and possibly fix the issue? That was how I transferred my games before and maybe it would help to try it.

[Crypto Carlos]

Originally posted by SpikeX95:

Originally posted by yellowblanka:

What do you typically run in the background (if anything)? You could try closing down any processes/services that aren't strictly necessary - just a thought. The last time I played TF2 (it's been a while, and not currently installed), it did take a fairly long time to get into the menu, but not several minutes.

I always keep Chrome open, and no matter how many tabs I have open, games have always worked no problem.

Could I possibly copy the game's data from my primary hard drive to my second one, delete the local content, move the data back, reinstall TF2 and possibly fix the issue? That was how I transferred my games before and maybe it would help to try it.

It's worth a shot.

[76561198832170072]

did it work? it has been 4 years!

[Marr0w]

Shoot man, I don't remember. I think my PC was just garbage then.

[Velvette Meadows]

did it work? it has been 8 years!

[Marr0w]

yea it worked lol

[~Cassie the Loot Goblin~]

Originally posted by Marr0w:

yea it worked lol

glad to hear it. hope you've moved to SSDs after 8 years.

[raw maw]

I have it on SSD but it's still SUPER slow & freezes in loading screens
Any potential fixes?

[RedReimu]

Originally posted by mossfan1:

I have it on SSD but it's still SUPER slow & freezes in loading screens
Any potential fixes?

Not necroing old threads is a good fix.

[Knawts]

Originally posted by RedReimu:

Originally posted by mossfan1:

I have it on SSD but it's still SUPER slow & freezes in loading screens
Any potential fixes?

Not necroing old threads is a good fix.

Thanks! this helped a ton