Streamlining load times - is this possible?
witch:
OK. I gotta test this out. 2.2GB CC.
3 mins 10 seconds to main hood menu. 20 seconds to load hood. 3.5 minutes total.
I was surprised, I thought it was quicker than that. I would have said 2, 2.5 minutes as a guesstimate.
ETA: With no CC it takes 45 seconds to load to the main menu and between 15-15 20 seconds to load the hood.
Gamblor:
Its not the loading time of starting the game that bothers me its the loading between hoods and sub-hoods that get on my nerves the most. That's why my Sim doesn't usually leave home unless it's for something really important to do. Shopping is a waste of time that's why I hate doing it in real life :D
My load time is just under a minute with out any CC.
Gastfyr:
Without any CC my game still takes 5 min from launcher to neighbourhood choosing screen. :-\ With CC, it's over 10 mins.
Of course, I've given up playing Sims on this computer for now because after such brutal load times, it doens't let me play for longer than 5-10 mins before crashing. So now I'm playing sims on my husband's computer. It still takes a long time to load with all the CC, but it saves lots so fast by comparison, and it's great to have 0 crashing.
maxon:
Quote from: Killzone on 2008 October 10, 19:01:57
These long loading times interest me, I have what I would call a fairly ancient rig:-
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111)
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.1GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 348MB used, 2180MB available
It takes me a tad over 4 mins to get to a lot from desktop with 1.2GB in downloads folder (predominantly hair, skins/mesh,clothes, characters, zilch furniture/lots). Ive read people having extreme load times of 30-40mins+. Does some types of CC make for longer loadtimes than others?
I've never quite understood this one either. My old computer was even more venerable than your's and it still took only about 5 minutes to load with about 2.5GB in Downloads. I had optimised virtual memory and other tweaks and I kept it pretty clean and defragged and all the rest. The processor was a measly 1.6GHz though I had a graphics card with memory of its own (which, when first installed, made the biggest difference to running the game) and a gigglebyte of RAM. It ran the game fine with up to Freetime installed - in fact, it still is, I gave the system away to a friend of mine with a noCD crack for the installation. I do wonder what is different about that and those games that take so long to load. I don't think the short load times are a male thing either, I wouldn't be playing if it took 30 minutes to get to Little Carping. The new rig loads in about 3 minutes from click to lot - it was about 90 seconds but the volume of custom content has crept up.
Gastfyr:
As far as CC and males go, my husband is much worse than me when it comes to downloading tonnes of CC clothing. I'll be downloading a few outfits, and he'll go, "Hey! Download that too! Come on; I want to see how it looks in the game." I think it's always female clothing. :P Like I need anymore female clothing! lol
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