Game Loading Time

[John Kirby 1]

  I've got a pretty big plugin folder, and it takes me roughly 5 to 6 minutes to load the game. I can understand that  the waiting time increases but sometimes it will take nearly 10 minutes. Is this normal, and is there anyway to remedy this?

[3dpuzzlemaster 20]

Yes it is completely normal, my game takes somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes to load! There is no way I know of to fix this except for getting a really high tech computer.

[John Kirby 1]

Well hopefully I won't come to the point to where it takes 30 minutes! That would be a littllllllle ridiculous.

Thanks for that though, I know that I'm now not alone.

[ArchangelMichael 51]

Try using Dat Packer.  If you have tons of custom buildings and props, that is most likely the cause of slow loading time and lag while the simulator is running.  You'll be amazed at what a difference Dat Packer makes, especially when saving the game or switching between cities or regions.

[John Kirby 1]

Will the Dat Packer work with a Mac?

[ArchangelMichael 51]

I don't know if it will work with a Mac.  You'd have to try it and see.  You'll need to Juice the .exe to install.

[SC4BOY 20]

Load time is a funciton of many things, but for a given computer and memory and harddrive setup, yes it will climb to larger and larger times.. And yes DatPacker will significantly decrease both load times and "city switching" times. I also don't know if it works on a MAC.

[edman2012 33]

maybe u dont have much ram. you need 1-2 gb.

[MTA3479 0]

Sometimes, the game just has bugs, the result with me is freezing.

[ryanhamaty 0]

Originally posted by: ArchangelMichael

Try using Dat Packer.  If you have tons of custom buildings and props, that is most likely the cause of slow loading time and lag while the simulator is running.  You'll be amazed at what a difference Dat Packer makes, especially when saving the game or switching between cities or regions.

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Try to download, but no link to download was found, or am i just being stupid

[SC4BOY 20]

The download works fine for me.. You do have to go to SC4Devotion, then jump to the "BSC LEX" and REGISTER ON THAT SITE in order to be able to dl from there. Registering for SC4D isn't enough

[MTA3479 0]

Thanks SC4BOY, I had the same problem.......