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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support => Topic started by: nubbles526 on August 15, 2007, 02:27:39 am

Title: Speeding up the loading process
Post by: nubbles526 on August 15, 2007, 02:27:39 am

Since I changed to OpenGL recently, I've been getting the sexiest graphics ever. However, when it comes to loading, I am really hateful about it. It takes forever to load a mission, and often when it's a big mission file, it will freeze. Then I need to press the power button on my computer, because I can't go to the Task Manager and stop this. So then I just use Run in Windows, and the Task manager is next to the game.  At first, it was ok, except the waiting time from one screen to another is a bit slower. But once I click commit for a single mission, it doesn't even load one section, and just turns into not responding. Is there a way to speed up the loading process? In the mean time, I'm going to try with Direct.

Title: Re: Speeding up the loading process
Post by: karajorma on August 15, 2007, 02:35:23 am

Is it the same mission giving you trouble or different ones?

Title: Re: Speeding up the loading process
Post by: nubbles526 on August 15, 2007, 11:18:09 am

Quote from: karajorma on August 15, 2007, 02:35:23 am

Is it the same mission giving you trouble or different ones?

Almost any mission. Taken the advice from the "Random Lagging" topic, I did get it to be faster. However, it's not the explosions that bugging the in game, but the beam. Tried already with retail. Same story.

Title: Re: Speeding up the loading process
Post by: jr2 on August 15, 2007, 02:55:09 pm

Newest GFX drivers?

Title: Re: Speeding up the loading process
Post by: nubbles526 on August 16, 2007, 04:39:13 am

Quote from: jr2 on August 15, 2007, 02:55:09 pm

Newest GFX drivers?

yes, if I had the old ones, I can't work openGL