How long your game takes to load a save?

Post by **rockitten** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:17 am

As the story progressed and the stuff and mod I am carrying, the load time for a save swelled from a split second to over 10 minutes now.......

So how long your game takes to load a save?

Post by **tizerist** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:03 am

Hmm well with about 130 mods and around 70 hours logged, it can take about a minute. Just as well i play with the combat difficulty all the way down otherwise it would become umbearable lol. But I noticed longer loads actually make you value your virtual life more. Before I used to amble over hilltops in order to get to a path below. But since that 'enhanced falling' mod came out a couple of weeks ago, I use more caution, in case my character ends up in a heap.
Plus I use the mod 'Black or Blank Load Screens' which means I rarely even notice load screens, as they seem quicker with no image to distract me. So my loading times are fine.

Post by **KeltecRFB** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:54 am

If it's not loading, the game is most likely running out of memory but not enough to CTD especially if you are running NVAC. At least this is what I have observed with similar behavior with my game.

Post by **NILLOC 916** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:58 pm

That sometimes happens for me. I usually just turn off my computer, turn it back on and try again and it works.

Post by **paragonskeep** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:32 am

I guess mine was way out of whack, I took 6 mins everytime. I'm doing a complete reload (crash so even windows got reloaded) and will see how it plays out.

Post by **Kai Hohiro** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:45 am

it sounds more to me like you have a mod that is constantly generating refs and not cleaning up properly after itself. That can cause crazy savegame bloat and performance problems. MMM and the Increased Spawns mod for FO3 had a big problem with that.

Post by **tom_57** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:30 pm

I had the same problem a while ago. New games loaded fine but after a while load times would swell to about 3-4 mins, after some research I found that some people had this problem when using some of Millenias weapons. The culprit in my game was the IMI UZI if I remember correctly.

You could try disabling all your mods 4 or 5 at a time and run the game each time to see if it loads any faster, then you can narrow it down. That's how I locate problem mods.