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extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 5/30/2015 5:08:08 PM

silentbob

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Hi..

when I start the Game either form Launcher or .exe, it takes like 3-4 Minutes to get to the main Menu. The the Menu itself feels slow, the Menu-Frames "appear" as if they are loaded from a slow device. If I want to switch Theme, it again takes like 3-4 minutes to complete.
Game runs as Admin, Dx9 installed. HDD and CPU usage is low...

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RE: extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 5/30/2015 6:26:44 PM

zakblood

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same advice as here tbh

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3869951

and a report posted the same would help the staff with you're errors

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RE: extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 5/30/2015 7:27:25 PM

Siddham

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Just from my own experience...which may be relevant or not...
The game takes a relatively long time to load...which is normal AFAIK
Also it takes a relatively long time for a theme to be installed...normal also AFAIK
AFAIK = these things take a long time in my game.

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RE: extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 6/1/2015 2:13:30 PM

mordachai

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I have a killer rig - and this game takes ages to start - and changing themes is equivalent to restarting.

I also avoid bugs by changing a theme - exiting the game and restarting it (with the now correct theme) before starting a game in a given theme. Less likelihood of a bug causing a corrupt game or crash if you try to swap data on the fly.

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RE: extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 6/1/2015 5:37:24 PM

HerpInYourDerp

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The only way to speed up starting the game is to run it off an SSD or Ramdisk. It'll still take a minute or so, though.
Switching themes takes a long time because it's basically purging all the current .txt files in memory and reloading the ones from the new theme's directory.

< Message edited by HerpInYourDerp -- 6/1/2015 6:38:00 PM >

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RE: extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 6/2/2015 4:40:18 PM

silentbob

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Hm Ok...thanks for all the Answers

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RE: extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 6/8/2015 11:14:10 PM

Blabsawaw22

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I have a samsung 840 EVO and yes it still takes atleast 1 minute and 30 seconds maybe to get into the menu..

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RE: extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 6/9/2015 6:01:19 PM

synpax

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quote:

ORIGINAL: HerpInYourDerp

The only way to speed up starting the game is to run it off an SSD or Ramdisk. It'll still take a minute or so, though.
Switching themes takes a long time because it's basically purging all the current .txt files in memory and reloading the ones from the new theme's directory.

I run it off an SSD, and have 24gigs of RAM to boot. Still slow as hell, still takes 15 minutes to load a game and thirty to save.

I have an MSI Computer GT72 DOMINATOR PRO-210. Game still runs like it was 1993 shareware.

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RE: extreme slow Game start and laggy UI - 6/13/2015 12:35:09 PM

Blabsawaw22

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It shouldn't take 30 minutes.. you have something running you shouldnt have running while playing...

It does take a long time but try running AS SSD and compare speed tests with others on websites

I turn off all my virus and whatever other ridiculous programs when I play and maybe thats why mine takes about 5-10 minutes to load/save..

I have a crappy Lenovo i7 quad core , 16 gig ram , and SSD ..

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