Very long load times!

[myzko]

When I start the game it loads forever! It just seems that all loading times are soo long!
Why's this?
:wacko:

Specifications:
Operativsystem
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz 39 °C
Yorkfield 45nm Teknologi
RAM
4.0GB Dubbel-Kanal DDR3 @ 611MHz (8-8-8-20)
Moderkort
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5P41C (LGA775) 39 °C
Grafik
BenQ G925HDA (1366x768@60Hz)
768MB GeForce 8800 GTX (nVidia) 67 °C
Hårddiskar
244GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG SP2504C ATA Device (SATA) 30 °C
1954GB Western Digital WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 ATA Device (SATA) 30 °C


Also: I get a crash (and bug) when some event fires after Germany (WW1) has won over Russia and imposed harsh conditions that they accept, and after that Finland declares independence and then Soviet is formed. However, Soviet takes back all of Finland except Petsamo and later on when the civil war events starts firing the game crashes. (must be because of the harsh conditions imposed by Germany?)

 

[ToMaShiTo03]

u should register your game and ask in the tech support forum... (load times for me are faster than any other hoi game I played)

 

[CaptRobau]

If I may warrant a guess though, it's because you have Windows 64-Bit. Very unsuitable for gaming as few games are made with it in mind. t'll only you half of your cores.

 

[guczy]

If I may warrant a guess though, it's because you have Windows 64-Bit. Very unsuitable for gaming as few games are made with it in mind. t'll only you half of your cores.

Dude, this is just simply not true, i also have a 64bit Win 7 and the game and the scenario load in like 3 seconds, most games became waaaaaaaaaaaay faster just by switching to 64bit Win from 32bit.

 

[unmerged(251226)]

Out of all the Paradox games I own this one loads the fastest.

 

[Blanch Warren]

this one loads fastest for me
the fastness... it is putting tears in my eyes.

 

[PrussianPrince]

That is very strange mate. I also load the game very quickly, quicker than any other game I play.

 

[CaptRobau]

Dude, this is just simply not true, i also have a 64bit Win 7 and the game and the scenario load in like 3 seconds, most games became waaaaaaaaaaaay faster just by switching to 64bit Win from 32bit.

Well if it's not that, then I'm out of guesses.

 

[^_AC_^]

Antivirus maybe? But it's strange, nobody else reported this.

 

[Saulot333]

It's very slow for me too, and I got an i5. Could be Kaspersky

 

[safferli]

Try to disable on-access virusscanning. This helped with most of the slow problems we had with V2.

 

[MartinBG]

Do you have any graphical mods installed (extra sprites, unit icons, pictures etc.)?

 

[myzko]

Hello again. It's very nice of all of you to help with troubleshooting.
I am indeed using Windows 64-bit, but as was pointed out - it is not the ghost we are looking for...

Also: I am using Darkest Hour without any mods installed (just as it came from Gamersgate) and the Security Suite I'm using is Outpost 7.1 Free
Will try to disable the virus scanner while playing next time I'll be back with results..

PS: How to I go about registering the game?

 

[tuore]

PS: How to I go about registering the game?

Go to My Games on this forum, find Darkest Hour and write the serial key you got (since it was Gamersgate, it's in the my games part of the site).

 

[Kung Zog]

To register enter the serial code under "My games" in the top left corner of this forum

edit: tuore is a very quick man

 

[Saulot333]

It was the AV: I made Darkest Hour folder an exception and loading times are now pretty fast. Pass the word.

 

[MartinBG]

It was the AV: I made Darkest Hour folder an exception and loading times are now pretty fast. Pass the word.

Nice to hear you have the problem solved!

 

[myzko]

It was the AV: I made Darkest Hour folder an exception and loading times are now pretty fast. Pass the word.

I can confirm this. After putting Darkest Hour in the exceptions in the Anti-Malware scanner settings the game loads rather quickly. Couple of seconds from a couple of minutes!
Very nice.

This must be because the game loads a whole bunch of very small size files...

 

[safferli]

This must be because the game loads a whole bunch of very small size files...

Yep.