Game load time after reboot

[WileEdward]

Hi, load time take a lot of time on first load. Only Nice text and overhaul dynamic mods. HDD installation. The next load is fair normal compared to other games.
Looking at the setup.log it seems to spent about 2 minutes just at the begin of the load process.

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[20:42:04][musicmanager.cpp:179]: Loaded 1 songs.
[20:42:04][musicmanager.cpp:179]: Loaded 18 songs.
[20:44:26][game_application.cpp:1711]: Initializing Database: CNamedColorDatabase
[20:44:26][game_application.cpp:1711]: Initializing Database: CGalaxyShapeDatabase
[20:44:26][game_application.cpp:1711]: Initializing Database: CAsteroidBeltTypeDatabase
[20:44:26][game_application.cpp:1711]: Initializing Database: CWeaponTagDatabase
[20:44:26][game_application.cpp:1711]: Initializing Database: CStrategicResourceDatabase
...
[20:44:47][ethic.cpp:1344]: Ethic #14 tag = ethic_fanatic_materialist name = Fanatic Materialist
[20:44:47][ethic.cpp:1344]: Ethic #15 tag = ethic_materialist name = Materialist
[20:44:47][ethic.cpp:1344]: Ethic #16 tag = ethic_gestalt_consciousness name = Gestalt Consciousness
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Any clues?

 

[AndrewT]

That sounds normal actually! Once it has loaded once it does not need to generate new caches, and Windows will have some of the game in its memory cache.

 

[ASGeek2012]

Yeah, this is totally normal. My guess is there's a disk cache that gets blown out when either you reboot or start another program that has to load a lot of data. This is especially true if you're using a spin drive as opposed to an SSD.