PR 1.0 - Long Map Load

[Kothra]

Now I'm not going to go and say something's wrong, because I don't really know...
And a lot of things have changed since 0.98 so it's perfectly possible that it's just part of that...

But when I'm loading maps, the map load takes something like four minutes. Most of this is loading objects (the first 15% of the loading), which takes about three minutes.

I just want to ensure that this is more or less how it should be, and there's nothing wrong on my end.

For the record, here's my support info:

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64-bit
          Language: English (United States)
       Motherboard: Dell Inc. 0YR8NN
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz (Physical: 4, Logical: 8)
            Memory: 8.00 GB
      DIMM Modules: ChannelA-DIMM0: 4.00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    ChannelB-DIMM0: 4.00 GB @ 1333 MHz
         Page File: 7.89 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.0

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
   Display Mode(s): 1366 x 768 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 9.18.13.2049 (320.49)
    Display Memory: 1024.00 MB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
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  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: Microphone (Realtek High Defini
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 171.03 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Battlefield 2\mods\pr
                    Free: 171.03 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Kothra\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 171.03 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Kothra\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 171.03 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Kothra\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 171.03 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, xpack
       Current Mod: pr
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.30.0
          Language: english
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: Kothra
              Type: Online
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1366x768@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Medium
     Multisampling: 4x
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: Medium
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Medium
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Medium
    Dynamic Lights: Medium
 Texture Filtering: Medium
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

[LITOralis.nMd]

If your C: partition is on a HDD, you should try a defrag.

Some of the PR content is packed in very large compressed files. If those files are highly fragmented, it can take much longer to load.

[rep]

Now I'm not going to go and say something's wrong, because I don't really know...
And a lot of things have changed since 0.98 so it's perfectly possible that it's just part of that...

But when I'm loading maps, the map load takes something like four minutes. Most of this is loading objects (the first 15% of the loading), which takes about three minutes.

I just want to ensure that this is more or less how it should be, and there's nothing wrong on my end.

I have the same problem too....

If your C: partition is on a HDD, you should try a defrag.

Some of the PR content is packed in very large compressed files. If those files are highly fragmented, it can take much longer to load.

I will try this. Hopefully it will help to solve the problem..

[rep]

I want to report that defragging sadly didn't help to solve the problem for me... map-loading times are still very long (seem to "stuck" at 15%)

I hope it worked better for Kothra?!

[matty1053]

THIS FIX WORKED FOR ME

How to fix

1.Start a local server
2.Put every map in the map list
3.Fly around the map or drive w/e
4.Switxh to next map
5.DO STEPS 3-4 until u reached final map

It works
Also servers first time running the maps. So expect one week for it to be nice !

[Kothra]

THIS FIX WORKED FOR ME

How to fix

1.Start a local server
2.Put every map in the map list
3.Fly around the map or drive w/e
4.Switxh to next map
5.DO STEPS 3-4 until u reached final map

It works
Also servers first time running the maps. So expect one week for it to be nice !

I'll try this, but when I had multiple maps earlier on local, only the first one would actually be used at all and the rest were discarded.


Also I'm still defragging (I went to defrag the entire BF2 folder).

[Rudd]

This is pretty much how it's going to be mate, BF2 has to look through ALL the files and pick out the ones it wants for that specific map.

So you want US and Russia on a map? It'll check china, gb, ger, fr etc too etc.

Bf2 will load maps faster if it's previously loaded it in another loading cycle, but I don't think that carries over to teh next time you start the program.

[Kothra]

Okay then. Thanks.