Load savegame times - are they long because Sean Bean yabbers on?

[esoba]

There is also a bug with windows defender that causes the load screen to take forever and ever. You have to exclude the Civ6 folder from windows defender.

Yeah, yesterday my game refused to load and had the Steam bootstrapper errors. After reinstalling the game I found this work around and I was able to actually start a game. I really hope someone at defender is working a fix for this cause it's ridiculous. Back to the point is that it takes my computer a good few minutes to load games. Guess I need to upgrade to a SSD.

 

[Chuma]

The CIV advisor reminds me of this lady a bit

 

[Joch]

long loading times discussed here. Turns out the problem is Windows defender. I had the same issue, cut the loading times in half by excluding the entire Steam folder.

http://kotaku.com/a-very-small-civilization-vi-tip-1788166960

 

[FlashXAron]

long loading times discussed here. Turns out the problem is Windows defender. I had the same issue, cut the loading times in half by excluding the entire Steam folder.

http://kotaku.com/a-very-small-civilization-vi-tip-1788166960

That also solved it for me , from 5-10min loading to "around the text, which will be read", even faster most of the time (playing largest map, with all civs , even some double )

WINDOWS DEFENDER IS THE PROBLEM !

 

[adcarrymaokai]

I bought a new computer specifically for gaming in May. Everything else flies on this machine, but game saves take 1 min and 20 seconds to load on average, and my Windows Defender is tuned off.

 

[Waywocket]

Well, I tried this out, but adding the exclusions made no difference - even turning Windows defender off entirely made no difference. Ah well, worth a try anyway.

 

[Joch]

I bought a new computer specifically for gaming in May. Everything else flies on this machine, but game saves take 1 min and 20 seconds to load on average, and my Windows Defender is tuned off.

1 min 20 sec. is fine IMHO, I was getting loading times of up to 5 mins, now down around 2 minutes (this on a huge map).

Typical loading times in Civ5 and BE are around 1 min. I currently have Civ6 on a HDD, but will eventually reinstall on my SSD to see if that is quicker.

 

[DanQuayle]

My games load right after the first paragraph is finished.

 

[adcarrymaokai]

My games load right after the first paragraph is finished.

Please, share the secrets.

 

[Setis]

I just found it a bit suspicious that "Continue Game" button becomes visible and active exactly when Sean Bean finishes the story.

It depends on the map size actually, the larger the map, the longer he talks. For me, with a Huge map, he basically finishes the monologue and civ introduction before the button appears.

 

[adcarrymaokai]

1 min 20 sec. is fine IMHO, I was getting loading times of up to 5 mins, now down around 2 minutes (this on a huge map).

That's on a standard map, but it's still too long, considering that I purchased a new computer specifically for gaming. Maybe I need to tone the settings down from the highest.

 

[DanQuayle]

Please, share the secrets.

Samsung 850 Pro

 

[adcarrymaokai]

Samsung 850 Pro

Well, at least now I know what to get in case the current one fails. Not sure if worth replacing right now, since this is not the only game I play, and others load fine.

Another problem might be my Win8, but it's probably just the hd.

 

[adcarrymaokai]

Actually, I am reading the reviews for Samsung 850 Pro, and people are just orgasming to it. Maybe it's worth the buy. The things I learned on civfanatics today...

 

[Mr.WorldWide]

Actually, I am reading the reviews for Samsung 850 Pro, and people are just orgasming to it. Maybe it's worth the buy. The things I learned on civfanatics today...

TBH if you currently are using a SSD you aren't going to see any real world difference moving to the 850 pro. That said, if you need a SSD it's hard to go wrong with the 850 series from Samsung. I have the consumer version and it's great.

 

[Martinus]

I just found it a bit suspicious that "Continue Game" button becomes visible and active exactly when Sean Bean finishes the story.

Not really. Most of the time, on smaller and tiny maps, the continue game button appears about time he is half-way through. So maybe they just timed it so it is similar to loading of a standard/large map game?

 

[Joch]

ok, more benchmarks.

I switched the game from my secondary drive which is a 1TB WD Caviar Black HDD (7200rpm) to my primary drive which is a 256GB Adata SP920 SSD.

Loading time for the save game is now 1 min. 20 sec. This is on a Huge map with all graphic settings set at maximum. I also started a new game on a standard map and it takes exactly 1 min. to load. I measure the time from the moment I press the "load game"/"start game" until the "continue game" button appears.

so switching from the HDD to the SSD shaves around 50 secs. loading time.

The Adata is now 2 years old and the Samsung 850 Pro has better specs. Bear in mind though that real world performance is usually closer than what the specs would indicate. The CPU and RAM also impact on loading times.

So if someone is still using a HDD, there is an advantage to switching to a SSD. If you already have a SSD, it is doubtful switching to another SSD would provide more than a marginal improvement.

 

[adcarrymaokai]

TBH if you currently are using a SSD you aren't going to see any real world difference moving to the 850 pro. That said, if you need a SSD it's hard to go wrong with the 850 series from Samsung. I have the consumer version and it's great.

Well, I was somehow sure that my new computer has SSD, but apparently it doesn't — and I just learned that today by checking my devices... I mean, I did pay for the graphics because I play other games which are more graphics-oriented, but having had a bad experience with a regular HDD die on me last year, I am definitely going to get a SSD. Thanks guys/girls.

 

[Waywocket]

I have an 850 pro and it gets like 1% utilisation while loading - I guess if you have a slow HDD it may well be the bottleneck, but it's entirely cpu-bound for me. I even checked my cooling in case I was getting thermal throttling, but no. It seems like my CPU just can't load the game any faster. So weird that it's so much better for some people though.

 

[DeutschDachs]

You guys are all so lucky. I have the game on a good SSD, with a 6600k, and no joke this game has the longest load times I've ever experienced. After Sean's finished talking, I can go off and go to the loo or something. 8 seconds? It takes minutes for me.

I suppose you've never played Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex for PS2 then