Loading screen isn't long enough

[gamemaster3000]

I like to psych myself up a little before the game, but don't have any time with the quick load times.

 

[SupremacyKing2]

Are you being funny or do you just have a very fast computer? Cause the load times are pretty slow on my computer.

 

[Lucius_]

I have an intel i5 4670, which is pretty up there in speed (though not an i7 obviously), and my load times are really, really long. Of course, loading times are all relevant though and a matter of perspective.

 

[GenyaArikado]

If that wasnt sarcasm, you could just not press the play buttom as soon as it loads lol

 

[Gorbles]

Having trouble taking this seriously, with the big green "play" button an' all.

 

[Makavcio]

You need to use special font for sarcasm on the internet.

Imho, loading times are ok. As long as you're not playing an Apollo game on a massive map, it's just a few moments. I've got i5-3550@4Ghz and I cannot complain even in such circumstances. Anyhow, one load per 1h session would't kill anyone even if it was 2 minutes.

 

[hevans900]

Kappa 4Head EleGiggle. Not enough sarcasm on these forums

 

[Olodune]

I alt-tab out of the loading screens which doesn't exactly accelerate the process

I'm willing to sacrifice loading times for smooth gameplay and for more accessible modding.

A bit of an aside: is it possible to run two instances of BERT through steam?

 

[rastak]

He's gotta be kidding....

 

[Gorbles]

I alt-tab out of the loading screens which doesn't exactly accelerate the process

I'm willing to sacrifice loading times for smooth gameplay and for more accessible modding.

A bit of an aside: is it possible to run two instances of BERT through steam?

Steam generally stops that happening; I'm not sure there are application overrides except for games that rely on something legacy / middleware like DOSBox?

 

[Red Menace]

He's gotta be kidding....

you seem to have an Evil number of posts. I would think so I've hated loading screens sine Civ V, Civ IV's were just the right amount of not there.

I have an intel i5 4670, which is pretty up there in speed (though not an i7 obviously)

I myself have an i7 and an SSD it loads pretty much anything but BE instantly, even Total War loads fast.
In BE it loads the Menu in around 2 seconds sometimes longer depending on background processes, it loads up games in about 8 seconds which is annoying. later on when I have a ton of units it takes a few seconds more, I'm not patient.

 

[Svetkavitsa]

I myself have an i7 and an SSD it loads pretty much anything but BE instantly, even Total War loads fast.
In BE it loads the Menu in around 2 seconds sometimes longer depending on background processes, it loads up games in about 8 seconds which is annoying. later on when I have a ton of units it takes a few seconds more, I'm not patient.

I got an SSD about a month ago, and my BE and CiV loading times dropped to 10% to 20% of their original times. I think that makes the single biggest difference in loading times on these games.

 

[Gorbles]

Core i7s don't provide much, if any, of a gaming advantage over i5s, for general record.

I have an i5 and only my OS is mounted on an SSD; my games are on other drives. BE is no slower or faster than most other comparable games, including Dawn of War 2, CiV, Rome 2: Total War and XCOM.

Let's go back to the silly stuff now please

 

[Barathor]

The game itself just loads way too fast. Before I get a chance to lose myself staring into all the twinkling stars and at the cool looking satellites (they could've taken the easy route and just copy+pasted the same object image and altered it a bit - but they didn't! Same goes for the load screen images.) it's already ready to go.

Spoiler :

Haha... Seriously, though, sarcasm aside, the main menu trumps all of it and is absolutely beautiful -- it's worth the wait; as is the game while loading/generating.

I'm also using an i7 and have my OS/apps on one SSD and all my gaming apps on another SSD and it still feels like BE takes a much longer time to load up compared to many other games.

 

[Ryika]

I find the loading time is perfect. Gives me exactly the time I need to plan my 90 turn domination or 150 turn peaceful game. If games ever reach a reasonable length then the loading times will of course need to be increased.

 

[poom3619]

I personally find loading screen too long, but I would just then alt-tab out, open game XML with Civilopedia and communique texts and read it while the game load.

 

[ggmoyang]

Link to video.

 

[Red Menace]

I got an SSD about a month ago, and my BE and CiV loading times dropped to 10% to 20% of their original times. I think that makes the single biggest difference in loading times on these games.

it does and the SSD only feeds my impatience . I've seen the difference an SSD makes and its incredible but BE for some reason when starting/loading a game is much longer than loading the menu. which is strange only because Civ V is the same for both. Loading Civ V without in SSD is painful, its way faster to load a late game save than to even get into the menu.
I'm really not a fan of Loading screens. and really the only reason for them to be pretty is because they exist. which is a good enough reason.

 

[CountAccountant]

I like to psych myself up a little before the game, but don't have any time with the quick load times.

I'm encountering the same issue. It's so frustrating! First, I missed all of the great elevator scenes in Mass Effect, now this.

 

[Westwall]

It's funny because even after the ridiculous loading time, the map still isn't ready and constantly needs to buffer or smooth out or whatever, which is really annoying.

It's even worse than in Civ 5 and yet another indication of poor coding.