In Game Loading Times

[loosebruce 10]

Hey all,

Just a bit of research I am doing and was wondering if you could help me.

How long on average does you computer take to load up a map/mission.

Say for example on Chernarus?

Thanks

[celery 8]

Chernarus around 15, Utes is faster.

[Laqueesha 474]

Around one to nineteen seconds, depending on the map and/or mission size.

Usually under nine seconds.

[Deadfast 43]

Missions are loaded instantly, it's the islands that take some time to load if they weren't before.

[Alex72 1]

On my rather shitty system its option 2. The first time loading it that is. So i would say 11-20s roughly.

[SASrecon 0]

5-15ish.

tbh I couldn't really care less about loading times; it's more performance and optimisation that is my concern.

[bwc153 10]

Really depends... although most of the time over 1 minute... I really need to get my gaming PC working internet wise so i can play ARMA2 with it :/

[loosebruce 10]

Thanks for helping in my research this will allow me to make suitable preparations for the Splash screens

[Kastrenzo 10]

Chernarus around 15, Utes is faster.

Utes loads almost instantly for me because it's tiny in scale compared to Chernarus. It's quite obvious.

Isle Panthera and Quesh Kirbil seem to load quickly based on their size.

But Sprodji and Celle take ages to load

*Obviously those four I mentioned were user created content, And I probably spelled each of them wrong but whatever*

[NeMeSiS 11]

Utes loads almost instantly for me because it's tiny in scale compared to Chernarus. It's quite obvious.

Utes is also loaded when you start the game (By default), so you can almost instantly edit/play on it cause its already loaded.

First time i open Chernarus takes about 11-20 seconds i guess.

[Dead3yez 0]

Running from SSD, Chernarus takes about 11-20 seconds. Utes takes about 5 seconds or less.

I start my game with world=empty.

So I'm wondering for those if Utes, Chernarus use some shared resources which would reduce the loading time of Chernarus if you loaded Utes already. And Vise versa.

Edit when tested.

Edited March 27, 2010 by Dead3yez

[bwc153 10]

Utes is also loaded when you start the game (By default), so you can almost instantly edit/play on it cause its already loaded.

First time i open Chernarus takes about 11-20 seconds i guess.

Not always, sometimes the menu. screen is of a pond somewhere in Chernarus... Which then loading the game obviously takes longer if that occurs.

I've noticed that most of the time that menu screen apears, that the background song is the song "Chernarussian anthem" too... (Sort of like how the Utes Carrier scene usually loads the song "Sharpening Knives" or "Cold Wind")

[NeMeSiS 11]

Not always, sometimes the menu. screen is of a pond somewhere in Chernarus... Which then loading the game obviously takes longer if that occurs.

Yes, if the last mission you played was on Chernarus.

[mosh 0]

SSD = 1-10 seconds

[Laqueesha 474]

I start my game with world=empty.

This. ^