NS2 Loading time is still pretty long even after 268

GhoulofGSG9GhoulofGSG9 Join Date: 2013-03-31 Member: 184566Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Supporter, Pistachionauts
edited September 2015 in Technical Support
"So CDT you promised me improved loading times but i don't see anything being faster, loading times got even worse."

If that sentence fits to your current situation, please read and follow these steps:

1. Due to the fact that ns2 doesn't have a digital signature many anti virus tools don't trust it. This means they look extra caution into any file ns2 loads.

As ns2 now uses multiple threads to load this can (combined with your AV analyzing every file) cause a lot IO access overhead at your PC which will make it loading "turtle" slow.

So please make sure ns2 is set as trustworthy application in your anti virus softwares settings!

2. Defragment your HDD (Do not do this with your SSD!)

Why you should defrag your hdd from time to time

I personally recommend Defraggler for defragmenting (made by the same devs as CCleaner).

Just analyze your partitions with it and defragment them if they are over 5% fragmented, this will not only speed up the loading of games but also your system start ;)

3. If the above steps didn't help you please contact a cdt dev or open a thread in the technical support sub-forum of UWE.
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  • NordicNordic Long term camping in Kodiak Join Date: 2012-05-13 Member: 151995Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited August 2014
    GhoulofGSG9 wrote: »
    They will basically analyze every file ns2 loads into the memory. As ns2 now uses multiple threads to load this can combined with your av cause alot overheat overhead at your pc which will make it tirtle turtle slow.


    As a general tip, you should be able to auto defrag your hdd's, not ssd's, at a set interval. Once a month should be good enough.
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  • BeigeAlertBeigeAlert Texas Join Date: 2013-08-08 Member: 186657Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    @AceDude check out that link for defraggler. Why does it redirect here?

    Sorry, back on topic. I'll try both of these and report back. :)
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  • GhoulofGSG9GhoulofGSG9 Join Date: 2013-03-31 Member: 184566Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Supporter, Pistachionauts
    edited August 2014
    BeigeAlert wrote: »
    @AceDude check out that link for defraggler. Why does it redirect here?

    Sorry, back on topic. I'll try both of these and report back. :)

    Was my fault i removed the 
    http://
    of the url bb block by accident :( Thanks for reporting ;)
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  • _INTER__INTER_ Join Date: 2009-08-08 Member: 68392Members, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow
    Exempting the Natural Selection 2 folder, the Appdata NS2 folder and the ns2.exe from my AV, e.g. Real Time and Guard module, helped me a lot.
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  • ATFATF Join Date: 2014-05-09 Member: 195944Members
    Wait, there are still people running Antivirus software?
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  • OtsOts Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18577Members, Constellation
    Shh, don't give them any ideas. You might be working for such company at some point! ;)
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  • RapGodRapGod Not entirely sure... Join Date: 2013-11-12 Member: 189322Members
    There's gonna be a fixed bug in the next patch that may decrease time (it will for me, I think).
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