Speed of loading stuff to ram depends on kind of ram, not how much u have it. For me it takes 5 sec to load portal 2 map and 3 sec to load portal 1 maps so I don't see any problem

I have 32 Gigs of DDR4 RAM and I have over 30 min load times.

Loading times are due to your RAM and storage drive speeds.

Originally posted by RedSkittleFox:

Speed of loading stuff to ram depends on kind of ram, not how much u have it. For me it takes 5 sec to load portal 2 map and 3 sec to load portal 1 maps so I don't see any problem

I understand that, but my point is that Valve should allow MORE data to be in mem. at once, hence, after the game is done starting up and after initial loading, it won't need to refresh on every different stage, and if it does it won't have to load as much (meaning less time consuming results) because some of the data is already there.

Also, for @Riedy: I have tinkered a lot with my settings--there's not really anything i can do there. That's why i suggested here that Valve add a setting that allows it to utilize more resources if available.

Originally posted by Jaece:

I have 32 Gigs of DDR4 RAM and I have over 30 min load times.

Bruh. O-O

slow loading time + overpowered PC (at least in storage and RAM) = WTF?

that must suck

Loading game from SSD is always good idea.

Originally posted by Knife Kitty:

Loading game from SSD is always good idea.

True. SSDs are faster since they're solid state (duh, in the name) and fully electronic.
HHDs have to rely on motors to rotate a platter, so it takes longer to read/write and even find data on a hard disk.

On a side note... FYI, I don't like SSDs too much tho because once they start to die, they break immediately. In a hard disk, when it dies you have several weeks or even months to discover that your drive is dying, and have some time to prepare so you dont lose your data.

Although I think what really matters here is just wethre or not an SSD is available to someone.
If not then maybe try a flash drive? (depending on specs of the external media)

IDK...

What i was thinking was just loading the game as it does, but then when in gameplay it loads stuff in the background for future use, or keeps some data in memory longer rather than unloading it, then reloading it when needed later. It's unneccessary to unload assets when they are still needed later if theres still available room to hold it.

I mean, why do you think cache was invented?
You know, some apps on cell phones use cache to store their ads for future reference, so they can load them faster without having to redownload them, which is most useful in slow connections.

I have a long loading time (5 minutes), but I don't know what to do to reduce the loading maybe setting or something else? idk pls help me

Originally posted by masterjimm8:

I have a long loading time (5 minutes), but I don't know what to do to reduce the loading maybe setting or something else? idk pls help me

You could get a faster hard drive and upgrade your RAM to DDR4 but it wont do too much

I was just asking Valve for an ASync loading feature, hopefully theyll have it in their next Source based game

SPOILER ALERT: There is no next game or HL3 lol

Originally posted by masterjimm8:

Maybe they can update the game lol half life 3 confirmed

lol

I watched a whole Jacob Geller video while waiting for it to load, that's how long it took for it to load :I

Originally posted by SCORNEDCHAMPION:

I watched a whole Jacob Geller video while waiting for it to load, that's how long it took for it to load :I

This thread is over half a decade old. I was still halfway in middle school when I wrote it.

Honestly if your computer struggles to load a game from 2007 this hard you should upgrade to like anything else. My old Thinkpad T510 I made my steam account with can do fine. Pull an office computer out of the garbage or something.

Originally posted by bonkmaykr:

Originally posted by SCORNEDCHAMPION:

I watched a whole Jacob Geller video while waiting for it to load, that's how long it took for it to load :I

This thread is over half a decade old. I was still halfway in middle school when I wrote it.

Honestly if your computer struggles to load a game from 2007 this hard you should upgrade to like anything else. My old Thinkpad T510 I made my steam account with can do fine. Pull an office computer out of the garbage or something.

I got pinged and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ has time gone by .. My last comment was when i was still in middle school and now im in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ uni like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Originally posted by Fox:

Speed of loading stuff to ram depends on kind of ram, not how much u have it. For me it takes 5 sec to load portal 2 map and 3 sec to load portal 1 maps so I don't see any problem

it's still anoying that there' ANY loading at all. the whole game can fit in ram....