Very slow loading on XP
 

Ive got my loading times in one of my games increased from instant to 1 minute. And it seems that game kinda freeze for that period. Ive tryed new game but in begining of new game loading is instant but in 20-30 turns it suddenly increase to 1 minute or more... Is that normal? It seems tha when loading it read HD and processor is loaded 100% (i have athlon 2600+)

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

I think that is normal. I truned off animated movement entirely on mine when playing.

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

Check for foreign CDs (i.e. Non-SE:IV) in your CD drive.

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

Animation is off too... I just looked into my save folder...my savegame (that one i load) contains 1200 files. Isnt that kinda weird? Maybe autosave is bugged? for example another save contain 22 file

[ May 01, 2004, 15:16: Message edited by: Errror ]

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

That's not too strange. Autosave will go up to 10 Versions and if you have player stats active then you get .txt files for each player for each save so that can add up very quickly. There are only 3 important files really to the savegame.

You turn off the logs in the settings.txt about 3/4s of the way down.

Slow load ups on the intro screen are usually due to another CD in the drive when CD music for the game is turned on. If it's a data CD then the game starts going putt-putt looking for the music tracks...

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

And i found another folder - history. It has around 9000 files too. So can you please explain how to make normal autosave each turn with minimum files created?

I checked settings.txt ant logs were false...but nov i just made another turn and got another autosave for 1200 files and 1200 history files...its insane stupid saving system.

[ May 01, 2004, 15:50: Message edited by: Errror ]

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

That is most odd and not normal. What kind of files are they?

[ May 01, 2004, 16:22: Message edited by: Captain Kwok ]

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

For example:
2_tosav0_tosav4_tosav8_tosav6_tosav6_tosav2_plr_1_ events.txt

2_tosav5_tosav6_tosav2_current_replay_combat.cmb

2_tosav8_tosav2_tosav6_tosav2_current_replay_comba t.cmb

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

What is the actual name of your savegame? It doesn't seem like your game is following the normal save procedure.

You should only have 1 .gam and perhaps 1 .cmb file for each save game name. You seem to have multiple...

Autosave files are always named starting with autosav#, where # is from 1-0.

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

savegame name - 2

As i said before it generates 1230 files each time i save manually or with autosave. and also same amount of history files...most of them have such big names as i posted below.

First 4 files are normal:
2.gam
2_current_replay_combat.cmb
2_plr_1_events.txt
2_plr_1_stats.txt

Then weirdo files go...
2_tosav0_tosav0_tosav2_plr_1_events.txt
2_tosav0_tosav0_tosav2_plr_1_stats.txt
2_tosav0_tosav0_tosav6_tosav2_plr_1_events.txt
2_tosav0_tosav2_current_replay_combat.cmb

[ May 01, 2004, 17:18: Message edited by: Errror ]

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

I'd run a virus scan for sure - and next I'd reinstall the game.

The first files are fine and how it should be, plus maybe a few autosave files depending on how frequently you have it set.

The rest are wierd and is making me think something more sinister is going on.

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

I reinstalled game 3 times. I had Last patch 1.91
I have no viruses. Maybe i should submit bug report?

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah. This is the first time I've ever seen something like this happen. I tried to duplicate - but no success.

[ May 01, 2004, 17:27: Message edited by: Captain Kwok ]

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

The game runs fine on my XP system. I have had no problems with it at all.

You might have some hardware issues with your PC that might be causing problems.

Make sure you don't have the game disk in any of your drives. In fact make sure your drives are empty.

Right click on the short cut for SEIV and then properties then compatability and see if you can get it to run better under an emulator.

Past that I would re-install XP.

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

now im playing a new game with autosave option each turn. now is turn 34...and i begin to get that weird save files again//now only 3 of them are generated...and i supp[ose there wil be more and more each turn...

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

I would start a new game, and constantly check for exactly when these extra files start showing up. Have a archive file (*.zip would probably be best) ready, and add the contents of the savegame/history folders, starting with before when the files show up, and going in a few turns. Send this in with a detailed explanation of your system (OS Version, service packs installed, etc.) to malfador@malfador.com

Someone please correct me if Aaron is using a different address for bug reports...

Re: Very slow loading on XP
 

Autosave is another thing that I turned off.