It’s not the worst problem to be having but it’s still a bit annoying - load time variations. Prior to SU10 my load time to the Main Menu with an empty Community folder was 2:50 give or take a few seconds. With the release of SU11 it dropped down to 1:47 and I was very pleased. Now with the SU11 hotfix it’s crept up to 2:10 and stayed there. It’s annoying that 1. the load time is so high and 2. it varies so much from update to update.
Has anyone else noticed any uptick in loading time with the release of the hotfix or is it just me?
P.S. I waited this long to report the issue to make sure it wasn’t just a temporary server load problem.
My load times are pretty much the best it has ever been at present. With different updates, my load times have varied between about 1:45 to 2:45. After SU11 it has consistently been around 1:36. I am happy with that. Note that I use Addon linker without hordes of add ons. Typically as at present: Beaver Harbour Air livery, Misty Mooring sceneries, Bijan’s seasons
I usually keep all my add-ons in a separate folder and only bring them in when I need them. Not too long ago, my load time with all of my add-ons was about 13 minutes, which was still bad, but manageable.
Right now, with 11.29.30.0, my load time with all of my add-ons is 39 minutes 5 seconds.
I don’t know when that changed, but it’s pretty clear that something is different.
OMGosh ! Are you kidding me ?
Your load time is 39 minutes ? Are you serious ?
Load time being the time you click on MSFS to load to the time you are able to choose a plane to fly and starting location ?
Since SU10, my load times, with or without add-ons, was under 2 minutes, from over 4 mins with SU9 and prior. It had essentially cut initial load times in half.
When the 11.29.30 version dropped to the beta testers last week, the first thing I noticed was that load times regressed to 4+ minutes again. Basically doubling for me. And it’s remained that way.
So in other words, they broke something in this update.
Sometimes everything is normal, but other Times it takes up to 30min to load and, once finally loaded, FPS are about 3, and takes about 20min to ramp up slowly to normal at 45+
When it happens, the cpu is at less than 5% used and gpu 20%
It’s likely just a coincidence - my load time is back to where it was just after SU11 and I did absolutely nothing to the sim. My RC is always on except for when I remove it, clear it and re-enable it after every update.
My load times is 4-5 minutes long…
Here is a trick for a fast load under 1 minute if you have VR headset.
Start the sim and go VR mode ..sim loads fast 30-50 seconds.
Deactivate VR and voila you are in desktop mode ready for a flight.
That is my trick to defeat the long load times when I start the sim normally ..Cheers.
Just starting the sim to the home screen takes 4-5 minutes …but when I now start Oculus OVRService, it takes less than a minute. Gone are the long wait times…amen
