Drakos Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 You say that, but not everyone thinks that it is "OK" to ram their head into the loading screen every time they go to a new planet, i find it very annoying, and i have a good computer that can handle it (or shoud, but since their coding seems slopy its the game itself) I'm not saying anyone should accept the loading screens for their length. They do seem long, and I know they're annoying for some. They're less of an issue for me, but that might be because of how much less I play TOR now and how much more I constantly overlay other windowed games while I wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulduet Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Having nice ram *and* a good hdd is the only way to go if you want to reduce loading times. The game has to load resources from your hdd(this is what takes time) onto the ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajikMyst Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) You're full of ****. He is probably not.. My load times average about that or less.. Even Alderaan and Tatooine are about 20 seconds or less.. Edited January 15, 2012 by MajikMyst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnNamedHero Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 He is probably not.. My load times average about that or less.. Even Alderaan and Tatooine are about 20 seconds or less.. Same here. Got chewed out by the haters because I can load most places in about 15 seconds. Excuse me for spending money on quality hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionRampant Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Same here. Got chewed out by the haters because I can load most places in about 15 seconds. Excuse me for spending money on quality hardware. 3 GHz quad, 6850 and SSD here. I think if you actually timed your loading times (in a place like Alderaan for example) you might be suprised that your 15 seconds is more like a minute and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravinian Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Having nice ram *and* a good hdd is the only way to go if you want to reduce loading times. The game has to load resources from your hdd(this is what takes time) onto the ram. I don't think this is true. My HDD is 10,000 RPM, which is about 3,000 RPM faster than most, or about a 40% increase in speed. Also 6gig of RAM is pretty much as much as you need, 8gig is the max i think anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plexas Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 i just timed alderaan and i loaded it in 39 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfabulous Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) You're full of ****. I just stop watched it and got it up in 8 seconds, but i had logged in before, let me reset completely and see what happens I don't think this is true. My HDD is 10,000 RPM, which is about 3,000 RPM faster than most, or about a 40% increase in speed. Also 6gig of RAM is pretty much as much as you need, 8gig is the max i think anyway. They have mobos in the making that hold 128 gigs what you talking about nope still 8.5 seconds /e oh derp thats the fleet, let me load into ald or something Edited January 15, 2012 by mcfabulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plexas Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 mine was a fresh load, i started up and traveled there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnNamedHero Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 3 GHz quad, 6850 and SSD here. I think if you actually timed your loading times (in a place like Alderaan for example) you might be suprised that your 15 seconds is more like a minute and a half. i5 2500k gtx 560 ti. Log on to Nar Shadda 21 sec. Loaded Alderaan in 29. Any other places I should try cause I have NEVER had anywhere close to a one min load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnNamedHero Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I don't think this is true. My HDD is 10,000 RPM, which is about 3,000 RPM faster than most, or about a 40% increase in speed. Also 6gig of RAM is pretty much as much as you need, 8gig is the max i think anyway. You can actually get 16 for a good price. Most games don't even use a full 4 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakos Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 i5 2500k gtx 560 ti. Log on to Nar Shadda 21 sec. Loaded Alderaan in 29. Any other places I should try cause I have NEVER had anywhere close to a one min load. Okay. Now do us a favor. Install Rift and compare load-times. If they're 10-15 second load times, the OP still stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfabulous Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 thats more like it, minute and 37 seconds for ald. 2500k @ 4.2 gtx 550 ti 16 gigs of ram etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravinian Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) I just stop watched it and got it up in 8 seconds, but i had logged in before, let me reset completely and see what happens They have mobos in the making that hold 128 gigs what you talking about nope still 8.5 seconds /e oh derp thats the fleet, let me load into ald or something I am talking about the fact that Windows used to only recognise 4gig of RAM (I think), didn't matter if you had 128 gigs, windows only recognised so much....let me explain, if windows only recognises 4gig, it will only allocate resources for 4gig, didn't matter how much was there only 4gig would be used. Been out of the loop for awhile haven't bothered to check the stats of Win7 but I expect there is a limit to what it will recognise and utilise. Edited January 15, 2012 by Dravinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfabulous Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I am talking about the fact that Windows used to only recognise 4gig of RAM (I think), didn't matter if you had 128 gigs, windows only recognised so much....let me explain, if windows only recognises 4gig, it will only allocate resources for 4gig, didn't matter how much was there only 4gig would be used. Been out of the loop for awhile haven't bothered to check the stats of Win7 but I expect there is a limit to what it will recognise and utilise. doesnt matter the OS its the bit 32 bit only goes up to like 3.375 64 bit is unlocked. also rift took me 17 seconds for iron pine peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRockbottom Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Just timed my system. 16 seconds. Troll harder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffie Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Just tested a few.. From char select to fleet: 14 sec From Char creation (new toon): 18 sec From ship to Alderaan: 52 sec Sabertooth x58 I7-960 Corsair Dominator DHX 1600Mhz 24Gb Corsair SSD Force GT 240Gb Not too impressive load times imo, atleast not when you have to do like 50 an hour hehe I'm sure I'll survive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravinian Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Dunno why mine is so slow in this game but relatively speedy in Rift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matheren Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I'd rather have 1 minutes load time and load a gorgeous world like SWTOR's than wait only 25 seconds and load a bland and uninspired one like RIFT's. Someone's mad because his whole guild left for SWTOR. Wait, what? Gorgeous world? Are we playing the same game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillen Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Sometimes it's 30 seconds, other times it's about 2 minutes. /shurg, I alt tab and deal with it. But I see similar things in WoW, so I'm good personally. TOR seems to be a bit laggier but probably also more complexly (not necessarily a good thing) coded. WoW load times are because of addons. If I remove all my addons I get 5 second load screens in WoW. I put all my addons on and I get like 30 seconds. SWTOR I get anywhere from 20 seconds to 2 minutes with no addons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traumahawk Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Okay.. so it would be okay if everything that I was going to see during my time on one planet loaded all at once. But no... we have loading screens literally in places that don't even load anything new. I've seen loading screens that load AFTER I've started running around in the area that I'm supposed to be loading. Loading screens upon loading screens---even when I alt-tab and come back into the game--I mean that wasn't even in the beta. Edited January 15, 2012 by Traumahawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfeisberg Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 You're full of ****. he isn't. I just timed mine as well. From the time I select my character to when I am actually in game is 16 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorun Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I did a comparison of the loading times for Rift and SWToR. Computer specs i7 Quad Core 940 @ 2.93ghz, 6gig of Ram on a Win7 64 Bit with Dx11 and a GTX 460, with a 10mb connection. I blew up my 295, I loved that card Both on the same machine, literally one after another. Started recording at the moment I hit the splash screen ended the moment I entered the game. I think the video shows a marked difference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oxj-6n69uw Cliffnotes. Rift Load time 25 secs SWTOR Load time: 1m 28 secs Can this not be improved, drastically, because this isn't just the loading from the patcher, this is on every zone. The load times just seem really long all the time. FYI "the players" who blindly defend this game are going to find a fault in this and insult you and tell you to go back to Rift. Or they will just insult you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpass Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 you left our the most important bit of info, what is you hard drive speed and make. That is what is going to make a difference. I have TOR running on a SSD. It loads in about 10-15sec. Get an SSD if you want better load times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfeisberg Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Troll harder! Timed mine also, from character select to being in game world is 16 seconds for me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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