battle load times borderline ridiculous?

[allthesedamnnamesaretaken]

in version 0.632 the time it takes to load battle mode (from the time i click "attack the enemy" to the time you are in battle mode) was less than 1 second. after 0.7 patch, it's now 15-20 seconds.

it's pretty ridiculous when it's just me and my 2 meatshields vs 5 river pirates. there must be something wrong with the code, or some optimization that needs to be done. i realize that it's new code, but it's really a major annoyance. please fix this quickly.

these are my system specs and i shouldn't be getting such poor performance:
asus p4p800-e mobo
p4 3.2E cpu
1024gb ddr400 kingston ram
sapphire ati x800pro (cat 5.8 )
creative sound blaster audigy 2 (newest drivers)
winxp pro sp2

i'm hoping to get some feedback on how many others have noticed the same phenomenon. i've heard that some others are having this problem, but some are not. let's see how widespread this problem is.

 

[Zeaph]

Same thing happening to me, not sure what it is. I will guess its something new about how the terrain is generated now, and its generally bigger and better ie snow/desert/forest

 

[Garth]

The same thing does indeed happen to me, though the engine does seem to take a heck of a lot more into account this time around.

But no biggie, it takes a few hours of gameplay to lose a few minuts of your life.

 

[sapi]

interesting...i only notice about a 5 second difference on a nvidia 5200, amd 2500+, 512mg ram...

 

[namster]

Is it such a big deal?
15 seconds isn't an eternity. Take it as a break to relieve your hands from stress, grab a drink, stretch your back...

compare that lag to other scene changes in games, 15 secs isn't bad at all.

 

[Sir Saladin]

It's not a bad load time because I like all the new trees and of course the shrubbery. Nee!

 

[Big J Money]

Taken in perspecive, 15 seconds isn't bad. However, I can understand a little frustration from people who are used to no wait at all. I have to say that I can get used to it.

=$= Big J Money =$=

 

[xXxkittyfighterxXx]

i dont really care about 5 seconds i mean, comon

 

[Nahkuri]

So you have to wait 15 seconds more? I hope it doesn't ruin your game.. just kidding, I do.

You need to learn some patience. 15 seconds isn't much you know. Hell it isn't anything. I'd use that time to quickly ponder what I'm going to do in the battle.

 

[allthesedamnnamesaretaken]

why all the hostility? i used to have near zero wait. now it's increased 15 to 20 times that. it's comparable to what i have to wait for a half-life 2 mod map to load, which isn't right in my opinion. i hope there are optimizations that can be done

 

[Archonsod]

Load times seem unchanged to me.

Although I now average around 140 FPS during battles, so I'm not complaining. Mind you, thats possibly down to the fog....

 

[Destichado]

Load times increased by about a second. No problem here.

 

[Laurence of Arabia]

Mines increased by a lot but i'm sure ill cope.

 

[Juno]

i used to have near zero wait. now it's increased 15 to 20 times that.

15 or 20 x 0 = 0 so the waits the same? why the thread Just kidding mate

 

[NikkTheTrick]

Now your army recieves a short communion before the battle

 

[jrawlings]

Could the increase in load time be due to the new textures (steppe and desert) and weather effects?

 

[Adanedhel]

Less than 5 seconds here.

- Adanedhel

 

[Instag0]

Try replacing your render_buffer_size to the recommended amount in the configuration text file.

 

[Apex]

I think Instag0 might well be right.

I'm running the game on a Turion64 ML-38 laptop with a 128MB dedicated Radeon x300 of all things and I've not seen one load time exceed 10 seconds. Mind you that's running off of battery, when it's charging the load times are even shorter.

Either way, I'm a patient fellow, so I wouldn't mind either way.

 

[xXxkittyfighterxXx]

i used to have near zero wait. now it's increased 15 to 20 times that.

15 or 20 x 0 = 0 so the waits the same? why the thread Just kidding mate

funny stuff, i was about to post that