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iplaygames2
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Greetings all~

I just wanted to ask if any of you have experienced really slow load times. My comp used to open gothic much faster, probably 2 or even 3 times as fast. Now, it seems, when I first open the game, load a game, the red bar takes between 25 and 30 seconds to fully load and get me to the in-game screen.


Also, if there's any tech savvy out there, my PC now sometimes takes a REALLY long time to boot up. It will go to the windows screen (with the clouds on the desktop), then freeze..mouse pointer shows, but NO icons come up, and the pointer freezes. However, after 45 seconds or so, it plays the little windows opening theme and all my icons come up, things are fine. Again, this problem is relatively recent, and I know of nothing I put on my HD that would have caused this. As a matter of fact, I don't think I installed anything prior to this occuring.

Anyone have any ideas on this??

Specs:

WinME
PIII 1GhZ
256Mgs
GeForce2 (32Mgs)

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Post Thu Jan 17, 2002 1:59 pm
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Try searching the forums to find out more about this, it's been quite a few post regarding slow loading times...
Post Thu Jan 17, 2002 3:41 pm
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Sounds to me like:

1:)Lack of driver for your MBO
2:)Insufficient power from power supply

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Post Thu Jan 17, 2002 6:56 pm
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If your system got slower you should consider a fresh windows install plus driver updates.
Post Thu Jan 17, 2002 7:19 pm
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launch msconfig.exe and uncheck some of the programs you dont need to load at startup.

If you have a sblive, turn off off 16bit emulation or something. THat uses a load of useless memory.

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iplaygames2
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Actually, I have fresh drivers for my vid/ sound cards (Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound, btw). I don't know about a fresh install of the OS..you really think that would help? I can't imagine anything about the power supply being interrupted...I've got other stuff running off the same power strip with no problems..

Appreciate the ideas..I'll run msconfig, but I've already eliminated many things from the startup menu. Not everything, I suppose, but then again, I haven't added anything prior to this problem starting...

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Post Fri Jan 18, 2002 3:43 am
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Don't format your computer,if you wanna go in that direction do a defragment of your hard drive.
Post Fri Jan 18, 2002 3:47 am
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Defragging..I do that on a regular basis..

I've only reformatted one PC in my day, and I was in way over my head..I finally got it to work, though, and was thoroughly impressed with myself. However, it's not something I really want to go through again..

By the way..is there anyone here who is fluent in the C/C++ language, and would be willing to help someone trying to learn?? I'm taking it in school now, the intermediate course, and I may be needing help in the near future....many thanks..

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Post Fri Jan 18, 2002 4:01 am
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iplaygames2
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**bump**

Anyone help out here?? Further ideas??

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Post Fri Jan 18, 2002 5:31 pm
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You can microwave a burrito while you wait.

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Post Fri Jan 18, 2002 6:29 pm
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iplaygames2
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now THERE's a novel idea..

alas, though..too many burritos make for a really smelly Gothic experience..

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Post Fri Jan 18, 2002 8:03 pm
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Try this : get some sort of smaller electro-engine , open your HARD DISK and overclock it , for exmp. 7200@150000 rpm. Cool it with
liqiud NO2.

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Post Fri Jan 18, 2002 9:52 pm
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In all reality, yes it can load up pretty slow. But once it's loaded, everything is fine.

It's basically normal. If there is a way to speed it up. Cool, but it runs fine after it does load, so what difference does it make?
Post Sat Jan 19, 2002 2:32 am
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Heh, get a FastTrack RAID Controller and two quick drives. I do and a fresh load up take about 8 seconds at most.
Post Sat Jan 19, 2002 9:39 am
 
RingWrath
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i dont think over clocking is necessary dog o war
Post Sat Jan 19, 2002 10:28 am
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