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NoOne · 11-09-2018, 05:35 PM

EDIT: i have an idea that may apply better than the rest of this drivel below... how many threads are you using in the game's settings? make sure it does not exceed number of physical cores (not hyperthreading nonsense). 4 cores - 4 thread at most.

e.g. i have an i7 2600k... 4 cores, 4 logical cores... 8 total, but not really... it's a gimmick for the most part. now, if you put a 4core cpu to use 8 threads in ootp, it will be incredibly slow -- if still functioning as it did in the past..

i looked it up. you have 4 cores.. makes sure you use 1.2.3.or 4 threads in game settings.

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too many possibiliteis to cover all..

try defragging that directory (the included windows prgram can't defrag 1 director of coice, i don't think... can get a free one though and it saves time.)

if you have an SSD, ignore that suggestion, never defrag an SSD. on an hdd, it coud feasily improve load times. ootp is not good at keeping it's data in a continous, sequential area of hdd. it constantly read and writes tiny files and they get insanely fragmented over time and use of the game. with an hdd, you'll see read/write speeds drop form an optimal of ~100-150mb/s to ~2-4mb/s... when loading a 1 gb+ league, that can make a difference. (loadup is similar, but i don't think that stuff gets as fragmented as league files, but could be wrong)

also, look for minimum file size to defrag... reduce to 1kb for this directory, not entire drive defrag or it will take forever and a day for a large drive.

... get an ssd? that improve speeds of loaidng, but there has to be other factors causing the slow down too.

<rhetorical> what is it stalling on during initialization? the messages at top wihle it loads. if it consistently stalls at one point, do a forum search and see if others hve same problem.

have you done anything differently lately? changed anything? added an antivirus security blanket? etc etc..

turn off any realtime AV software or make an exception for ootp, see if that helps. that real-time stuff doesn't protect you from anything nefarious, fwiw... it really is just a security blanket unless you do really really odd and dumb things with a computer.

e.g. you click okay to anything a website pops up... like downlaoding some software to watch a video, lol... or some streamed cable... never need proprietary software and it likely is bogus if not a big company well-known name.

11-09-2018, 05:35 PM	#2
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	EDIT: i have an idea that may apply better than the rest of this drivel below... how many threads are you using in the game's settings? make sure it does not exceed number of physical cores (not hyperthreading nonsense). 4 cores - 4 thread at most. e.g. i have an i7 2600k... 4 cores, 4 logical cores... 8 total, but not really... it's a gimmick for the most part. now, if you put a 4core cpu to use 8 threads in ootp, it will be incredibly slow -- if still functioning as it did in the past.. i looked it up. you have 4 cores.. makes sure you use 1.2.3.or 4 threads in game settings. --------------- too many possibiliteis to cover all.. try defragging that directory (the included windows prgram can't defrag 1 director of coice, i don't think... can get a free one though and it saves time.) if you have an SSD, ignore that suggestion, never defrag an SSD. on an hdd, it coud feasily improve load times. ootp is not good at keeping it's data in a continous, sequential area of hdd. it constantly read and writes tiny files and they get insanely fragmented over time and use of the game. with an hdd, you'll see read/write speeds drop form an optimal of ~100-150mb/s to ~2-4mb/s... when loading a 1 gb+ league, that can make a difference. (loadup is similar, but i don't think that stuff gets as fragmented as league files, but could be wrong) also, look for minimum file size to defrag... reduce to 1kb for this directory, not entire drive defrag or it will take forever and a day for a large drive. ... get an ssd? that improve speeds of loaidng, but there has to be other factors causing the slow down too. <rhetorical> what is it stalling on during initialization? the messages at top wihle it loads. if it consistently stalls at one point, do a forum search and see if others hve same problem. have you done anything differently lately? changed anything? added an antivirus security blanket? etc etc.. turn off any realtime AV software or make an exception for ootp, see if that helps. that real-time stuff doesn't protect you from anything nefarious, fwiw... it really is just a security blanket unless you do really really odd and dumb things with a computer. e.g. you click okay to anything a website pops up... like downlaoding some software to watch a video, lol... or some streamed cable... never need proprietary software and it likely is bogus if not a big company well-known name. Last edited by NoOne; 11-09-2018 at 05:42 PM.