Too long loading times in Storm

[riolu]

Yo guys,
I've got a pretty weird problem, and I actually can't find a solution for it. Maybe someone else got the same issues like me.
So, I experience too long loading times every time I play on a Storm server. Sometimes it loads so long, that I miss the start of the round. (on a Royal server e.g.)
On Canyon servers, and on every other game, loading times are super fast.

System specs:
AMD FX-4100 4x 3,6 GHz
AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB
8 GB RAM
Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit

I play on nearly max graphic settings on Full HD resolution. Mostly, only Skype and Firefox are open in the background.
Any help?

[Cerovan]

It's maybe because of Firefox if he takes too many ram (mine can take up to 3Go if i let him opened for a long time). In that case, if you count at least 2Go for Windows + 2Go for Firefox and another 1Go for others processes, you have already 5Go used and so 3Go left for the rest of the system and Storm.

It can be short, especially if you run the game at max settings in full HD (plus the weight of the map and the number of players).

[tcq]

It's maybe because of Firefox if he takes too many ram (mine can take up to 3Go if i let him opened for a long time). In that case, if you count at least 2Go for Windows + 2Go for Firefox and another 1Go for others processes, you have already 5Go used and so 3Go left for the rest of the system and Storm.

It can be short, especially if you run the game at max settings in full HD (plus the weight of the map and the number of players).

Yeah, but in your calculation you do not count the memory of the graphic card.
3GB free RAM + 1 GB ram of the graphic card should be clearly enough to run it without a problem.

[Cerovan]

I said this because i have the same issue at work (3gb free + 1go vram from the 460GTX), i have performance issue especially on heavy maps.

In the other hand, i have a lot of processes open : Chrome, Thunderbird, TweetDeck, EasyPHP, Gimp and several others softwares (which could take between 300 and 500mo of ram)

[riolu]

The funny thing is, the more I play on a server the faster it loads
But still weird that everything is fine in Canyon =/

[TMarc]

The funny thing is, the more I play on a server the faster it loads
But still weird that everything is fine in Canyon =/

because the more you play, the more blocks are in the cache and the less your machine has to calculate.
So on a server, if you have gone through all maps in a loop, then they will all load fast.

I asked this during the alpha, why still many things are calculated. You can see this especially in windowed mode in the title bar. The answer was: because ManiaPlanet is more generic, and it lets the individual GPU shaders calculate locally.

[kiuasiun]

i have the same issue...
SOS.....

[xxluke]

Same problem, only since the 1.3 update.

[ylem]

yep, way longer loading times now in SM, not only in storm, but also elite.

[LuckyBoy]

Hello,
We've fixed a bug in the multi-player map loading, loading could take more than 1 or 2mn on some maps !!
The fix is present in the the Beta 1.3b released on september 18th.
Thanks
LuckyBoy