Loooooooong Loading times

[Pallemanden123]

Each time i click next turn, it takes ridiclously long time to load the next turn. It takes almost 5 minutes before its my turn again, and its even in early game. I also installed the newest version without that grim thing mod, which is said to increase load time a lot, but its still long.

Any ideas?

[newt]

Get a new processor. Which one do you have now?

[Pallemanden123]

Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2CPUs)

I dont think its my processor. I run all the new games with the best graphics on

[newt]

Yeah, that's fast enough. I have a 2.8 GHz and my turn times don't take 5 minutes, it's more like a minute or 2. I don't know why it's taking so long for you.

Just hit spacebar to double the speed.

[Pallemanden123]

Yeah. Anyone got any ideas how to fix it? >.<

[caralampio]

SS 6.4 has very long AI turns. It has improved over prior versions; 6.3 was, for me, unplayable. Mid game turns took up to 7-8 minutes. Right now I'm not quite into the midgame of a SS 6.4 campaign and turns are taking about 2 1/2 minutes, so I expect that later on they will get a bit longer. For me, bearable. I use the AI turns to read.

Like you, I have a good PC. Not a screamer, but I can play most games including the newest with high video settings. More importantly, I can play other versions of M2TW without problem. Vanilla (including kingdoms games) has about 15-second turns; TATW, about 45 seconds. SS 6.1 about 2 minutes in midgame. So the problem is not the computer, it's the mod.

Now what is the problem? Essentially, scripts. Scripts are like "programs" that modders use to make interesting stuff happen in the game. Although the gaming experience is so much richer, this has a cost in time. The computer needs to read these long scripts over and over for every one of the 22-24 factions and then take time to resolve all those things that happen to them.

So unless you are into modding and know how to get rid of some scripts, you might want to consider playing a prior version of SS. 6.1 is pretty good with Savage's or Gracul's AI.

[Pallemanden123]

Right now i tried without 6.4, so its only 6.3 and the early turns took less than 30 secounds.

[newt]

What I don't understand is that you are saying 6.3 is faster than 6.4 for you. This should be impossible. The scripts were optimized for 6.4.

In my own game I got rid of the leader death notices, the looting script and i got rid pf priest and merchant spawn. I could probably make a submod for people.

[Pallemanden123]

Well I am not sure whats the matter then. Can it be that i install the 6.4 patch wrong? I simply direct it into my 6.3 folder.

[newt]

does it say 6.4 on the screen when you start the game?

[Pallemanden123]

Nope. Ive been wondering what ive been doing wrong.

[newt]

You installed it into ss 6.3, then ran setup after, right? If so, do you have Win 7 or Vista, and where is your M2 folder?

[Pallemanden123]

Aye i installed 6.3, and ran the setup afterwards. I got Win7, and i guess its noteable to mention i got Steam. But i made sure to direct the patch to the right folder.

[newt]

what is the file path though?

[Pallemanden123]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\medieval ii total war\mods\SS6.3

[newt]

This is from a file in your SS folder, but it may not be there for you. Read that entire first post in the link

SS 6.4

UAC PROBLEMS
If you are using windows 7 or Vista, you might experience UAC problems while installing this patch.
This forum topic explains how to fix this problem: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=8287059

You may need to reinstall SS completely after doing this