unofficial trick to reduce game loading time 15s

[twanmal]

after having a look at the log file , I see that the sound Files for the F14 and other airplanes are created every time. But for the F14, these are more than 500MB, so it takes 15 s for me.

After copying these sound files from the root mod to the corresponding saved games folder, I reduce the load time of 15 s.

I will probably have to do it every time that there is an update for the F14, but anyway, I'm happy with this result.

Edited April 2, 2020 by twanmal
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[TOViper]

after having a look at the log file , I see that the sound Files for the F14 and other airplanes are created every time. But for the F14, these are more than 500MB, so it takes 15 s for me.

After copying these sound files from the root mod to the corresponding saved games folder, I reduce the load time of 15 s.

I will probably have to do it every time that there is an update for the F14, but anyway, I'm happy with this result.

 

 

Hey twanmal, nice find! Will try out soon!

[kotor633]

Tested and found to be good :-) Thank you for the good tip.

Simply copy the entire folder from .\DCS World\Mods\Aircraft\F14\Sounds to .\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\Aircraft\F14\Sounds.

[Rudel_chw]

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Simply copy the entire folder from .\DCS World\Mods\Aircraft\F14\Sounds to .\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\Aircraft\F14\Sounds.

 

Thanks for the detailed instructions :thumbup:

[Blinde]

Seems to be working quite well. Cut loading times by half.

[some1]

I see that the sound Files for the F14 and other airplanes are created every time

 

Wow, that sounds.... wasteful.

[Xenovia]

The F14 folder isnt in my saved games, can I just create it and copy the sound folder into it?

[Clorydric]

I will probably have to do it every time that there is an update for the F14

 

What about using a symlink ?

Go to .\DCS World\Mods\Aircraft\F14\, shift+right click on the Sounds folder and select Copy as path.

Next, go to .\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\Aircraft\F1, shift+right click on the explorer background and select "open command prompt here".

In the command prompt, type

mklink /d Sounds [paste the path here with right click]

What's a symlink ? In short, your Sounds folder in Saved Games\DCS\... will be the Sounds folder in DCS World\Mods\... Think of some kind of "advanced" shortcut.

 

 

(little word of warning...

I don't have any references of sounds files being copied in my DCS log, and making the symlink/copying the folder doesn't seems to change anything for me.

Please be cautious and make a backup of the sounds folder before trying to make the symlink. If it works without issues, the backup can be deleted and you won't have to worry about updates.)