Extremely Long Load Times

[Frankthetank]

I recently reinstalled DCS and now the load times are extremely long. They can be anywhere from 5 minutes to hours without loading at all. It just stays stuck on this screen:

 

[draconus]

Is your DCS and system installed on SSD already? Older type HDDs are even up to 10 times slower than newer SSD types.

Did you also reainstalled Windows? It will take time for it to update as well in the background which will significantly slow down the system.

Finally, please upload your dcs.log from c:\users\<current_user_name>\saved games\dcs\logs

Also keep in mind that AV software can slow down DCS loading times, even the default Windows Defender. You can exclude DCS main installation folder from scanning if you wish.

Edited October 21, 2021 by draconus

[Frankthetank]

14 hours ago, draconus said:

Is your DCS and system installed on SSD already? Older type HDDs are even up to 10 times slower than newer SSD types.

Did you also reainstalled Windows? It will take time for it to update as well in the background which will significantly slow down the system.

Finally, please upload your dcs.log from c:\users\<current_user_name>\saved games\dcs\logs

Also keep in mind that AV software can slow down DCS loading times, even the default Windows Defender. You can exclude DCS main installation folder from scanning if you wish.

 

DCS is in fact installed on my new SSD. I did not reinstall Windows (which is still installed on my HDD C drive). The new SSD E drive basically just functions as a 1 TB flash-style USB drive but I assumed nonetheless that installing DCS onto it would improve performance.

Edited October 21, 2021 by Frankthetank

[draconus]

Is the SSD drive and your USB port at least 3.0?

[Frankthetank]

On 10/21/2021 at 11:39 PM, draconus said:

Is the SSD drive and your USB port at least 3.0?

Yes