How can i reduce the main loading time of DCS

[lorfar]

Hi to all

Is it possible to reduce the main loading time of DCS?

I am not referring to the loading time of the missions but to the loading time of the main beginning of DCS.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Lorenzo

[draconus]

You can:

• exclude '\saved games\dcs world' and '\dcs world' installation folder from antivirus scanning
• disable modules you're not using in module manager
• obviously the faster the disk DCS is on the better and to some extent mobo/cpu/ram
• set autologin and have your network connection ready
• remove mods and turn off any external apps

[lorfar]

39 minuti fa, draconus ha scritto:

You can:

• exclude '\saved games\dcs world' and '\dcs world' installation folder from antivirus scanning
• disable modules you're not using in module manager
• obviously the faster the disk DCS is on the better and to some extent mobo/cpu/ram
• set autologin and have your network connection ready
• remove mods and turn off any external apps

Many thanks draconus.

Before I put your suggestions into practice, the loading took 2 minutes and 23 seconds.

I just excluded the folders from the antivirus as you wrote.

Now it only takes 44 seconds.

Before this, I noticed that the loading time was so long only at the first start after turning on the PC.

At subsequent ones, without restarting or turning off the PC, it was much faster.

 

 

Many thanks again

 

Lorenzo

 

[JohnRedcorn]

9 hours ago, lorfar said:

Many thanks draconus.

Before I put your suggestions into practice, the loading took 2 minutes and 23 seconds.

I just excluded the folders from the antivirus as you wrote.

Now it only takes 44 seconds.

Before this, I noticed that the loading time was so long only at the first start after turning on the PC.

At subsequent ones, without restarting or turning off the PC, it was much faster.

 

 

Many thanks again

 

Lorenzo

 

It is because after the game loading for the first time, it cashes it's code and data in memory and the memory is not getting clean after yo close the game. All of the game data and code remains in memory as "cashed". You can check it through task manager. Open the "Resource monitor" and switch to a "Memory" tab. You will see that there is a memory usage bar. The blue line is marked as "Standby". This is the cashed data and code of DCS World which remains in memory even after you close the game. So when you run the game again, it checks if the desired data or function is loaded in memory. If it is loaded, then the game won't load it again from the drive, but use the loaded data / code from the memory.

This way you can also cash the map. Just open a mission before flying it. Zoom out the map to see all the map. Then you can also zoom in until you start see cities and trees and move the map with the mouse to cash all the objects (You can just move over the mission area to cash it). Then exit the game to release the memory and turn it from "In Use" to "Stanby", launch the game again, open your mission but don't play with the map again, just start the mission right away. As a result you will have less stutterings on the mission start.