DOOM Loading Times

Rroff · 12 May 2017 at 13:47

IIRC there is a folder somewhere with a cached file you can delete though mixed stories if it helps or not - then you also have the GPU shader cache but that shouldn't significantly slow down start up.

Willir · 12 May 2017 at 14:29

Just set +com_gameMode 1 +com_restarted 1 in launch options so that it boots straight to single player, kind of loaded quicker than before hand.

Disco_P · 12 May 2017 at 15:32

Remember that doom is massive, around 70GB. In general bigger games take longer to load, much bigger games take much longer.

Might be worth checking that the game files aren't fragmented across your HDD.

Tute · 13 May 2017 at 08:50

Willir said:
Not got an SSD atm, looking on grabbing one soon. Out of all the games I have, DOOM seems to only give me this problem, so it cant be the HDD. Suppose an SSD would be the fix to speed up the load times, but surely a standard HDD would be fast enough to boot a game to the menu.

Well as said, when I used a mechanical drive the load times were very slow, and never got better until I got it on an SSD. The first couple of times I actually mistook the load times for game crashing, it was taking that long.

ED209 · 15 May 2017 at 21:44

Is this game worth getting? see it on sale atm and been tempted a number of times.

played the demo and enjoyed that

Disco_P · 15 May 2017 at 22:57

yes yes and yes

Rasseru · 16 May 2017 at 00:10

How weird, it's the longest game to load for me too, takes ages I go off and do something.

Pretty Decent SSD also, ocz vertex

Rroff · 16 May 2017 at 00:14

Willir said:
Just set +com_gameMode 1 +com_restarted 1 in launch options so that it boots straight to single player, kind of loaded quicker than before hand.

Good point I'd forgotten I added some command line options will have to check what I'm using.

Disco_P said:
Remember that doom is massive, around 70GB. In general bigger games take longer to load, much bigger games take much longer.

Might be worth checking that the game files aren't fragmented across your HDD.

In theory the extra size above a normal game is streamed textures and "shouldn't" add to initial load times... in theory.

foster grant · 16 May 2017 at 09:39

Lol my Doom doesnt even run anymore , it wants to run with vulkan , so I choose that..and it doesnt run :rolleyes: