differences in game load times?

[daltec]

Okay last night I had played a few rounds on a server, had gone through a few maps already, the round ended and Karkland started loading up. So my map started loading the same time as everybody else. I joined the game, quickly selected my kit and squad, and spawned at the Square -- right in front of the USMC tank, which was laying waste.

My question is, HOW did the USMC guy manage to load the map, join the game, spawn at the tank, drive it all the way to the square, and start spawncamping, all in the time it took me just to initially *appear*?!?

I know that different computers will of course play some role in load times, but that seemed a little extreme to me. BTW I am using a 2.4gHz P4, 2 gigs of RAM and a fast connection to the intarwebs. I would welcome any comments, suggestions, or advice on how to speed the process.

Thanks!

[camper.]

Re: differences in game load times?

Different PCs load faster. The high end rigs of today should load it in less than 30 seconds on the first load, probably less than 10 seconds afterwards. It really depends on RAM and HDD speeds. Connection has very little to do with it.

By the way, setting lighting to low will make it load very, very fast. And it gives you an advantage by taking away shadows. Looks nasty, though.

[Stalker8888]

Re: differences in game load times?

Different PCs load faster. The high end rigs of today should load it in less than 30 seconds on the first load, probably less than 10 seconds afterwards. It really depends on RAM and HDD speeds. Connection has very little to do with it.

Couldn't put it better myself

[camper.]

Re: differences in game load times?

Couldn't put it better myself

Do you actually have that rig in your signature?

[Stalker8888]

Re: differences in game load times?

^^ Yes,Yes I do :nod:

[camper.]

Re: differences in game load times?

Are you preparing for Crysis 2 or something?

[Stalker8888]

Re: differences in game load times?

^^Lol, nah I've got the money so I thort why not just go all out

[imported_Neptune]

Re: differences in game load times?

Battlefield 2 is so weird for me. sometimes it loads in literally 25 seconds, sometimes 2 minutes. There seems to be no real correlation between map size and loading speed. Often time im second to spawn, then im second to last to spawn...

stalker how much did that bad boy cost?

[Stalker8888]

Re: differences in game load times?

Battlefield 2 is so weird for me. sometimes it loads in literally 25 seconds, sometimes 2 minutes. There seems to be no real correlation between map size and loading speed. Often time im second to spawn, then im second to last to spawn...

stalker how much did that bad boy cost?

Yeah I've noticed that about the maps as well

P.s $7600 Au dollars

[DesertFalcon]

Re: differences in game load times?

well my computer takes about 5 minutes and I only get in the round 50% of the time. Its all about how fast your comp is.

[dezerter]

Re: differences in game load times?

I just got 2 more gigs of memory so in total I have 4 now. Now I'm almost everytime first to load. It shortened my loading time for abot 10 sec and that is a lot. Hey for all i know maybe I was that guy in this tank LOL.

My specs
5600 AMD dual @ 3ghz
PNY nvidea 8800 640 mem
4 gigs Mushkin memory
Sata HDD 250 7200 rpm.

[flippy199]

Re: differences in game load times?

^^ Yes,Yes I do :nod:

i assume you're running a 64 bit os, right?

[imported_kiwi]

Re: differences in game load times?

I am always one of the first in server :)

You need high end rig with raptor 10K HDDs or even 15k SCSI if you can afford :)

Also 2GB is a must

[Trippy]

Re: differences in game load times?

seriously man... however big your computers balls are will dictate whomever gets in first. My old PC was a P4 2.8, 2gb PC2100, with a 256mb AGP gfx card, and my new one is Core 2 Quad, 4gb DDR2800, 2 x raptors, 2 x 8800 GTX's... and i load honestly in a few seconds... i love it.

[imported_Rafterman]

Re: differences in game load times?

Okay last night I had played a few rounds on a server, had gone through a few maps already, the round ended and Karkland started loading up. So my map started loading the same time as everybody else. I joined the game, quickly selected my kit and squad, and spawned at the Square -- right in front of the USMC tank, which was laying waste.

My question is, HOW did the USMC guy manage to load the map, join the game, spawn at the tank, drive it all the way to the square, and start spawncamping, all in the time it took me just to initially *appear*?!?

I know that different computers will of course play some role in load times, but that seemed a little extreme to me. BTW I am using a 2.4gHz P4, 2 gigs of RAM and a fast connection to the intarwebs. I would welcome any comments, suggestions, or advice on how to speed the process.

Thanks!

KarkLAND? Is that some kind of new map or something?