long loading screen.

[Mr.Wigglez]

there is a prob that i and i noticed alot of ppl have in ut2k4. it takes along time on the loading screen. why is this? i kno not all have this prob cuz my friends comp doesnt. anyone kno why?

[Lord_Simeon]

Mine used to take ages, i got more RAM and it loads much quicker now.
I used to spawn on the demo (Torlan) and the other players had reached the first nodes already.....
I had 256 DDR, i got another stick of 512 DDR and it's been excellent since.
Some maps still take a while though, but only the real BIG ones.....custom ones that have a LOT of texture / sound type addons.

[Spiff]

a nice defragmented hard drive helps a lot from my experiance too

[sami]

Is preload player skins switched on?

[Mickey Blue]

Is preload player skins switched on?
Yeah.. check that out..... it got me for a while..... I couldn't believe the difference when I un checked it.

[JohnnySix]

Only trouble with turning that off is a lag whenever someone joins with a new skin, a freeze up at a critical moment can be frustrating.

[Mickey Blue]

Only trouble with turning that off is a lag whenever someone joins with a new skin, a freeze up at a critical moment can be frustrating.
I'm used with that lol especially when I play S5 lol being on the other side of the pond and all!!! hehe ping in excess of 200+ is a bummer.

[JohnnySix]

200+ is a bummer, definitely, but mainly it's the speedhack thing that gets me.

It's packetloss dammit :hammer: gahhhh....

I gotta see if my ISP will do me a better routing, someone was talking about doing something like that a few days ago to get a better ping. :)

So instead of leaping all the way round europe before it makes it to US, it'd hop straight there and shave off some vital milliseconds. :D

[Mickey Blue]

200+ is a bummer, definitely, but mainly it's the speedhack thing that gets me.

It's packetloss dammit :hammer: gahhhh....

I gotta see if my ISP will do me a better routing, someone was talking about doing something like that a few days ago to get a better ping. :)

So instead of leaping all the way round europe before it makes it to US, it'd hop straight there and shave off some vital milliseconds. :D
Sounds good, let us know how you get on with tat do0d!:)