Battlefield 3 loading times

[gms1975]

On multiplayer battlefield 3, it seems like it takes forever to load a map if I choose to join one, and sometimes it never loads. If I just hit the button for quick action, I'm loaded and playing within a minute. Why is this?

 

[neal0790]

It's also amazing how there are more textures to load in the PC version and 64 player maps. And if you don't believe me, put BF3 on an SSD and look at the load times by comparison. The reason every repeat map loads fast is b/c of the texture caching.

Well obviously its going to take longer on the pc since theres no camparison between the pc and ps3 version in the graphics department..but it should take less time than it does. Ive been debating on putting it on my SSD to see if it helps but making sure it doesnt exit the game while im switching maps seems to help out alot. Ive just need to stop fillinf up my SSD with skyrim mods first, lol.

 

[casualcolors]

Well obviously its going to take longer on the pc since theres no camparison between the pc and ps3 version in the graphics department..but it should take less time than it does. Ive been debating on putting it on my SSD to see if it helps but making sure it doesnt exit the game while im switching maps seems to help out alot. Ive just need to stop fillinf up my SSD with skyrim mods first, lol.

You have Skyrim on an SSD? First-World problems.

How big is your SSD? Trying to decide how jelly I should be.

 

[13thmonkey]

Well obviously its going to take longer on the pc since theres no camparison between the pc and ps3 version in the graphics department..but it should take less time than it does. Ive been debating on putting it on my SSD to see if it helps but making sure it doesnt exit the game while im switching maps seems to help out alot. Ive just need to stop fillinf up my SSD with skyrim mods first, lol.

you'll have the joys of waiting for the 30s countdown to finish for longer then, and join everyone jumping on the spot.

 

[casualcolors]

you'll have the joys of waiting for the 30s countdown to finish for longer then, and join everyone jumping on the spot.

On the first load it's pretty nice, but on subsequent map loads you're right.

 

[neal0790]

You have Skyrim on an SSD? First-World problems.

How big is your SSD? Trying to decide how jelly I should be.

your SSD is bigger than mine. I just bought a 64gb crucial to use as a windows boot and to put a few games on. Ever since i put skyrim on the SSD its never coming off. I barely have time for the loading screens to actually display the text. I still got 15gb left so plenty of room for bf3. But i still wish i bought the 128gb one though. Will buy another one they get a little cheaper since i still have 1 more SSD slot in my case.

 

[13thmonkey]

my BF3 takes up 14.8 GB so far, and thats not inlcuding any extra dlc that will come along, choices choices....

 

[casualcolors]

You don't want to max out storage on an SSD. They need about 15-20% overhead for performance. Also over time BF3 will become quite a bit larger than 15gb folder :x.

 

[neal0790]

Yea that seems to be happening with my skyrim folder. But the 10gb of mods arent helping either. lol.

 

[Crazy_Demon]

Ok well I had a short time of load time for BF3 then since the last few patches it takes a long time. I tried this and it worked.
From: http://www.uiscommunity.co.uk/home/m.../408963/page/2
Battlefield 3 Slow Map Load Fix ATI and Nvidia

By GilgaMesh

If you are having really long load times on Battlefield 3 then follow these guides on how to fix.

Nvidia Cards.


Open up Nvidia Control Panel
Click on Manage 3D Settings
Click on Program Settings
Select Battlefield 3 in the drop down box (If it's not there click add and find bf3.exe located C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 3)
Find Threaded optimization
Turn On
Click Apply


You should now have fast load times when changing maps


AMD/ATI Cards


Download ATT http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=733
Install
Right click on the icon in the bottom right corner of your screen
Click on Tweaks
Click on Advanced Tweaks
In the drop down box select Multi Threaded Support
Change to 2 or 4 (Depending on how many cores you have on your CPU)
Make sure the radio box above is ticked
Click apply


This should fix it for you

Original url http://www.cabalcartel.com/showthre...aving-really-long-load-times-on-Battlefield-3

 

[shadow1942]

I had exactly the same issue, I had to manually update punkbuster as it hadn't updated since I'd installed the game. You can download PBsetup, I think it is and it will check whether you need to update punkbuster.

This reduced my load times by 50-70%

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

 

[HEXiT]

ati tray tools tip has the advantage of working on every game. everything i have tried it with has shown an improvement in loading times. KUDOS crazy_demon

 

[casualcolors]

For any AMD owner I would always recommend ati tray tools. It is head and shoulders above CCC. Good call.