Too long to exit building

[WilsonBall]

I've had a lot of fun playing with mods. Some are really good, even essential. My biggest complaint though is the time it takes to exit a building, fast travel, anything that requires reloading the environment. For instance, it took me 4:15 to exit Trinity Church. Yes, I have a lot of mods loaded. 30+. But, sometimes it only takes < 1 min. That suggests there are misbehaving mods. Far too complex a problem to figure out which, though. Is my experience typical? Should I be using fewer mods? Reduce my graphics options from Ultra? Any other suggestion?

 

 

[WastelandAssassin]

lower graphical options and less demanding mods (using 1-2K textures instead of 4-8K) should reduce loading times

the amount of mods you use shouldn't really matter , though it really depends on the mods themselves

you should also probably avoid the unoptimized official high resolution DLC , as that one is known to cause issues due to how badly optimized it is

 

there is also an issue that the longer your save exists , the more information is stored on it which would also increase loading times

so such problems tend to get worse the more you use that character

 

but these things really depends on your specs (for example if you are using a HD or SSD) , the mods you have and your game's settings

[WilsonBall]

Thanks for the quick reply. Those are good suggestions. I have one 4k mod. I'll drop it and see if it makes a difference.

 

I'd hate to have to drop my graphics options, but I'll try High instead of Ultra.

 

When you talk about how long a save exists, what exactly do you mean? As I said this is about exiting an interior scene for an exterior. I don't see how a save file comes into play.

[WastelandAssassin]

I believe this is mostly relevant if you have autosave on , as it creates a save upon these cell changes

and these issues become worse the longer you are using that save . so a new game will have no issues , a few hours in it may become worse , 100+ hours in you may have extreme problems with saves

there is no formula for this , as it really depends on the mods you are using , and whatever problems they may cause (save or script bloat etc)

these games also seem to have issues due to how many save files you have , as it seems like using a cleaned saves folder will produce better results than using one full of save files

 

Bethesda games are full of mysteries , so I wouldn't try to fully understand the absurdity behind how they work

but there are plenty of issues to them , especially when modding is involved

 

I would also try looking online , there are bound to be tutorials on optimizing your game , or even going with ini modifications

these could and should greatly enhance your performance , and shouldn't really hurt the visuals of the game

[WilsonBall]

Autosave, huh? Hadn't thought about that.

[jones177]

My times are high even in survival mode(no save on load doors).

 

If you want less load times set iPresentInterval to 0 in the Fallout4Prefs.ini.

It is the real cause of high load times.

 

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