Area load and game save times have increased steadily and dramatically starting around act 2. I began noticing this around the start of Act II, i.e. after my arrival to the first main city. The game ran very well, with areas loading in 5 seconds or less for all of Act 1, 10+ hours of gameplay. Now loading an area typically takes 30 seconds to a minute, with a fair amount of that time spent on a black screen before the 'loading' screen shows up. It takes this long regardless of area size, so an inn or single room area takes as long as a big outdoor area. This significantly degrades the game experience when quests call for you to run quickly between areas. Note I tried installing the IE mod to change the setting so that the game autosaves before area load, rather than after, didn't solve this. I think the problem is some form of memory leak or decay causing save file/process to increase.
Steps to Reproduce the Issue:
Play a regular game (steam copy), get a full party (haven't tested this playing solo) and head into Act II.
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Area load and game save times have increased steadily and dramatically starting around act 2. I began noticing this around the start of Act II, i.e. after my arrival to the first main city. The game ran very well, with areas loading in 5 seconds or less for all of Act 1, 10+ hours of gameplay. Now loading an area typically takes 30 seconds to a minute, with a fair amount of that time spent on a black screen before the 'loading' screen shows up. It takes this long regardless of area size, so an inn or single room area takes as long as a big outdoor area. This significantly degrades the game experience when quests call for you to run quickly between areas. Note I tried installing the IE mod to change the setting so that the game autosaves before area load, rather than after, didn't solve this. I think the problem is some form of memory leak or decay causing save file/process to increase.
Steps to Reproduce the Issue:
Play a regular game (steam copy), get a full party (haven't tested this playing solo) and head into Act II.
Important Files:
Dropbox to save game: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1803465/32e9f5c477f7409fa1150c4a264d4607%209365365%20Sanitarium.savegame
Output Log
Dropbox (uploader doesn't work): https://www.dropbox.com/s/7d87j3zsikthkhw/output_log.txt?dl=0
System Specs
Dropbox link to dxdiag: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pqcnbjx7dkm82tt/dxdiag.txt?dl=0
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I found this post discussing a similar and/or potentially the same problem: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/72764-quick-saving-and-loading-times-increased-greatly-after-20-hours/
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