This is 2017 not 2014

KingRegis

Ever since I got morrowind I've been dealing with the dread long loading screens 5-10mins a loading screen tha last time it was this bad was at original launch

Cpt_Teemo

My loading screen takes about 30s-2 mins at most with about 15 addons

Easily_Lost

I longest loading screens I have is about 30sec and that is right after an update.

alexkdd99

I have noticed it does this on prime time but that is it. Even then they aren't as long as they use to be. I definitely haven't gotten a 10 minute one in quite a long time.

Franieck

Check you hard disk activity. There is probably some program or service running on the background that is using up all your disk. stop the service/exe after identifying it. For some reason ESO makes some windows services startup and go crazy on my laptop and it will only run smoothly after stopping them. Tip: Disabling shader cache did help me out a lot with loading screens and stutter.

SirAndy

KingRegis wrote: »

This is 2017 not 2014

I remember 2014 like it was just three years ago.
Also, loading screens were generally much shorter back then.

Putting the abysmal Client/Server implementation aside for a moment, ZOS has been continuously scaling down their Server hardware ever since launch.

It should be no surprise to anyone that this is getting worse instead of better.

MythicEmperor

Alright sherlock, I have a few points many may find enlightening. (Or, perhaps, insightful?)

1. Many still play on the same PC/console they did in 2014

2. Graphics have improved in Morrowind

3. Old system+new graphics=???

CapnPhoton

hagermanj wrote: »

I longest loading screens I have is about 30sec and that is right after an update.

Me too, even during peak hours its usually around 8-15 seconds.

People who have issues may want to think about mapping ports to device name through the MAC address instead of to IP. Since I did that 2 months after console launch, I've never had issues. IP mapping: port settings may not always follow the device, depending on how the router assigns them each day. MAC address mapping always follows the device unless you delete the device network settings and set up again.

Vipstaakki

HAHAHAHA! Poor you for having to wait 5 minutes. People in the 90's had to wait 20 minutes to even get a game to start.

Invincible

In the 90s you had to wait 20 minutes to load a jpeg [snip] you talking about bruh

[edited for profanity bypass]

Huyen

And be sure to close the launcher in the background once the game is running. Also: time to buy a new computer!

TerraDewBerry

Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the initial load screen was the mega server "figuring out" what instance of the game to put you in? Other things like addons and your cumputer's abilities play into it as well.. but mostly, it's the game figuring out where to put you I believe. So, at prime time.. the megaserver is busier.. so the wait would be a little longer.

There has also been a problem with I'm thinking one of the servers in the megaserver chain that takes forever to log you in.. (just constant icon spinning.. I never waited 10 minutes to see if it ever figured things out.. I just closed down my game and tried again hoping to get on a different server in the megaserver chain). Maybe you've gotten on that one possibly and that's why it's taking so long? ZOS needs to identify which of the servers that is happening on and replace or fix whatever the problem is.

There was a recent interview where Matt Firor talkes about the megaserver here. The most interesting thing I got out of that interview is that ESO is running 15-20 versions of the game for the Vvardenfell zone. I always wondered just how many versions of the game might be going on at one time... now I know (sort of).

Emmagoldman

Wait....its 2017!!!

Kilandros

Ah, all these pvers opining on loading screens

FluffyReachWitch

Ah, sounds a bit like Cyrodiil's loading screens from Oblivion. It might have to do with the launch. We're barely two weeks past the release date. Morrowind is recent enough that returning and new players make up a ton of extra server traffic, which can impact things on other clients as well.

SilverWF

Addons doesn't affect loading screen (maybe at really old PCs only). I have 50+ addons and most of times my loading screens doesn't lasts longer than 30sec. The game installed on SSd tho...
Most of times... But sometimes in the Cyrodiil it goes for several minutes, even without teleportation - i.e. keep changes it's allegiance and whole raid looking into loading screen.

idk

My guess is OP is playing on an old PC since I do not have 5 minute load screens or maybe console since I have no idea how things are on console.

Graydon

SirAndy wrote: »

Putting the abysmal Client/Server implementation aside for a moment, ZOS has been continuously scaling down their Server hardware ever since launch.

You know this....how?

lagrue

My load screens take 10-30 seconds tops.

Tandor

It looks from his history like the OP is on Xbox NA, which probably explains a lot.

I have a max 30 seconds loading screen on PC EU, but typically less than that.

SirAndy

Graydon wrote: »

SirAndy wrote: »

Putting the abysmal Client/Server implementation aside for a moment, ZOS has been continuously scaling down their Server hardware ever since launch.

You know this....how?

@Graydon

The short version:
Been here since 2013, was part of the super secret 24/7 Psijic Order test group, had access to plenty of "behind the scenes" information, been doing this sort of work for a living for the last 35 years, had no trouble dissecting many of the ESO components during the last 4 years, pointed out many flaws in the current implementation as far back as October 2013 and predicted the PC launch bot disaster.

There are many ways to obtain that information if you know where to look ...

Caligamy_ESO

My game occasionally does this to me too, usually at its worst on the weekends. I have noticed though when logging onto PTS that the loading screens are extremely fast, so its either congestion on the server side, or there is an add-on culprit perhaps?

Idinuse

CapnPhoton wrote: »

hagermanj wrote: »

I longest loading screens I have is about 30sec and that is right after an update.

Me too, even during peak hours its usually around 8-15 seconds.

People who have issues may want to think about mapping ports to device name through the MAC address instead of to IP. Since I did that 2 months after console launch, I've never had issues. IP mapping: port settings may not always follow the device, depending on how the router assigns them each day. MAC address mapping always follows the device unless you delete the device network settings and set up again.

Interesting! Is there some web resource you can point me to on how to set that up?

Tintaglia72

During early access I was having the same problem, usually about 2 - 5 mins loading screens. And in beta. However recently no issues at all.

Betsararie

The infinite loading screens are a real problem. I'm running off a PCIe SSD ~2000 mb/s read so the problem isn't me.

I've noticed the problem is worse if you are in a group. Always get it trials, dungeons and Cyrodiil.

Cloudless

Darn. My library books are overdue after all.

Lord_Etrigan

Vipstaakki wrote: »

HAHAHAHA! Poor you for having to wait 5 minutes. People in the 90's had to wait 20 minutes to even get a game to start.

I feel his pain!

Im on ps4. Last night was the worst for me. I load in 2 min, select caracter already in Cyrodiil and get long load screen (5 in a row to be exact), get in game strait to freeze frame, close app and restart and back to load screen.

Finaly get in game run like mad to keep and as I enter doors.... U guessed It "FREEZE [snip]"
Log out and back in and no AP.

Run next keep same [snip] and the next and the next and the next and the......

I spend 4 hours on eso last night but only had an half hour game time and by the end of it i was so angry that I switched off and ended up watching Agents of Shield to calm me down.

I'm putting a lot of hours into PVP in the hopes of getting emperor but now starting to feel dead inside just thinking about eso.

Don't know if I will have the will to log on tonight.

[edited for profanity bypass]

kagorsa

Simple fix, log in then go make a drink/pick your nose or what ever floats your boat, also you now have time to think about something else to moan about. BTW The log in server is not the same server you play on, it has a hyperlink to the game servers, which are nodes that all link together.

Titansteele

When people encounter this the most common fix I have found is to prune the master merchant data by hitting the reset button.

Bbsample197

the only time im having a 10-15min loading screen is when im using my *** laptop, this game is fairly optimized, it can even play on a potato.

Bombashaman

SSD.