Main Thread for Long Loading Screens

Octopuss

I don't think stuff like this will ever go away unless they majorly or completely rewrite the damn rendering part of the piece of sh.. frankenstein engine the game runs on.

QuebraRegra

I remember when PVE in zone loading screens were considered a problem by ZOS and were troubleshot/resolved.

So, anyone wandered abound WAYREST lately?

QuebraRegra

Vahrokh wrote: »

Today, for the first time in my life, I had loading screen INSIDE DESHAAN!!!!

How's that even possible?? Going from enchanter shop to blacksmith (10 seconds trip).

It's been going on, in numerous busy areas.

ZOS usta consider this a problem, and it's something they would work on.. now it's a feature? like animation canceling

Seriously go to WAYREST and wander around, you can get several when walking between the UNDAUNTED area and the blacksmith.

Tholian1

For a game that requires a loading screen for nearly everything, they are unbearably long. It is to the point that I cringe every time I have to change zones. It is like I am back playing Skyrim on the Xbox 360. Yes the loading times are that long!

bethsheba

Thunderclap wrote: »

Lets hope that the fix for the next patch also helps for PVP. Each time when I leave dungeon in cryo it needs ~2 min to go out:

The client hangs always between this 2 line:

2018-02-17T16:27:52.700+01:00 Load Screen - Waiting On: CHARACTER_GEOMETRY, FIXTURE_ASSETS, DYNAMIC_OBJECTS, TEXTURES, CHARACTER_ACTIVATED,
2018-02-17T16:27:58.325+01:00 Load Screen - CHARACTER_GEOMETRY Complete
2018-02-17T16:27:58.325+01:00 Load Screen - Waiting On: FIXTURE_ASSETS, DYNAMIC_OBJECTS, TEXTURES, CHARACTER_ACTIVATED,
2018-02-17T16:29:22.706+01:00 Load Screen - FIXTURE_ASSETS Complete
2018-02-17T16:29:22.706+01:00 Load Screen - Waiting On: TEXTURES, CHARACTER_ACTIVATED,

bethsheba

I hope everyone is blasting the bug report in game tool as well as here. This is ridiculous

generalmyrick

please fix the __________ load screens

Elf_Boy

I have been experiencing very long loads at random, dont see a pattern as yet. Will update this post if I do.

Ryzen 1800x
Mobo Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VI
Boot Drive is an m.2 sata 3 (pcie based)
Game Drive is an m.2 NVME x4 (on motherboard)
32 gb ddr4 3000
GTX 980 ti 6gb

Tasear

Load screen is reapear's march takes a few mins, and battleground load screens can have you sitting for 5 mins at least.

Morgul667

Pc eu extremely long screen yesterday

In bg everytime i respawn long loading screen. Overland no problem

This happened not ine one but 4 bg in a raw

Last one got me kicked due to inactivity (loading screen) got a 16min no queue penalty. Got angry at BG and went PVP where i had no issue at all

stvwhitewalker

xbox eu
I'm hoping that these are still being read by the powers that be as these long loading's are still more happening maybe fingers crossed the planned maintenance will mend this as that's what maintenance is for fixing things that are broke
my lls was from mal bor to elden root 11.20 am gmt

Violynne

XBox One X is the console I'm playing on.

The first loading screen issue I have is the near 2 minutes it takes just to start the game. 15.2 million logos, a speed bump to "Play", then another speed bump to get to character selection.

So far, the only loading screen issue I have (and this was with the XBox One as well) is with Rawl'kha. Unless I walk into the city, any other method takes longer than most.

Side note: I only returned to playing last week, so my experience has been based on load screen times since the game was released (not counting the first two weeks of actual release - my goodness, those were trying days).

Bhaal5

1.3k worth of posts, zero effort to fix issues, minimum effort to communicate (poor community managers are in a "rock in a hard place"). And now a enforced free2play expensive gambling game model

Think zos is giving zero ####s about the quality of service (or lack of) they provide

Gythral

Wherever you did this morning - revert it!
Now it's weeks online for a move around a zone

Rave the Histborn

I figure'd I'd post this here as it might be related but ever since update 17 dropped when I steal from NPCs they now rubberband themselves. I'll steam then the NPC will continue to walk a few paces then be ported back, it will be facing one way but the game registers it as facing a different way and when trying to use the Blade of Woe they will continue walking and I'll do the animation in mid air and then they'just drop. Nothing on my end has changed and I had no issues previously while stealing around Tamriel.

Gythral

Seriously the PC-EU server now has loading screens so long I can make and drink a coffee waiting to move around Vvardenfell, this has become much worse since Tues 'Server Fix'

Skander

EU PC
i7-4770
R9 270 AMD

Got into a dungeon via dungeon finder.
I'm 5 minutes in the loading screens

This happens frequently after maintenence

Vanya

A summary ~

I have't had any unpleasant, insufferable unbelievably Long Loading Screen times since the very start of my Adventures.

I have been recording the game since March 14th If I recall the correct date, even at the peak Twas perhaps 30 seconds - 40 seconds with Multiple tabs open,Uploading another video on You-tube and recording another in the same time

I'v re-checked my latest video. Requesting Character Load 10 seconds the longest I've had. Login in within Deshaan/Capital pf the Ebonheart pact ~ Mournhold 38+10 {Requesting Log in} and 38 seconds on title screen The precise duration. Maximum , At the moment is 48 seconds.

Either I am indeed Blessed by Vivec or Eight or insanely Lucky Duck. I never had a crash except one memorable Connection loss in Eastmarch. Zero freezes,Delays,Glitches,Skill locks, nothing at all. 40 videos recorded with succession flawlessly,no data corruption.

Barely any lag at my side unless witnessing substantial number of players amassed at Dolmens For instance. An exception. Satisfied with FPS.

Steam Client. PC{EU} Megaserver,Realm. Though there might be some blessing from the Steam xD I've heard a few users even dare to use it for unknown reasons. Often I do not believe in rumours,Nearly never! Go steam!

I've just re-checked another video Alki'rs Desert log in less than 18 seconds.

Windows 10 64 bit
Radeon RX 480 Graphics 8 GB RAM
i5-6500 CPU

Maybe the "Steam" has a Dwemer technology secretly installed xD Superior Dwarven Valves!

Geroken777

They're back in Wrothgar everywhere. Lovely.

PC EU

EVGA GTX 970, Ryzen 7 1800X, w10 64bit

Gythral

They are just back PC/EU


just how long can you keep running in a backwater Datacentre on pre-Noah kit?

LKane

Possible fix.

Install Process Hacker (it's on SourceForge) (further - PC)
Periodically drop RAM

PC -> System information -> Memory -> More -> Empty Working Sets, Empty modified page list, Empty Standby List

I usually do this just before porting.

Heka Cain

Potato connected to a lemon with copper wire!

RichD62

I am getting hour long character loading screens. Possible it is just the internet service I have to use this week. Maybe not since I get to character select just about as fast as I do at home. Not sure what the in game performance will be since I can't get a toon to load. PC/NA

jkolb2030

Yes, this thread needs to be resurrected because the loading times are getting atrocious again.

Where as i haven't been getting infinite loading screens/crashes to dashboard as often as earlier this year, the load screens are beginning to last up to 5-10 minutes on character load and zone travel. This is also not "occasional" , it is every single load screen claiming to be "an unusually long load time".

@ZOS_GinaBruno could you please re-visit this issue with the team?

XB1
NA Server

Koolio

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hey everyone,

We’d like to explain what happened to cause the recent issue with long loading screens, and what we’re doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again. The source of the long loading screens came down to a bug we introduced in the Clockwork City DLC.

So, what was the bug? In Update 16, we added in a new system that refined the character texture loading pipeline as part of our ongoing effort to increase performance and framerate in high-intensity situations (such as in Cyrodiil and densely-populated cities). Unfortunately, this new pipeline was causing some character textures to get lost, which was causing the load screen to never drop because there were still textures that need to be loaded.

While we continue to work on fixing this issue fully, we’re going to be making two changes to an upcoming incremental patch. First, we’re going to be reverting to the old pipeline which doesn’t have this issue, but may affect how quickly you see other characters loading in (this will essentially be the same as it was before Clockwork City). Further, we’re introducing a new failsafe that will force your load screen to drop after two minutes if it is only waiting on textures. This patch is currently with first party certification for testing; the patch for PlayStation 4 and PC/Mac will be published next Tuesday, November 28. The patch for Xbox One requires a bit more time with first party certification, and we’re targeting a publish during the week of December 4.

In the future when we have a more permanent fix, we plan to re-enable the new pipeline because it makes for better game performance, but when we do that, we’ll be adding the equivalent of a switch on our side that we can turn off (to fall back to the old system) if we see these kinds of issues crop up again, rather than make you wait for another patch.

We sincerely apologize for the disruption this has caused, and we will endeavor to make sure that problems like these aren’t introduced in the future when adding new systems or making performance enhancements.

So will console ever get this performance update from November 2017

exiars10

I have longer loading screens this evening especially DLC zones and Morrowind.

Bhaal5

And this is still a thing

TiberiusTryton

Are they back? In Cyrodiil currently waiting on load screens.....

Dolnor

I usually shut down all Windows 10 background functions that are not required prior to entering any online game. I disable Windows Update, Update Orchestrator for Windows, Xbox Server Auth, etc. prior to loading the game. But I also have a slow 6mbs (mega-bits-per-second) DSL so streaming the packets also are factored in.

My computer doesn't support SSD (AHCI...10 yo computer) so I am running a RAID with 2x1tb WD Black drives. My Ram is 8gb DDR3. My video card is MSi GTX 1050Ti w/4gb DDR5.

All in all, I don't get abnormal lag or long loading screens relative-speaking. If my ISP starts lagging out my connection, I will have rubber-banding and will have to log out, reboot the modem, and log back in to correct.

Example of my loading times. Yes, they are OMG-LONG compared to yours. This is a video from Sept 2017 reporting bots...but it does show loading times. It also shows I only have 2 characters...Elondra was only used during the closed beta testing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhTMa5LoRMc

NA Megaserver, I play off-hours for here in the USA (I'm in So. Cal) of 12midnight to 6am.

I don't have the financial means to get a better system.

TQQdles™

Palidon

Just left Cyrodiil. Vivic NA server east coast U.S 4:50PM. Ported from Warden to Bleakers and went into game lockup followed by crash followed by Constant load screens followed by Unable to Connect To Server for 5 minutes and I mean 5 minutes. Finally ended up back at the Cyrodiil DC safe zone.

This crap has been going on for years. I for one am tired of ZOS's lies about working on the Cyrodiil issues. Famous line "We will be implementing some fixes next update" ya my arse.