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Title: Lot Editor: Fails to load
Post by: wallasey on March 20, 2016, 03:53:57 PM
Hi all, has anyone experienced issues whereby the Lot Editor doesn't load? I get as far as the "GD Driver Window" before it decides to not respond.

The installer put the files in my Steam directory for the game.

Thanks all,

Title: Re: Lot Editor: Fails to load
Post by: Indiana Joe on March 20, 2016, 04:34:09 PM
It's very slow to load if you have many plugins.  It can take 20 minutes to load up for me.  That's with a Solid State Drive.
Title: Re: Lot Editor: Fails to load
Post by: mrbisonm on March 20, 2016, 05:20:57 PM
Like Indy said, if you have a lot of stuff in your Plugin folder, it may take a lot of time or doesn't load at all. What's the size (weight as I call it) of your Plugins?

Fred
Title: Re: Lot Editor: Fails to load
Post by: Dublin on March 20, 2016, 05:23:44 PM
I've gotten the "gd Driver" not responding as well with a full plugins folder, Just give it some time have a snack, it should still load even with the not responding message. about 15 to 20 minutes for me to load 6.25 GB myself. generally i load only what i think i need still about 1 gb still takes awhile.
Title: Re: Lot Editor: Fails to load
Post by: Andreas on March 21, 2016, 01:39:34 AM
For a better performance, it's always wise to move out the contents of your plugins folder temporarily, and just keep the files that you actually want to use, such as the lot(s) that need editing, and the dependencies (props, textures, etc.) that you want to use. This reduces loading speed drastically, even if you want to edit different lots, where you might want to switch the set of dependency files.
Title: Re: Lot Editor: Fails to load
Post by: mrbisonm on March 21, 2016, 06:36:13 AM
An easy and quick way to test your Plugins is to rename it to something like *123Plugins* and create a new folder called *Plugins*, instead of emptying and re-filling it everytime. Then you can add/copy only those files you actually need and delete the folder when finished, and then rename the *123Plugins* to *Plugins* again.
I do this all the time.

Fred
Title: Re: Lot Editor: Fails to load
Post by: wallasey on March 21, 2016, 03:50:16 PM
Hi all,

Thanks for all your advice! I gave it a while yesterday and it did load after a while...must be the sheer volume of my plugins file. A clean-up is very much required in the near future!

Thanks again!