Loading Time

[Maxim1110]

Hello,

I've been experiencing a problem for a while now, but with every mod I install it gets worse and worse. This problem is the loading time when I start up SC4. Usually, I have to wait for around 15 minutes with a black screen before I finally get the intro etc. Now I have spoken to my father about this issue, and he said the problem might be that My Documents(where everything is stored) is on a network location, and loading all those files through a network may be slow. I have already tried moving the whole SC4 folder from My Documents to a location on my own hard drive and putting a shortcut to it in My Documents, but that didn't work, as the game just created a new folder for all those things. Would it be possible to move ONLY the plugins folder to a new location and put a shortcut in place? Or are there any other possible solutions to this issue?

Anyone who responds: thanks for the help!

[io_bg]

You can move your plugins folder to C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4\Plugins. (the folder where you've installed the game) If it still loads slowly, you can DatPack your plugins and/or remove the ones you don't use. Good luck!

[Maxim1110]

Thanks for the help!!

[kyero]

What is datpacking and how do I do it? I am experiencing a delay as well, but not nearly as bad as 15 minutes.

Thanks

[WC_EEND]

datpacking is basically compressing your plugins. You need to use Wou's Datpacker (found on the LEX) to do it

[jeronij]

The discussion is not related to the site's loading times so I move it to the appropriated section 

[kyero]

Thanks for the help.

Just curious.......the DatPacker readme file says to download 3 .dll files but when you click on the link it takes you to Uniblue Registry booster. I don't want to buy a program, I already have a program for my registry clean up. I just want the .dll files. Does anyone know where I can get just the .dll files?

[Xiziz]

This site usually has them all, never experienced not finding a DLL at that site. Good Luck