5 minutes loading screen.

sounds fun.

It seems that a few of the servers are having some troubles it will be fixed soon I guess. Just be patient with it :P You can always try another server see if that helps any.

Have you tried defragging your computer?
I only get the occasional freezed room but nearly all my games load in 10 seconds of less.

Since you said it only started happening after the patch it may be your computer is having trouble finding all the files. With patches things are added, removed, and changed. If it happens enough it can severely slow down ones computer.

So defragment. If that fails, uninstall Crossfire, disk clean, defrag again, and then reinstall crossfire.

(I reinstall crossfire after every major patch to keep all the memory blocks together)

2kohta wrote: »

Why people always try to act smart and always advise to unistall cf:D,I´m having the same problem after the patch so it hasnt got anything to dwith the computer..

2 people that have the problem so far yet I know dozens who do not have it at all.

Since it works perfectly well on several systems, we know that it isn't the patch that is faulty but the users equipment that is the issue.

So its either:
A: Hardware problem.
B: Software problem.
C: Memory problem.

A means having to buy a new computer.
B means that either the OS is out of date or their are several conflicts in the code.
C means that one only has to organize ones saved data to make it more efficient.

If its not a Memory issue then the solution requires one to get a new computer or OS.



Computers are stupid when it comes to memory. They save everything that needs to be save at the first available memory space.

When one first starts play CF the memory might look like this.
(C = CF, P = Programs, D = Data, U = unmovable, _=empty)

UUUUUUUUPP
PPPPPPDDDD
PPCCCCCCCC
___________
___________

Eventually CF patches, but one has saved other data before the patch.

UUUUUUUUPP
PPPPPPDDDD
PPCCCCCCCC
DDDDCC____
___________

One day you decide to delete some older programs.

UUUUUUUU__
____PPDDDD
PPCCCCCCCC
DDDDCC____
___________

Then the next patch comes but deletes some old data as well.

UUUUUUUUCC
____PPDDDD
PPCCCCC_CC
DDDDCC____
___________

Continue enough and the memory starts to get really scattered.
So when it reads the data it is not going in a fast efficient order.
Imagine reading a book. Most books have you start at page 1 and move to the next page in order. What the memory is doing here is making you start at 1 and then telling you which page to go to next.
Rather then, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.
We have, 1 43 23 5 101 34 55 8 11 92.
Which looks easier to follow?