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Slow startup

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Daeruin, Aug 19, 2012.

  1. Daeruin

    Daeruin New Member

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    Hi there. Lately d20pro has been taking a looooong time to load games. This morning when I started up, I logged in as judge and selected my campaign. From there, it sat there loading for well over 5 minutes. This has happened the last three or four times I've tried to log in. Before that it was quite fast, maybe 10 seconds. Any idea what's going on?
     
    #1 Daeruin, Aug 19, 2012
  2. Montis

    Montis New Member

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    did you happen to load the bestiary files into your campaign?

    for me d20pro always takes about a minute to load, but then I have many maps and creatures (and creature pictures!) in my library, so my campaign folder is about 300MB. I think d20pro checks all files before starting or something like that.
     
    #2 Montis, Aug 19, 2012
  3. Entola

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    If you delete the Bestiary Maps and only load them when you need them. Also, close any maps that you are no longer using. I only have up the map that the current game it on and the next map that we are going to use. I load the bestiary maps and save the NPCs to the library on an as needed basis, then close the bestiary when I'm done.
     
    #3 Entola, Aug 20, 2012
  4. edwardcd

    edwardcd Administrator
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    Yes, d20Pro categorizes all resources when it starts up. Thus, having a small campaign file size will greatly reduce start-up times. I currently have 1.45 GB for my Pathfinder (PFS) directory and it takes a few minutes for it to start-up.

    Additional Info (for others who browse this forum)
    This start-up time is only for the GM/Judge. Start-up time for Players depend on internet connection speed and the amount of data needing to be sent from the GM/Judge to each Player who logs into the game.
     
    #4 edwardcd, Aug 22, 2012
  5. Daeruin

    Daeruin New Member

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    I almost forgot that I made this post. Thanks for the replies, guys. I don't have the bestiary maps open. I imported all the creatures a long time ago and then closed the map and have never opened it again. It's still in my library, but not open.

    I have had several maps open. We're running the Kingmaker campaign, so I generally keep the big overhead map and their city map open along with whatever encounter they're doing at the time. It hasn't been a problem before. Does it make a difference if the maps are open or not? I don't think I added much lately, but I haven't been paying much attention.
     
    #5 Daeruin, Sep 2, 2012
  6. Entola

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    If you have the entire Bestiary loaded that might be part of the problem. I recently loaded an entire module worth of NPCs from Hero Labs and noticed my load time increased.
     
    #6 Entola, Sep 2, 2012
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