Call of Duty Advanced Warfare map load times

[nuby1canuby]

I tested the map load times with shader preload turned off and on in some private Domination maps.
I started my stop watch as soon as I saw the map listed that was loading and stopped it as soon as the option to choose a team was available.
For the exo zombies maps I stopped the timer as soon as you could move your character.
Times listed are minutes and seconds.

Map - Shader Preload Off - Shader Preload On

Ascend - 0:13 - 0:43
Bio Lab - 0:13 - 0:34
Comeback - 0:9 - 0:13
Defender - 0:24 - 1:43
Detroit - 0:10 - 0:13
Greenband - 0:9 - 0:12
Horizon - 0:17 - 0:39
Instinct - 0:20 - 1:06
Recovery - 0:19 - 1:07
Retreat - 0:14 - 0:28
Riot - 0:20 - 0:53
Solar - 0:10 - 0:12
Terrace - 0:10 - 0:12

DLC Maps:
Atlas Gorge - 0:16 - 0:48
Core - 0:10 - 0:14
Drift - 0:22 - 1:20
Sideshow - 0:12 - 0:16
Urban - 0:17 - 0:57
Site 244 - 0:11 - 0:17
Climate - 0:10 - 0:16
Perplex - 0:12 - 0:19
Chop Shop - 0:14 - 0:19
Compound - 0:11 - 0:14
Kremlin - 0:14 - 0:22
Parliament - 0:14 - 0:18
Skyrise - 0:14 - 0:22

Exo Zombies Outbreak - 0:27 - 1:59
Exo Zombies Infection - 0:20 - 0:35
Exo Zombies Carrier - 0:42 - 3:03


The maps stutter at the beginning with shader preload turned off. If you look at the difference between the times with preload off and on that's about how long they will stutter at the beginning.


The load times were no different with 8 or 16 GB RAM or with the lowest or highest quality graphics settings.
My system has an Asus Z87-A motherboard, Intel I5 4670K CPU @ 4.2 GHz, 16 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM DDR3 1600, ASUS R9 290X DirectCU II OC.
My friends load times on his GTX 980 are a bit faster but that might be due to his Samsung EVO SSD loading faster then my ADATA SX900.



Is there any chance Activision has any plans to improve the load times, on the maps that take longer then 30 seconds with preload turned on?



You are my bro, bro.

[banana]

Activision probably won't improve load times

[probaddie]

There's no reason to expect that SHG - Activision is the game's publisher, not its developer - will work on optimizations this late into the develeopment cycle. If I had to guess, half the dev team is probably already starting work on the next title.

[Megaqwerty]

Jul 24, 2015 15:40:11 GMT -5 probaddie said:

If I had to guess, half the dev team is probably already starting work on the next title.

Half? You mean all. It's just Kevin the intern putting these patches out.

[Usagi]

Jul 28, 2015 15:54:46 GMT -5 Megaqwerty said:

Jul 24, 2015 15:40:11 GMT -5 probaddie said:

If I had to guess, half the dev team is probably already starting work on the next title.

Half? You mean all. It's just Kevin the intern putting these patches out.

Step the fuck up, Kevin.

[DidUknowiPwn]

This shouldn't even exist, load times are based on way too many factors.
Highest factor is CPU usage, then it's all based on storage type and if the disk is being used heavily.


So entirely these times will not match w/ someone else unless they're running the same setup as you.

[nuby1canuby]

Jul 29, 2015 0:18:55 GMT -5 DidUknowiPwn said:

This shouldn't even exist, load times are based on way too many factors.
Highest factor is CPU usage, then it's all based on storage type and if the disk is being used heavily.
So entirely these times will not match w/ someone else unless they're running the same setup as you.

I don't see what your point is.  If the maps load slow on a fast system they are going to load slow on a slower system.
Certain maps seem to have a bug where they load slow.  To not bother showing the load times because they aren't exactly the same on all systems, doesn't make sense to me.
The point is they load slow and to show how slow they really are.  It should not take longer then a minute for a map to load on a game that is 8 months old.  It should have been fixed on the first patch and the third DLC should not have a map that takes 3 minutes to load. 
They load slow on my 290x and my friends GTX 980, HD 7870, GTX 760, and GTX 960.
I've tried the lowest and highest quality graphics settings, single and triple screen and AMD 14.9, 15.2 and 15.7 drivers.  It makes no difference.

If anybody has load times under a minute, on the following maps with shader preload on, I would like to know what their settings are or what their specific hardware is. 

Map - Shader Preload Off - Shader Preload On
Defender - 0:24 - 1:43
Drift - 0:22 - 1:20
Instinct - 0:20 - 1:06
Recovery - 0:19 - 1:07
Exo Zombies Carrier - 0:42 - 3:03
Exo Zombies Outbreak - 0:27 - 1:59


I would also be interested in what the load times on the slow maps are on a console, to know if they are any faster.


I like the maps that are having problems loading and would like to be able to play them online.

[kylet357]

When you say loading, is this when the map is rendering in or the loading screen?

[nuby1canuby]

Jul 30, 2015 17:31:05 GMT -5 kylet357 said:

When you say loading, is this when the map is rendering in or the loading screen?

In the loading screen before you can start playing.

On the Recovery map right after you select Start Game, you'll see a grey status bar with a Shader Preload %.  This slowly increments but gets stuck on certain percentages.
After one minute and 15 seconds you'll get the Awaiting Challenge, Synchronizing Game Setttings and Waiting for other Players, which takes about 3 seconds.
Then you can select your Team and Loadout.  After that you see the Match Begins In 15 seconds countdown timer.
This is in a private match.  Online you would enter a game that had already started.

[kylet357]

lol, I'm on console not PC (for AW, anyway).