[Fix] Fix for long map load times.

[RobDollar]

Go to "my documents/my games/redorchestra2/ROGame/config/" and open ROEngine.ini.

Search for ISVhacks, and change:

[Engine.ISVHacks]
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=false to true

Note that the location of this file has changed slightly since the start of the beta.

This can reduce map load time from 1-2 minutes to under 30 seconds.

Also make sure you have the most up to date drivers for your graphics card.

http://www.nvidia.com

http://www.amd.com

[TrouserDemon]

What does this affect besides loading times?

[RobDollar]

It's not a dangerous setting to change, it essentially does what it says in the code line, instead of initializing shaders at startup, it does it as and when they're needed.

[Mattyah]

Changing this single preset actually fixed my crashes (originally the game would crash to desktop right after connecting to a server). After the patch, the location of the inis changed and the crashes returned :/ . I flipped the setting to "true" and CTDs were gone again. I wonder why that affects the game's stability for me...

[Lush]

This has been a real problem for me

Thanks for the fix it works great

[Maj.Faux-Pas]

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.co...d.php?p=850915

bInitializeShadersOnDemand=false fixes artillery lag
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=true fixes crashes when loading Barracks or Pavlov

I guess you can't have it all.

[Justin MacDuro]

Great fix , it works ... I had long load times (about 3 mins sometimes) and now just about 30 seconds !

[RobDollar]

Originally Posted by Maj.Faux-Pas

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.co...d.php?p=850915

bInitializeShadersOnDemand=false fixes artillery lag
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=true fixes crashes when loading Barracks or Pavlov

I guess you can't have it all.

Damnit I wondered what was causing that horrible stuttering on artillery. It's obviously a weirdly implemented artillery system.

This is pretty frustrating, I now need to have a trade off between insanely long map times, and a the stuttering on artillery.

[thelittlepickle]

i dont know why but after most recent patch this fix doesnt work for me anymore

[RobDollar]

Originally Posted by thelittlepickle

i dont know why but after most recent patch this fix doesnt work for me anymore

Did you make sure you changed the ROEngine.ini in the my games/redorchestra2 folder? The most recent patch change the install location from the my games/unrealengine3 folder to the new one.

[v4ssi]

Worked for me... map loading time reduced and also not lagging while artillery fire....at contrary that someone said..

[thelittlepickle]

Originally Posted by RobDollar

Did you make sure you changed the ROEngine.ini in the my games/redorchestra2 folder? The most recent patch change the install location from the my games/unrealengine3 folder to the new one.

Thx for that didnt know that they changed folders its good now thx