I'm sure this hasn't been the first time an issue like this has been reported. But saving my game has gotten to the point where it's painful to watch. I've had to endure up to 6 minutes of saving, with a minute and a half being the norm.
I blame StoryProgression for most of it. The thing is, saving seems to take the longest when traveling and especially in tombs, and when I first traveled to these places, I told StoryProgression to not enable.
Say I get close where I feel there's going to be a mummy encounter. I save. And it saves, and saves, and saves, .... and saves.... and saves some more... waiting 3 minutes,
still saving. Then finally it finishes.
Loading a save, nomatter which save I pick(if it's a new save or not), takes around 3 minutes (I counted). This is ... I really have no words. I'm just hoping for more than "get rid of all of your mods and it'll fix the problem" as my solution, as some of these mods I need. Overall, I don't really have that many mods. And I have no CC. Do notice my memory usage can be as high at 68%.
Also, it doesn't matter if I completely quit my game and then load a save and then save later, as it still takes a long time.
I assume my save is bloated. I tried wiping out all memories from every townie when I had them on. It doesn't help to lessen the problem. Save just seems to be getting more bloated.
I'll try clearing out my cache files, yet it never helped in the past. I shouldn't have to be tortured by 3+ minute save/load times. If it helps, my main save file is 4.26 GB.
Added Note: I've also closed out unnecessary programs. Doesn't help speed the save/load times up.
Another Note: I notice when it does save, instead of doing what most games do which is to edit the files it needs to, to apply the save, it either removes the entire folder and/or the contents of the folder and slowly regenerates each single one. Any reason why it stupidly does this? Or is the save system as stupid as the game's Sims, who, the wife Sim yells at the husband Sim for being in the way of the sink to use it, and can't see there's another sink next to him that's not being used?
Specs;
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP 1
CPU: AMD FX 4350
GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTS 250
RAM: 8GB
Mods or CC?: I am using mods(all up to date). No CC.
Here's my mod list.
Expansions/Stuff Packs I have installed;World Adventures
Ambitions
Late Night
Generations
Town Life Stuff Pack
Pets
Seasons
Island Paradise
When did you last uninstall/reinstall the game: About 2 months ago. Reinstalled every EP in release order.
What were you doing at the time of the issue:As I said before, I can be doing a temple. I could be not and doing other stuff. When when trying to save, it takes forever.
Is your game up to date? What is your current version?: Yes, it's up to date. I'm using 1.67.2.024017 according to the launcher.
