Long load times

[PizzaSHARK!]

So, my load times are pretty long. Have been for a while, but I don't recall them being so long when I first started playing back on launch day. I've looked around, and I can't really find any ideas for cutting down the load times outside of basic things like running a defrag and checking the cache.

Once everything loads, it runs perfectly, but the load times are enormous... like 3+ minutes, while most people load in about 30-90 seconds. It's not uncommon for me to finish loading after the round has already begun, especially as infected (since survivors are invariably impatient.)

[klops161]

Same problem here. The loading time has significally become longer than before.

For some reason my framerate has dropped too, although L4d2 worked fine before. Now it is unplayable. I have the latest drivers.

[ryancee7]

So, my load times are pretty long. Have been for a while, but I don't recall them being so long when I first started playing back on launch day. I've looked around, and I can't really find any ideas for cutting down the load times outside of basic things like running a defrag and checking the cache.

Once everything loads, it runs perfectly, but the load times are enormous... like 3+ minutes, while most people load in about 30-90 seconds. It's not uncommon for me to finish loading after the round has already begun, especially as infected (since survivors are invariably impatient.)

Wow 3+ minutes? Must kill in versus!

Anyway have you tried turning down the settings for fun to see if it increases? Also have you turned off multicore rendering? Also I heard if you turned down paged pool memory it loads faster at the cost of making sprays/loading posters look horrible.

Also have you tried verifying the game? and defragging game files, this is done in steam.

[Keldorn]

The loading in l4d2 does take so friggen long doesn't it?
L4d1 loads up fast in like 15 seconds. L4d2 takes like 1 minute or more.

[DialUpRanger]

I noticed only like 2 second increase in load times, but it isn't much a problem for me. Load times are only long if you have a really slow processor.

My I5 760 only takes 4-6 seconds to load and it runs over 100 frames on high.

Load times probably contributed by putting extra content into dlc that incorporates with the main maps.

[turistas]

defragging helps a bit, but not for long :/ mine feels like it back to slow loading too

[PizzaSHARK!]

Wow 3+ minutes? Must kill in versus!

Anyway have you tried turning down the settings for fun to see if it increases? Also have you turned off multicore rendering? Also I heard if you turned down paged pool memory it loads faster at the cost of making sprays/loading posters look horrible.

Also have you tried verifying the game? and defragging game files, this is done in steam.

Yeah, it's brutal for VS. Like I said, it's not uncommon for me to finish loading after the round has already started, especially in a pub.

I'll try turning off multicore and see if it makes a difference.