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GTA: SA Loading Times?
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Black Deatha
Member
How is it evev possable you have come to this board and not known about the 'no loading' feature? my god.
And I agree with belgurdo, killed? WTF? You let loading that shord ruin your play of some of the best games ever made?
~Black Deatha
And I agree with belgurdo, killed? WTF? You let loading that shord ruin your play of some of the best games ever made?
~Black Deatha
Gantz said:
Killed?
That's utterly bizarre...
The only significant load point in the ENTIRE game was the initial startup. Once it was loaded, there was virtually no loading anywhere else in the game. The 3 second split between islands was nothing and hardly worth complaining about...
deadhorse32
Bad Art
bishoptl said:No loading at all, except when entering buildings. And unless you grew up with a Commodore 64 and a 1541 disk drive, you don't know shit about loading times.
I was playing on TAPE
NOT
(and thanks god for that 1541-2 for life)bishoptl said:No loading at all, except when entering buildings. And unless you grew up with a Commodore 64 and a 1541 disk drive, you don't know shit about loading times.
Whatever unless you grew up with a Pet Computer and a tape drive you don't know shit about load times.
BOOYAH!
This is the first computer I did any programming on.
Please, make with the flaming, but I experienced LONG loading times every time I entered or exited a building/cutscene in both games. So I agree with the original poster, but given the reaction - what am I missing? Is there some magic option? Am I playing with a crazy PS2 hardware iteration?
Stinkles said:
There were VERY few buildings between the two games, and many of those small buildings had no loading times at all (a few of the larger areas had slight loading, but it was no more than 2-3 seconds).
There is slight loading between cutscenes too, but nothing major.
If you could define LONG loading times, perhaps we could determine whether or not there is a problem.
GTA is very sensitive on the PS2. If your system has issues with reading discs (or issues are developing), those two games can have major problems...
Flame me all you want. The loading times when loading a game were excruciating for me. 1-2 minute to load a save game this gen is ridiculous. Load times were non-existant on the Xbox versions(They didn't even have those lame loading bar screens). Anyway I was just wondering if Rockstar addressed this issue since devs tend to fix loading times on the next iterations of game series.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
Crash Bandicoot the Wrath of Cortex has longer loading time than GTA, and it happens every time you enter a level. We're talking 50 seconds of Crash falling into space. The game is not even that impressive looking or complex.
Soldiers of Fortune on the DC had some ridiculous load times too. It would take like 5 minutes to load a cut scene before the level, then another 5 minutes to load the level itself.
The only thing I hope in GTA is that there is no loading necessary to save. Put a save point outside that can quickly bring up the menu. Don't make me have to load some interior just to save a game (like in Vice city if I remember correctly)
The only thing I hope in GTA is that there is no loading necessary to save. Put a save point outside that can quickly bring up the menu. Don't make me have to load some interior just to save a game (like in Vice city if I remember correctly)
Future said:Soldiers of Fortune on the DC had some ridiculous load times too. It would take like 5 minutes to load a cut scene before the level, then another 5 minutes to load the level itself.
The only thing I hope in GTA is that there is no loading necessary to save. Put a save point outside that can quickly bring up the menu. Don't make me have to load some interior just to save a game (like in Vice city if I remember correctly)
Damn, another great example. It took longer than GTA3 to load a map...but each PC map was divided into like 3 or 4 segments and each one took that long to load. So, you had to sits through damn near 4 minutes of loading just to reach the end of the first stage!
WasabiKing
Member
SKluck said:
Haha, too bad it wasn't worth it in the end.
TRS-80 4 Lyfe, yo!
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Mega Man's Electric Sheep said:
There was a PINBALL game on the PSX; one of the very first PSX games (it came out in those big cases and shit) that loaded a game for over 3 minutes. PINBALL!
I really want to just wait for the PC/XBox version of GTA San Andreas...especially the PC version, since Vice City plays so much smoother on PC than either Xbox or PS2, and I'm sure San Andreas will be the same way...
...But there's no way in hell I'm going to wait.
Don't forget about the Neo-Geo CD!
...But there's no way in hell I'm going to wait.
bishoptl said:No loading at all, except when entering buildings. And unless you grew up with a Commodore 64 and a 1541 disk drive, you don't know shit about loading times.
Don't forget about the Neo-Geo CD!
Ninja Scooter
Member
wasn't their even a couple of n64 games that had really shitty load times? For some reason Quake comes to mind.
bishoptl said:No loading at all, except when entering buildings. And unless you grew up with a Commodore 64 and a 1541 disk drive, you don't know shit about loading times.
iawtp
bish = <3
Memories... load up the disc, then it would do that loud ass rattle, and you knew you were good.
Pedigree Chum
Banned
Insertia said:
Yeah, there was a bit at the start, and little pauses between islands. I'd like to say that fanboy bitching has sunk to a new low, but the sparks debate was worse than this.
Pedigree Chum
Banned
One time mass loading (as long as it's no more than a minute) >>>>>> Lots of little loading during a game
CavemanLawyer
Member
Heck, I would take a 5 minutes of loading over a lot of small loads.
Just turn the system on, get some food, go to the bathroom, etc. and when you come back it would be ready.
But complaining about one 1-minute load session is beyond ridiculous.
Just turn the system on, get some food, go to the bathroom, etc. and when you come back it would be ready.
But complaining about one 1-minute load session is beyond ridiculous.
Error Macro
Member
bishoptl said:No loading at all, except when entering buildings. And unless you grew up with a Commodore 64 and a 1541 disk drive, you don't know shit about loading times.
Yo, 1541 FO' LIFE!!
And my Vic-20 had a tape drive. Fucking tape!
Sysgen said:
Just like GTA...
However, unlike GTA, loading a save game (or dying and loading) required the game to load once again and it took just as long.
GTA only loads one time, no matter what you do.
Now THIS I really agree with. Fable's constant loading drove me mad...
