Sabs.3962 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 ![](https://i.imgur.com/Qy1q6sX.jpg "") Yo, Pretty much as it states. I feel like there's been some kind of optimization or graphical update. But along with any subtle improvance on my fps, loadtimes went from some 20seconds to 1 minute or longer aswell as maps loading incredibly slow/not loading at all. (granted i do have an old-ish hdd, but none of these problems were apparent until few days back.) I attempted few options from repairing the client, defragmenting my harddrive, hell even reinstalled gw2 clean, so as to make sure there weren't any corruptions.. Which actually seemed to fix the problem.. It was nice to see that Lion's Arch had been (seemingly) better optimized to drawcall all of the city assets before entering the game. As my last reference of LA was long loadtime and assets taking few seconds to fully load in. That said, this issue seems abit jumbly. I couldn't find anyone else having similiar problems in recent days or weeks. My guess would be that if there is something broken it would've come with the Winter's Day update? But, again I can't really say. So I'm now mostly just wondering if anyone else is having similiar issues currently. (Could it be increase of traffic due to WD?) Also raporting in case there might've been some kind of technical hiccup causing these issues. Whatever it is, I'd hope to get clarity, suggestions or a fix to this problem. I am still looking for the right time to put a little more investment in to my rig, but I'd rather do it later and mainly because of a overall need, rather than to fix a game that's been working fine up until now. : ) Leaving pic of the issue in Gendarran Fields. The game eventually loaded in as I started typing this post, but that took roughly 5 mins or so, not even mentioning that the loading screen took about 2-3mins. Peace, -DmBh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finse.8526 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 I've been having this problem too for the last week or so. The loading screens take ages and when the game finally loads, it looks like in your picture. My character is often also invisible and it seems like I'm standing still when moving, except on the minimap. It's especially annoying for the Wintersday activities; I often get kicked from the JP for "being inactive" before I'm even out of the loading screen, and the choir is impossible to do because neither the sound nor the coloured notes are properly appearing. The race is also quite troublesome when you constantly get stuck behind invisible objects (Not to mention I probably look like a total idiot to others for bashing my raptor straight into concrete walls all the time). The Wintersday update might be the culprit, but I've seen others propose that the Windows december update or server changes are also possible causes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Healix.5819 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Try deleting %appdata%/Guild Wars 2/Local.dat, and if it exists, Documents/Guild Wars 2/Local.dat. It can bloat with updates and cause greatly increased load times. Check the resource monitor (ctrl+shift+esc > performance) to see how the drive is doing. It may just be really slow and dying, but you'd probably notice it with slower load times in Windows. Other software could cause it, the most obvious being anti-virus software. Use the resource monitor to check for any other processes with high disk or CPU usage. Clean install your graphics drivers and try a different game or run a GPU benchmark to test it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finse.8526 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 > @"Healix.5819" said: Thanks, but none of this seems to do anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanith.5264 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Also seeing this today. Along with some sort of strange hitch in the client that didn't exist before last night...and then there's the disconnect lottery which is becoming annoying. I wonder what gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabs.3962 Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Yup, been trying some stuff to improve as per suggested but doesn't seem to do the trick. I even tried some stuff like fiddle with the graphics settings. Thinking maybe it was caused by the LOD or something else of the sort? No change either way. Gonna post another screen, though this is from amnoon which generally has a heavier strain. Nonetheless, this is roughly after 1-2mins of loading. ![](https://i.imgur.com/Ca9xlDB.jpg "") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardenwolfe.8590 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Unfortunately, this is the sad state for a lot of us. I believe it has to do with the graphic intensity and the number of players around as well. After the expansion, it's gotten pretty bad. And yes, many players have made ANet aware of it. But as far as a fix? We're still waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFayth.3546 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I've noticed this as well, though not nearly as bad as you state. Slightly longer map load times and once I do load in and all the textures render(<5 seconds) there's SEVERE hitching as I turn the camera or take off running and new buildings/trees/ect. load into memory. It lasts about as long as it takes me to turn my camera 360 degrees then is fine after, even after switching maps. Strange thing: Warframe started doing this exact thing almost simultaneously with GW2. When it hitches it's a complete 10 second freeze, though. I know it's not a windows update, I've got mine completely locked down and have had it that way for months. Only updating articles i've researched and found to need. Everything else(Hellblade,Shadow of Mordor,Project Cars, TW3,ESO) runs as usual though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I get this, as well. But, in my case it may take upwards of 10 minutes for everything to load in. It's lots of fun...sigh...battling invisible foes. Or trying to navigate somewhere with invisible obstacles. Eventually, though, the problem becomes less and less the longer I play. I assume it's my potato computer. Someday, I hope for a better one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genlog.4983 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 > @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said: > I get this, as well. But, in my case it may take upwards of 10 minutes for everything to load in. It's lots of fun...sigh...battling invisible foes. Or trying to navigate somewhere with invisible obstacles. Eventually, though, the problem becomes less and less the longer I play. > > I assume it's my potato computer. Someday, I hope for a better one. 10 min :( poor you am glad my load very fast pffffffffff only in areas with tons off players it can take a little longer XD they need to make GW2 like black desert online no loading screen just 1 very big open area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabs.3962 Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 Anyone else having this problem care to elaborate on specs? Just to reassure that this is not a user-side technical problem and nobody's rig is dying (hopefully) I can post my specs later. Not home atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabs.3962 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Most notable parts on my end. Motherboard: F2A85-V pro (FM2) GPU: Nvidia Gforce GTX 770, 2Gb cache CPU: AMD A8-5600K 4-core ~3,6Ghz 8Gb Ram, DDR3 ST1000DM003 - HDD 1Tb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archdevil.1748 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 It is not the rig problem. I have the same issues. Assets loading for ages and maps loading for eons. I am afraid to WP. The game is pretty much unplayable :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFayth.3546 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 My load times seem to have normalized, <20 seconds(first load upon starting the game) into LA near the bank. Initial texture draw times aren't noticeably better, though they weren't terrible for me to begin with. I've had reports of recent windows updates resetting some peoples power profile configurations. Not changing from Performance to Balanced, that is, but completely changing the processor max/minimum states in those profiles. Wouldn't hurt to rule that out. Windows key>search "Power plan">Change advanced Power settings>scroll to Processor Power Management and select appropriate values if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xhelan.5604 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 I'm also having this issue. Might be worth noting two things. 1) It seems the world has loaded behind the loading screen, I can interact with NPCs, move, and cast abilities but the screen is frozen on the splash art for the loading page. 2) if i close the game and open it back up it loads to that place immediately with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabs.3962 Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Things seem to have evened out. My best guess is that majority of the problems were somehow caused by the wintersday update..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galmac.4680 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Living with that also for a VERY long time now... at least im WvW I see enemies behind walls or houses due to missing textures. :/ And the horrible map loading times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katitude.8271 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I've had major problems in PvP with this same issue, the map loads so slow that I get a desertion for some matches. I had no control over it and I ended up getting a 30 min ban because this happened twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaox machine.1534 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Seems to be happening more and more everywhere. Where are you guys playing form exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraphina.6930 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 My sister is having the exact same problem. She has MORE than enough processing power to run the game AND has run the game in the past. But suddenly her client hates her. And when I run the repair client, I get an error. https://imgur.com/a/nbToz https://pastebin.com/gcAHq1Jy We're working on getting her a new computer but I thought I'd share that people are having this problem on the Mac Client. I'd love to hear what's wrong with her client currently if anyone has any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriens.5630 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 [sorry for second posting admins, but this thread better describes my issues.] I am as well. I've been wondering if I need to limit my refresh rate or something. However, I am also experiencing random disconnects and locking up of my comp (especially when running a new character through the PoF intro instance). These disconnects and lock ups are not giving any error messages. I'm running an RX580 card with 8gb of DDR5,16gb of system RAM, and a Ryzen 7 1800x running at it's regular clock speed of 3.6ghz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilsofa.7296 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I wonder how many of you are being hit with coinhive, since GW2 players so often have a browser going in the background. Cryptocurrency mining is taking over the malware industry by storm. [https://bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-coinhive.com-in-browser-miner](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-coinhive.com-in-browser-miner "https://bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-coinhive.com-in-browser-miner") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben K.6238 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 This used to happen to me prior to an upgrade. It had characteristics of a memory leak, as it'd only happen when loading in assets after the game had been running for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriens.5630 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 > @"chaox machine.1534" said: > Seems to be happening more and more everywhere. Where are you guys playing form exactly? Southeast USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomic wolf.4701 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Well time to quit gw2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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