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    Fallout: New Vegas

    Game » consists of 25 releases. Released Oct 19, 2010

    The post-apocalyptic Fallout universe expands into Nevada in this new title in the franchise. As a courier once left for dead by a mysterious man in a striped suit, the player must now set out to find their assailant and uncover the secrets of the enigmatic ruler of New Vegas.

    the first game thats basically a loading screen in a box

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    #1  Edited By swat200

    oh my god, I'm so sick of the TERRIBLE ass load times this game has. I've installed it to the hard drive and it still takes 30 to 40 seconds at every load. fallout 3 was no where near this bad

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    #2  Edited By FancySoapsMan

    It takes my game about 10 seconds to load stuff, at most. 
     
    sux2beu.

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    #3  Edited By luce

    Sometimes it loads forever 

     
     
    Forever

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    #4  Edited By zzzleepy

    Glad I got this on PC instead of the 360, the load times are really quick for me at least.

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    #5  Edited By swat200

    yea, its getting super frustratig. i go half the places in the game now and the frame rate is taking a nose dive too. I've been playing for like 6 hours though. does it help to restart your 360 or maby clear the system cach?

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    #6  Edited By TheChaos

    My load times are 2-3 seconds, glad I got it on PC.

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    #7  Edited By Spoonman671
    @swat200 said:
    " yea, its getting super frustratig. i go half the places in the game now and the frame rate is taking a nose dive too. I've been playing for like 6 hours though. does it help to restart your 360 or maby clear the system cach? "
    I don't know about the 360, but for the PS3 version, restarting the console helped noticeably.  It also got rid of this annoying bug where every time I pulled up my laser rifle scope, it would display a computer monitor instead of the crosshairs.
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    #8  Edited By swat200
    @Spoonman671: thats super weird. so i just restarted my system and tryed all the above stuff i mentioned and holy shit yea its alot better. its gotta be some weird system memory pile up or something.
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    #9  Edited By BionicMonster
    @TheChaos said:
    " My load times are 2-3 seconds, glad I got it on PC. "
    also the command console makes the bugs 1000x more bearable.
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    #10  Edited By Rolyatkcinmai

    Just like Oblivion and Fallout 3, delete your game's cache once in a while. It will fix most problems.

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    #11  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    I never noticed the load times being bad at all.. though I like looking at the ads and stuff they show during their load screens.

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    #12  Edited By turbo_toaster

    If you disable auto-saving, it speeds up the loads times. 
     
    Just remember to actually save once in a while before you get destroyed by Deathclaws.

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    #13  Edited By MisterChief

    If you're playing on 360 install it.

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    #14  Edited By Baillie
    @MisterChief: Read.
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    #15  Edited By MisterChief
    @Baillie said:
    " @MisterChief: Read. "
    NEVER.
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    #16  Edited By mano521

    you know whats an easy fix for long loading screens?   INSTALL IT ON THE HARD DRIVE 
     
    i did it and the loading screens take about 1 minute at the worst times

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    #17  Edited By spazmaster666
    @swat200 said:
    " oh my god, I'm so sick of the TERRIBLE ass load times this game has. I've installed it to the hard drive and it still takes 30 to 40 seconds at every load. fallout 3 was no where near this bad "
    Ever played Oblivion? Load times still got up to 30 second+ with the game installed to the hard drive. As for Fallout 3, 25+ second loads when installed was pretty typical.
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    #18  Edited By rjayb89

    You're only using about 10% of your brain so install it in there. It'll take about 8% of your brain storage but it is worth it. And of course, make sure to clear your mind from time to time as it'll allow you to think much more clearly more regularly.

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    #19  Edited By Skald

    The longer you play, the longer it takes to load. Quit and restart every now and then.

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    @rjayb89 said:
    " You're only using about 10% of your brain so install it in there. "
    That's just a myth and has yet to be proven true.
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    @swat200: Dude, you're so right. I got bored as shit waiting for loadscreen after loadscreen when constantly moving through Freeside to various other nearby locations. It takes ages for it to load on my 120gb 360 hard-disc. I am really jealous of PC players. Can't wait till I can afford a gaming PC.
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    #22  Edited By ch3burashka

    Get 8 more sticks of RAM, that should help.

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    #23  Edited By bwmcmaste

    *spits his tobacco, while rocking in his chair* Back in my day, we spent more time loading games then playing them. Yes sir, there was a time when you would set down and ready yourself for a right good load time before each and every level.

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    #24  Edited By leebmx
    @swat200: Install to hard drive, clear cache every 3 hours or so no problems. Seriously, the only time I have seen the second page on the load screen is when I have been playing for longer than 3hours and I haven't cleared the cache. 
     If you follow this procedure you will have nothing to complain about.......in that respect anyway. :)
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    #25  Edited By melcene

    (a) My 360 doesn't usually take more than 5 seconds to load, except to get to the start menu when I first put the game in. 
     
    (b) HARDLY the first "game that's basically a loading screen in a box."  Go play Everquest for a while.

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    #26  Edited By foggel

    You should try Half Life 2.

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    #27  Edited By swat200
    @mano521: it is installed the the hard drive. I'm not that stupid not to try that as the first thing. it still has issues
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    #28  Edited By swat200

    also thanks to everyone about the cache advice. I've been doing that and its kinda helping.

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    #29  Edited By mano521
    @swat200: thats really weird then.  i dont know what to tell you. when i installed it on the harddrive, load times were no longer a problem.  
     
    there were definitely occasions where it froze while loading, glitched me through the floor, chugged when i went into a new area after loading, or even just straight up freezing for no reason at all. 
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    #30  Edited By Dustpan

    Long load times are required to load such a beautiful landscape.

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    #31  Edited By Raymayne
    @spazmaster666 said:
    " @swat200 said:
    " oh my god, I'm so sick of the TERRIBLE ass load times this game has. I've installed it to the hard drive and it still takes 30 to 40 seconds at every load. fallout 3 was no where near this bad "
    Ever played Oblivion? Load times still got up to 30 second+ with the game installed to the hard drive. As for Fallout 3, 25+ second loads when installed was pretty typical. "
    No they don't, loads were fast as hell on Oblivion and FO3 compared to New Vegas. The game was produced terribly.
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    #32  Edited By SSully
    @TheChaos said:
    " My load times are 2-3 seconds, glad I got it on PC. "
    Initial load is about 10 to 15 seconds, after that the longest is about 6. Very happy i got it on PC as well. 
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    #33  Edited By FritzDude

    I got a 3-8 sec loading on my 360 in-game, though, i will see longer load times after i've played it for a few hours. Seems like a memory leak and a performance issue though.

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    #34  Edited By J0n3s1

    It takes like a 10sec usually to load but I have had over 1 minute loads..

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    #35  Edited By Jack268

    Fallout NV on Xbox: Costs more, can't be modded and has to wait for Microsoft certification for patches. 
    Fallout NV on PC: Costs less, can be modded which includes bug fixes. 
     
    You jelly? 
     
    1000 posts represent

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    #36  Edited By FritzDude
    @Jack268:
    Who do you call a jelly? You jelly... FISH! And congratulations with you're 1000 post.
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    #37  Edited By spazmaster666
    @Raymayne said:
    No they don't, loads were fast as hell on Oblivion and FO3 compared to New Vegas. The game was produced terribly. "
    I never compared FO3 and Oblivion loading times to NV since I only have NV for the PC. However, the loading times I listed were accurate. I was just pointing out that all games that Bethesda has released on the Gamebryo engine have had long load times. I just did a quick test myself with FO3 installed to the hard drive. Loading a save from the menu took about 22 seconds and loading from Megaton to the Capital Wasteland took about 21 seconds. Oblivion load times were definitely longer than FO3 so the 30 second load time when installed seems accurate.
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    #38  Edited By ClaritySam

    I'm pretty sure the load times on my Atari 65-XE were longer.

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    #39  Edited By haggis

    It is a bit strange that load times increase the longer you play. I've only put in one or two marathon sessions on New Vegas, but had the same issue. But since I rarely play for more than an hour at a time, it hasn't been a problem. I haven't tried clearing the cache. I'll have to see what difference that makes. Generally my load times aren't more than thirty seconds or so, which isn't bad. Unlike Oblivion, neither Fallout game has had the occasional load symbol pop up just when navigating the open world.
     
    The weird thing about New Vegas is that some of the areas are very small with short loads going in and long loads coming out. They could have balanced this a bit better than they did, but overall I haven't had long load times and I don't have the game installed on the 360's hard drive.
     
    Edit: I do remember long load times in the distant past. I used to boot up games on my Commodore 64 as a kid and then go make breakfast. Sometimes the games were actually loaded by the time I was finished. And no, I'm not joking. :)

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