[2020] Loading Simulator

Just to clarify something here, GENERATING a brand new world takes quite a while. LOADING a previously generated world is considerably faster. As suggested, If you're impatient you might try one of the three pregen worlds, or the handcrafted Navezgane map.

On a system that meets the recommended hardware spec, it's currently about 15-20 minutes for an 8k map. Maybe 25 minutes at the bottom end of the scale.

If it's taking you that long, then the client is unable to use your GPU for map generation because it does not meet the recommended spec. As a result, it must rely on your CPU. Since your GPU isn't up to spec for the job, it's typically not very likely that your CPU is either, and then there's the fact that you also don't likely have enough RAM, so it has to additionally switch to using your pagefile on your archaic platter drive instead.

Basically, if you aren't on the recommended hardware, your PC keeps kicking itself in the ass until everything can only take forever.

Originally posted by Bob: I mean, the recommended requirements are way out of date at this stage. I am still running an fx 8350, which is far better than what they 'recommend', but it still takes me 25 min to create a new seed, 8k size.

The "bottom" end of the scale would likely be where OP is at, and it is possible he looked at the old and outdated requirements page back when the game was still blocky and no one had any idea that the game would be upgraded visually.

Ehm..Iirc the most recent update to the requirements was not that long ago, It was either when A19 went stable, or when A18 went stable- Both of which were after the latest major graphical overhaul. So they shouldn't be terribly out of date at this stage- It's not like the recommended specs are still the ones from 2013.

Originally posted by Bob: I mean, the recommended requirements are way out of date at this stage. I am still running an fx 8350, which is far better than what they 'recommend', but it still takes me 25 min to create a new seed, 8k size.

The "bottom" end of the scale would likely be where OP is at, and it is possible he looked at the old and outdated requirements page back when the game was still blocky and no one had any idea that the game would be upgraded visually.

Ok, but what is your GPU?
As I stated earlier, the RWG generation relies on the GPU. It only cares about your CPU if your GPU doesn't have the hardware to support the requirements of the tool.

Originally posted by Xv15: There are dedicated programs that can generate a world in minutes. Fully custom. Don't remember the name but it is an option.

It's called Nitrogen, and support for it ended before a19.0 went stable. It's currently in a state of "use at your own risk" as it is three or four major builds behind the games current RWG mixer, and is not fully compatible. The last update was July 5th, and the mod author is said to have moved onto other projects, so it is not likely to receive any further updates.

Originally posted by vgifford:

Originally posted by SylenThunder: It's called Nitrogen, and support for it ended before a19.0 went stable. It's currently in a state of "use at your own risk" as it is three or four major builds behind the games current RWG mixer, and is not fully compatible. The last update was July 5th, and the mod author is said to have moved onto other projects, so it is not likely to receive any further updates.

Kinda of a shame, the ability to customize maps how you want them is nice. Perhaps The Fun Pimps will allow similar map customization in future releases?

Pay attention to the dev streams. It's a work in progress. Won't have the full feature list Nitrogen does, but there are a lot of changes coming to RWG in a20.