start of the game over 30 (edit: 72!) minutes

[deathmorph]

Previously, I had a start-up time of around 1 to 3 minutes between the ENB start screen and the actual game. That has changed. Now the game takes around 72 minutes or more to start after the ENB screen.
I first thought it was Buffout, as there were problems with it via Vortex shortly before. However, I reinstalled Buffout, unfortunately that wasn't the problem.
I know that some players have to wait around 10 minutes. That would be fine for me. But the jump from 3 to 72 minutes is pretty crazy.
Does anyone know the problem and know the cause or solution?

 

edit: I've now measured the time and updated the numbers.

Edited December 28, 2024 by deathmorph

[Canaduh]

Are you playing via steam?

Have you disabled cloud sync?

[deathmorph]

1 hour ago, Canaduh said:

Are you playing via steam?

Have you disabled cloud sync?

 

Yes, via Steam. But the synchronization is off.

[katrina.balanchuk]

have you tried starting game while not connected to the internet?

[deathmorph]

4 hours ago, katrina.balanchuk said:

have you tried starting game while not connected to the internet?

 

I start Vortex, Vortex starts Steam and the download of the update stops because the file is write-protected (I use .163). Then I start Fallout via Vortex. If Steam is already running, of course, then the first step is omitted.
Then the ENB start screen appears and after a good hour then Fallout.
I haven't changed anything in the processes, the same as before, except that until recently the game would run after 5 minutes at the most.

[pinky6225]

4 hours ago, deathmorph said:

 

I start Vortex, Vortex starts Steam and the download of the update stops because the file is write-protected (I use .163). Then I start Fallout via Vortex. If Steam is already running, of course, then the first step is omitted.
Then the ENB start screen appears and after a good hour then Fallout.
I haven't changed anything in the processes, the same as before, except that until recently the game would run after 5 minutes at the most.

 

Try running steam in offline mod, ignore vortex and just click on the f4se_loader.exe as you must be running the script extender if you have buffout

[deathmorph]

4 hours ago, pinky6225 said:

Try running steam in offline mod, ignore vortex and just click on the f4se_loader.exe as you must be running the script extender if you have buffout

 

Unfortunately, both have no effect.

 

PS: new record 1:25 h. But when the game is running, it's running

Edited December 28, 2024 by deathmorph

[deathmorph]

I think I had overloaded my system. I had previously only installed Sim Settlements 2 Chapter 1 and had supplemented this with Chapters 2 and 3 and the expansion pack. Additionally with PACE and PANPC, which were supposed to improve the combat behavior of companions and NPCs. And it should be pretty script-heavy.
I have now uninstalled all of this except for SS2 Chapter 1 and voila, the game now starts again after 3 minutes.
Problem solved.

[nmagod]

3 minutes is still a considerable amount of time

 

are you running from a platter HDD, a sata SSD, or an M2 SSD?