Occasional “Now Loading” Freeze During Random Match — How to Enable AutoLink Logging?

[shinn1031]

I sometimes get a freeze on the “Now Loading” screen during random matches.
I suspect that one of my costume mods fails to load, but I can’t find a way to debug it.
Is there any method to output a log from AutoLink or check which slot failed to load?

 

I tried enabling logging in DInput8.ini, but no log file is created, so I’m stuck.
[Log]
EnableLog = true
LogFile = AutoLink.log
LogLevel = 3

 

I also tried loading each character manually (not using random select), but I still couldn't identify the problematic mod.
If anyone knows how to properly enable logging for AutoLink, or any other way to find the failing costume slot, I would really appreciate your advice.

 

My environment:
MOD setup:
・AutoLink 3.30
・ReShade 6.6.2
・DOAHDM Gravure Studio 1.8

 

Additional notes:
On my system, ReShade does not load with the normal proxy chain,
so I’m using a reverse chain configuration:
ReShade → AutoLink
(This is the only way ReShade loads correctly.)

 

DInput8.ini:
[Proxy]
EnableProxyLibrary = true
ProxyLibrary = d3d9_AutoLink.dll

 

Thank you in advance for any help.

[JPMoriarty]

Infinite loading when using AutoLink is usually a consequence of matching a heavy texture mod with a heavy texture hair.

For example: If you got a mod for Ayane which has its TMCL file above 10Mb, there is a big chance it will give you infinite loading if you try to use with her bandana hair, since this hair has textures for the hair meshes and the bandana.

 

Overall, if you mod has as TMCL file smaller than 10Mb (except for Mai Shiranui which the limit is 6.5Mb), you shouldn't have any trouble of infinite loading.

Amother thing you can try to do is to clean the mod of unused stuff.

Check this video below, as I show how to do it in the very beginning of the tutorial:

 

[shinn1031]

Thank you very much for your explanation.

 

Your comment about heavy texture outfits combined with heavy texture hair causing infinite loading was very helpful.
I will test everything based on the countermeasures I organized.

 

Thanks again for your guidance.