Mission loading time - 9 minutes?

[nonetpochylski]

Greetings,

 

Since the last big update it now takes exactly 9 minutes from the time I select a mission (of any type) until the mission begins.  I see the splash screen with the words "LOADING   Please wait" but nothing discernible happens for the next 9 minutes.  Anybody else having this issue?  Any possible solutions?  I suppose I could just for a quick jog while it loads - but then I'd have to put my shoes on.  Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Thad]

Wow! Nine minutes to load. That's definitely unsatisfactory and not normal in any way.

 

Have you tired loading the missions into the editor and resaving them. Under Tools, In the editor, one can Resave all missions in a folder.

 

You could also try converting all mission to binary too. 

Edited September 16, 2020 by Thad

[nonetpochylski]

Converting to binary worked!  Load time down from 9 minutes to about 4 seconds.  Whoo hee!!  Thanks, Thad!

[jollyjack]

resave or convert to binary ... what do each do?

[UDET1918]

Same here. Takes forever to load a mission when BOS is updated. Could some please explain how to convert to binary, or provide a link to learn? Thanks in advance.