option to give up "Salvage rights" (reduce save/load times)

[true kayak]

in the late game, saving and loading time can get pretty bad. and I believe the main culprit of this is wreaks and debris that I can't be bothered to collect. I'm think a way to solve is for you to mark salvage and debris you no longer care about. lore wise nps will collect the junk off screen or whatever.

maybe it can be a button next to the custom marker button that gives you a box select you can use with very large areas.

Simple idea that can be somewhat expanded on, but the saving/ loading times are killing me.

[dense spear]

You haven't used mods that change the default parameters of systems and resources in them? Do you have an HD or an SSD?

[true kayak]

no mods. I have both SSD and HDD, I'm 70% sure the game is on the SSDs. (I had the game on my HDD but I moved it to a SSD using steam's "move install folder"). This is what the map looks like just after the station run of a new system. (using the unstable branch where debris is highlighted (no difference in save times between the stable and unstable version)). the save times are fine now, but as I was finishing up in the last system, it was... very annoying.

[autumn musk]

It could also be leftover asteroids. One asteroid counts as a single entity. Once you break it into a kajillion pieces each one is recorded as it's own entity.

[dense spear]

I don't see anything unusual. There aren't a lot of abandoned resources. I don't even know what can cause serious delays. I have more resources and systems open with these resources and somehow I do not notice very serious delays. I have already exceeded 250Mb in save size and it doesn't really bother me. What is the size of your savedgame - file?

[true kayak]

my save file is at 2MB, though I don't think size matters since solar systems you have not been in for a while are stored but not loaded. right now, save times are at about 12 seconds. but I know they where more then double in the last sector. I know it doesn't sound like a lot but when I am in the middle of a battle or something and the auto save hits. it's frustrating. what is your save times?

[dense spear]

The first save of a 4MB file took 2 seconds. 12 seconds for 2MB is obviously not SSD results or you have a very slow SSD.

[true kayak]

Maybe, but I’m not sure it Contributes as much as the salvage. I have a new game co-op where my friend is mining quite a bit. And save times there is less than three seconds.

[autumn musk]

I'm just saying every little bit helps. I don't want my tower to become a toaster either.

[true kayak]

The weird thing is I pulled up system resources as I saved and none of my hard drives spiked at all. Do you know if there’s a way to move the save folder? I know my E: drive is a bit faster than C: drive. (I know I should put a better SSD for my C: drive)

[dense spear]

I haven't migrated that folder, so I don't have a proven method. Most likely it's all in the settings of the game or styme, but again, I have not done it.

[true kayak]

Yeah, but i’m having a hard time imagining a way to implement clean up that can’t be exploited. Being able to make large asteroids that the enemy stations are hiding behind disappear by marking it as unclaimed salvage. Maybe there should be an option to mine the whole asteroid?

[autumn musk]

There's a mod to mine the whole asteroid. I never play without it.

Making asteroids dissappear in a station battle just removes cover.

Mod is called "Asteroid eater" I really wish it was a gameplay option

[worldly isle]

that or very similar functionality is also implemented in the current release candidate

[autumn musk]

Current release candidate?

[worldly isle]

#1307115061424296058

[true kayak]

Other than making it easier to collect salvage, what functionality are you talking about?

[worldly isle]

mostly the entirely mining asteroids bit

[autumn musk]

Looks like it's also going to highlight salvage on the map

[true kayak]

Walt said saving is cpu heavy, that explains a lot since I’ve been needing to upgrade my cpu for a while. sigh

[true kayak]

That feature also leaves the asteroid bits, it just goes for the ores.

[true kayak]

Ah, I missed the strip mine feature.

[true kayak]

Walt believes floating resources are optimized to the point where they are not causing this problem. If Walt is correct on that (probably is) then it is likely to be the wreaks. 🤔

[wicked aspen]

In lore it’s would be as new faction mechanic-trashers. They are will grabs all trash in star system))

[true kayak]

Maybe less of a new faction in more of a new ship class/job. It would be pretty odd lore wise if only one faction salvage.

[wicked aspen]

In that fraction must be ships-transformers

[true kayak]

#ask-walt message
ah, floating resources do cause loading times

[true kayak]

what is your cpu cache size? mind is L1 cache: 576 KB, L2 cache: 3 MB, L3 cache: 16 MB. if mine is significantly smaller than yours, that could explain why mine is so slow without usage spikes on the task manager.

[dense spear]

I have Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz

[true kayak]

welp, there goes that theory. my cpu is a little bit better then yours. unless your SSD is 10 times faster then mine, I don't know why my in game save/load times are so long.

[true kayak]

I tested my savefile on my friends computer that has a faster SSD and a better CPU. it took just as long. if you are willing, could I give you my save file and see how long it would take you to load it? it is RC (unstable) version btw