Load Time Improvement & Mod Location

[spring spire]

TL;DR: I went from 10 minute load times to < 1 minute.

With all of the region packs, my load times are now almost 10 minutes to startup the game running off a dedicated fast SSD drive. Remember, these region packs are mods and mods/logs sit in your system user profile, not where you've installed the game.

Using Steam launch options (see attached), I dropped my logging to ERROR and my load time went from almost 9 minutes to under 1 minute. So my launch options are now: "D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities Skylines II\Cities2.exe" %command% --logsEffectiveness=ERROR

This does the following:

1. Loads directly into the game, skipping the launcher (Note my game is installed on my "D" drive)
2. Lowers logging to "ERROR" level

Setting logging to "WARN" was around 3 minutes. Obviously, diving into the logs to see if there's anything I can resolve might be a good idea, but can I just play the game and not be their QA team? Especially if I'm trying new maps or mods and needing to restart, 10 minute load times are a deal breaker. My logs are almost entirely issues with region pack assets.

You can find the logs in: "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\Colossal Order\Cities Skylines II\Logs"

Side note: Either use the Skyve button in options -> folder settings to move your profile or follow these instructions:

1. Move the "Cities Skylines II" folder in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\Colossal Order" to another drive

2. Run cmd, type in the following command: mklink /J "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\Colossal Order\Cities Skylines II" "the location you moved the folder to".

This way you'll create a "shortcut" for the folder, but the actual files are not taking precious storage on the C drive```

Load Time Improvement & Mod Location

[tame pagoda]

does this fix the loading issue where its stuck? also the command "D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities Skylines II\Cities2.exe" %command% --logsEffectiveness=ERROR" goes into the launch options in steam correct? and what does that command do when i run cmd?

[spring spire]

Sometimes people think it's stuck, but it's jus really slow.

Yes, that command goes in he Launch options, which is what is shown in the screenshot I attached.

[true breach]

Here's how you do it with Skyve.

[spring spire]

I don't recommend DISABLED, but yes, you could set ERROR there.

[fast wolf]

In the new Skyve UI wher eis this?

[true breach]

I don't think the UI has changed since I posted that screenshot, unless you're on the beta?
Same place as always -- playsets, click your playset, and then click launch settings

[gilded rapids]

I was super confused too (thank you @true breach). I also had to enable developer launch options, which I did in the options menu:

[true breach]

Oohhh, I didn't even realize I'd enabled that. Good shout, thanks

[hallow radish]

There's an error when i try to start up the game with this, it says "failed to start process for this game, the device is not ready 0x15"