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Game startup time is taking a lot for any game

A topic by Gabriel Ruiz created Oct 24, 2021 Views: 695 Replies: 5

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Hi, as the title says any game I try to play it takes so long, sometimes it takes 30 mins for a 20MB game and sometimes it works good and it loads in 20 second. First I thought it was problem with my game, but later I tryed to play others games and I experienced the same situation. Does anybody has the same problem? I have a presentation tomorrow and I can't use my itchio link.

Afloof.devModerator2 years ago

Could it be your hardware being on the low-end side? I’ve played a variety of Itch.io games before, including web games and installable games from the Itch app, and never had a similar issue. 30 minutes sounds like a crazy long time.

Gabriel Ruiz2 years ago

I don't thinks it's a hardware problem, I have tested in different machines with different internet connections, it's like a problems that appear and dissapear in a random way. sometimes it works good, sometimes it doesn't

MechaStreisand2 years ago

Having the same issue here.

Arekku2 years ago

Usually this happens when your hard drive starts breaking.

Check your drive health with CrystalDiskInfo or the disk diagnostics tool of your choice. If your drive is starting to go bad the only recourse would be to replace it.

Gabriel Ruiz2 years ago

Ok, but I have tested in different computers and I had the same issue