Your loading screen :)

@Karritz - And even that wouldn't be an issue if TS3 did a better job of "putting back" RAM it has used for various things like the interactive startup game once finished. But unfortunately it doesn't do that reliably, only sometimes. While 200-300 MB (players' experiences will vary) isn't really much, it's not helping if that amount remains tied up for no reason throughout the rest of the game session and yes, puts us that much closer to RAM overload and Error12s -- if the game session was ever going to approach the RAM usage danger zone in the first place.

If a long-running game session was never going to go over let's say 2.2 GB of usage for example, then 2.4 GB isn't going to matter but not all of our sessions always go quite that way.

"igazor;c-16904467" wrote:
@Karritz - And even that wouldn't be an issue if TS3 did a better job of "putting back" RAM it has used for various things like the interactive startup game once finished. But unfortunately it doesn't do that reliably, only sometimes. While 200-300 MB (players' experiences will vary) isn't really much, it's not helping if that amount remains tied up for no reason throughout the rest of the game session and yes, puts us that much closer to RAM overload and Error12s -- if the game sessions was ever going to approach the RAM usage danger zone in the first place.

If a long-running game session was never going to go over let's say 2.2 GB of usage for example, then 2.4 GB isn't going to matter but not all of our sessions always go quite that way.

Most of my games are so complicated that I'm always watching for it to hit 3200 MB and once it goes over that I know Error 12 is going to happen. It isn't every game because I manage it by reducing graphics settings rather than simplifying my games.

@JoAnne65 Yeah, I'm on a potato-powered dinosaur. And I was calculating from launcher to loading the actual save. The whole thing can take from 45 to 90 mins.

@MoonandStars83 I admire your patience and persistence. You are truely committed to this game haha. I thought I was doing tough back in the day when it was an 11 minutes long wait.

IN the beginning I had it on, but I got tired of it and have not had it on in a long time. years

I keep it disabled nowadays. As most people say, it was cute at the beginning and got dull later.
I usually load my game in windowed mode. If I'm not doing something else, I browse the web while the game is loading.

I honestly didn't even know there was such a thing. I've always only used the loading screen that includes the tips, didn't know you could switch it.

I have it enabled simply because it doesn't bother me and because I never thought of actually disabling it, I might do it the next time I launch the game :hushed:
As for the mini game, at first I did play it, but the novelty wore off quickly. I rather do something else while waiting, like a quick check on the forums, watch a short video on YT, get a drink/snack... etc. :smile:

i get really bored waiting for the game to load so i have it enabled but i totally forgot abt the tips !! maybe i’ll disable it for a bit !!

I heard it makes your game lag from somewhere, that's why I have it turned off. I really like it though.