Have you tried to restart your computer? Wow, that did it! I reverted my config file back to its original state (Resolution & Video memory HIGH, no cache sprites) after a reboot and it loaded FAST like I remember. From the log file, it looks like it was about 13 seconds. So you can understand w...

For what its worth, I just tried these steps, and it did improve the load time. New log attached. Sprite Resolution: Normal (was High) Video Memory: All (was High) cache-sprite-atlas=true https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/5ojd80/what_exactly_is_the_game_doing_when_its_loading/dcjxrf2/ But I...

I've been playing Factorio on the same computer for over a year, and started playing 0.17x about a week ago and never noticed any slowness in loading the game. The progress bar would always tick along, and it took maybe 30 seconds to get to the main menu. About 2 days ago, it suddenly started pausin...