Loading Save File takes 15 minutes

[Vandameer]

After about 50 hours of play, I started experiencing extremely slow load time for loading saves. It now can take 15-20 minutes to load, which is unreal.

- My map isn't _that_ big. I'm running at about 1 rocket per 30 minutes.
- The symptom is that the progress bar will be at 100% after about 10 seconds, and then it will be stuck there for 15-20 minutes, and then it will load.
- Once loaded, the game runs smoothly. Saving takes ~5 seconds, which is slow but manageable.
- I highly suspect it's mods. I'm playing with lots of mods - but I've also been playing with these mods for 50 hours, so I am not sure what changed.
- I'm including my log file content below (name redacted). It doesn't seem to tell me where the slow part is.
- The log file below is of a recent restart. I've also disabled the YARM mod which some people suggest could be a problem - it didn't help.

Any help will be much appreciated.

log file

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   0.001 2016-05-13 21:40:35; Factorio 0.12.33 (Build 18092, win64, steam)
   0.001 Operating system: Windows 10
   0.001 Program arguments: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\Factorio.exe" "--wait-to-close" "12940"
   0.001 Read data path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
   0.001 Write data path: C:/Users/$USER/AppData/Roaming/Factorio
   0.001 Binaries path: C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
   0.020 Graphics options: [FullScreen: true] [VSync: true] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Graphics quality: normal] [Video memory usage: high] [Light scale: 20%] [Screen: 255]
   0.021 Available display adapters: 1
   0.021  [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 {0x05, [0,0], 1920x1080, 32bit, 59Hz}
   0.022 Create display on adapter 0. Size 1280x720 at position [310, 162].
   0.478 Initialised Direct3D:[0] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M ; driver: nvd3dumx.dll 10.18.13.5894
   0.511 Desktop composition is active.
   0.706 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
   0.711 Loading mod base 0.12.33 (data.lua)
   0.779 Loading mod advanced-logistics-system 0.2.10 (data.lua)
   0.818 Loading mod alien-science 0.0.6 (data.lua)
   0.859 Loading mod AutoTrash 0.0.54 (data.lua)
   0.898 Loading mod blueprint_flipper 0.1.2 (data.lua)
   0.941 Loading mod EvoGUI 0.4.15 (data.lua)
   0.986 Loading mod Expanded_Robot_Tech 0.3.1 (data.lua)
   1.025 Loading mod FARL 0.5.20 (data.lua)
   1.077 Loading mod Foreman 0.0.9 (data.lua)
   1.114 Loading mod GhostTime 0.1.0 (data.lua)
   1.168 Loading mod Landfill 2.1.7 (data.lua)
   1.222 Loading mod Larger Inventory 1.0.0 (data.lua)
   1.268 Loading mod launch-control 0.1.2 (data.lua)
   1.324 Loading mod Minable Rock 0.0.2 (data.lua)
   1.366 Loading mod mod-iconizer 1.0.0 (data.lua)
   1.411 Loading mod PocketRepair 1.0.1 (data.lua)
   1.468 Loading mod RSORadar 0.0.1 (data.lua)
   1.512 Loading mod TheFatController 0.3.15 (data.lua)
   1.555 Loading mod tree_collision 0.2.0 (data.lua)
   1.605 Loading mod upgrade-planner 1.1.7 (data.lua)
   1.650 Loading mod Warehousing 0.0.8 (data.lua)
   1.691 Loading mod SmartTrains 0.3.81 (data.lua)
   1.742 Loading mod 8L-Train-Project 1.2.1 (data.lua)
   1.781 Loading mod Orbital Ion Cannon 1.0.9 (data.lua)
   1.824 Loading mod research-queue 1.2.4 (data.lua)
   1.874 Loading mod Satellite Uplink Station 0.1.3 (data.lua)
   1.914 Loading mod FARL 0.5.20 (data-updates.lua)
   1.956 Loading mod SmartTrains 0.3.81 (data-updates.lua)
   2.011 Loading mod rso-mod 1.5.0 (data-updates.lua)
   2.055 Loading mod Orbital Ion Cannon 1.0.9 (data-updates.lua)
   2.104 Loading mod advanced-logistics-system 0.2.10 (data-final-fixes.lua)
   2.152 Loading mod AutoDeconstruct 0.0.7 (data-final-fixes.lua)
   2.206 Loading mod AutoTrash 0.0.54 (data-final-fixes.lua)
   2.254 Loading mod FARL 0.5.20 (data-final-fixes.lua)
   2.311 Loading mod long-reach 0.0.2 (data-final-fixes.lua)
   2.356 Loading mod research-queue 1.2.4 (data-final-fixes.lua)
   2.409 Checksum for core: 3711505753
   2.409 Checksum for mod base: 2829195351
   2.409 Checksum for mod advanced-logistics-system: 2157462684
   2.409 Checksum for mod alien-science: 3829272466
   2.409 Checksum for mod AutoDeconstruct: 1837472250
   2.409 Checksum for mod autofill: 0
   2.409 Checksum for mod AutoTrash: 2502733403
   2.409 Checksum for mod blueprint_flipper: 3098195180
   2.409 Checksum for mod EvoGUI: 1040096666
   2.409 Checksum for mod Expanded_Robot_Tech: 3228577558
   2.409 Checksum for mod FARL: 3850263448
   2.409 Checksum for mod FastFilterFill: 0
   2.409 Checksum for mod Foreman: 1560270958
   2.409 Checksum for mod GhostTime: 2238876890
   2.409 Checksum for mod InitialScan: 0
   2.409 Checksum for mod Landfill: 4029589584
   2.409 Checksum for mod Larger Inventory: 32563986
   2.409 Checksum for mod launch-control: 1505514949
   2.409 Checksum for mod long-reach: 315959611
   2.409 Checksum for mod Minable Rock: 1349372149
   2.409 Checksum for mod mod-iconizer: 3008683877
   2.409 Checksum for mod PocketRepair: 676117268
   2.409 Checksum for mod RSORadar: 2150377606
   2.410 Checksum for mod TheFatController: 130756725
   2.410 Checksum for mod tree_collision: 3231141521
   2.410 Checksum for mod upgrade-planner: 795218219
   2.410 Checksum for mod Warehousing: 1966980296
   2.410 Checksum for mod SmartTrains: 2094610636
   2.410 Checksum for mod rso-mod: 3593534865
   2.410 Checksum for mod 8L-Train-Project: 579935161
   2.410 Checksum for mod Orbital Ion Cannon: 1964646850
   2.410 Checksum for mod research-queue: 615097349
   2.410 Checksum for mod Satellite Uplink Station: 254259688
   2.901 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
   2.903 Created atlas bitmap 16384x6964
  13.390 Sprites loaded
  13.702 Loading sounds...
  15.185 Factorio initialised
  20.595 Loading map C:/Users\$USER\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\testing RPM 1.zip
  20.647 Info Scenario.cpp:124: Map version 0.12.33-0
  21.947 Checksum for script C:/Users/$USER/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/temp/currently-playing/control.lua: 393467729
  21.960 Checksum for script __advanced-logistics-system__/control.lua: 4188985842
  21.962 Checksum for script __AutoDeconstruct__/control.lua: 2689550772
  21.965 Checksum for script __autofill__/control.lua: 3516741827
  21.968 Checksum for script __AutoTrash__/control.lua: 2267591261
  21.969 Checksum for script __blueprint_flipper__/control.lua: 1658329715
  21.978 Checksum for script __EvoGUI__/control.lua: 4023984608
  21.987 Checksum for script __FARL__/control.lua: 2476992868
  21.989 Checksum for script __FastFilterFill__/control.lua: 2592524581
  21.995 Checksum for script __Foreman__/control.lua: 3331785440
  21.996 Checksum for script __InitialScan__/control.lua: 2311237882
  21.998 Checksum for script __Landfill__/control.lua: 3984592891
  21.999 Checksum for script __launch-control__/control.lua: 1992220950
  22.000 Checksum for script __mod-iconizer__/control.lua: 2232502662
  22.002 Checksum for script __PocketRepair__/control.lua: 3963095026
  22.005 Checksum for script __TheFatController__/control.lua: 682061161
  22.007 Checksum for script __upgrade-planner__/control.lua: 3101389751
  22.008 Checksum for script __Warehousing__/control.lua: 791664835
  22.015 Checksum for script __SmartTrains__/control.lua: 2715840162
  22.023 Checksum for script __rso-mod__/control.lua: 1379308933
  22.025 Checksum for script __Orbital Ion Cannon__/control.lua: 1975097965
  22.028 Checksum for script __research-queue__/control.lua: 672490463
  22.030 Checksum for script __Satellite Uplink Station__/control.lua: 1161772784

[orzelek]

Symptoms you are describing point to a mod that does a lot of processing on game load or just after it on 1st tick.

I'd recommend removing some of mods and checking if issues still happens - then narrowing down to which of mods does this.

[Vandameer]

Thanks.

I disabled all mods and turned them on one by one. It took me a while to realize the bad mod is "AutoDeconstruct 0.0.7". That's really the last mod I imagined to cause issues at startup...

[sparr]

Next time, instead of one by one, turn half of them on/off at a time. Will require a lot fewer restarts to identify the culprit.