Save & Exit takes 10 seconds?

[itssalsatime]

Hi,

I am running mephisto and my runs are ~19 seconds right now. However, I have to wait 10 seconds just for the game to save & exit. I am running glide, minimum setting, even turned off super sampling.
I think the reason it takes 10 seconds to save and exit is because the game is loading the main menu animations... Is there a way we can make the main menu less intense?

I tried using different video modes
tried lowering resolution via glide settings
tried full screen
tried windowed mode
tried lowering glide settings to minimum
nothing works... still 10 second "save & exit"

thanks.

[Temptaz]

single player or multiplayer?

You can disable main menu in the launcher settings

[itssalsatime]

single player or multiplayer?

You can disable main menu in the launcher settings

correct, but that is only for launching.
The issue takes place when leaving a game.

Load in (<1 second)
meph run 19 seconds
(Save & exit that single player game) ~10 seconds.
then it spits me back to main page to select single player.

[Temptaz]

hmm not sure to be honest. I just checked on my end and I can kill meph in singleplayer and from the time from I hit "save exit" its only about 3 seconds before I am back on the single player/multiplayer select screen.

[itssalsatime]

darn.. i just did malware scan and everyhting too. cleaned the whole system up!

[Impulse_]

I'm using Direct3D instead of Glide for multiple runs on TSW.
It's much faster and lag-free especially when on summoner in crowded areas.

From save&exit to menu:
While online (TSW) - it takes 1 second with Direct3D, 2 seconds with Glide. But sometimes much longer with Glide.
Single player (just tested) - it takes 2 seconds with DirectDraw (D3D is graphically bugged here for unknown reason) and 4 seconds with glide no matter through launcher or not, on SSD or on HDD (tested both).

Run parameters to force different video modes: -ddraw for DirectDraw | -d3d for Direct3D | -3dfx for Glide