Wire_GPU Increasing server load times significantly?

[Pestilence2k]

Link:

News - GarrysMod.com

Didnt see it in the bugs list, so I thought I'd put it up. Is this confimed?

[Jat Goodwin]

Wonderful, now theres going to be loads of servers that people wont be able to use GPU on.

[Borsty]

Yes it increases the "loading" times, because pre-creating render targets takes 4 to 5 seconds each, and the gpu lib pre creates like 5 screens on start. Maybe BP should decrease the initial value again.

[f1atten3d]

So the so called communities solution is to delete wire gpu and go without a great wiremod component - sounds like a mingebag who couldn't figure out how wiremod works to me lol

Hopefully a REAL fix for this can be found and interesting info their Borsty

[Black Phoenix]

1) Initial value won't be decreased, because you'll start complaining why screens keep flashing
2) It only affects client load time. If your computer sucks, and you timeout (default timeout is 3 minutes I think, and my GMOD loads in 2 minutes incl. connecting to server), just run "cl_timeout 1000", and live happily.
3) It's a HL2 problem, and removing GPULib will mess up client render if someone tries to spawn several other entities

I posted response to that message, but for some reason it's been 24 hours already, and they didn't process news queue.

I suggest you alternative fix, get a girlfriend, and this problem wont ever trouble you again.

[Black Phoenix]

Just to clarify, this extra time is only during first time any map EVER loads, all other times will be fast before you restart gmod again.

[Beer]

Are you 100% sure about that BP? I've been noticing it a lot lately and it happens every time in the servers with GPU, not just intermittently or "the first time any map EVER loads" :P

I don't doubt it's a HL2 problem.. but is there any way to work around it?

[Black Phoenix]

I'm 100% sure about that, and if that happens, it's most likely something else different causing some conflict.

At least I don't get any problems with no other addons installed - it loads for 2 minutes 20 seconds first time, and then for about 20 to 30 seconds