Forum:Slow Loading Bug, ME2 on PC

Is there anywhere on this wiki that mentions the slow-loading bug, suffered by at least some players of ME2 on the PC? I have suffered this bug numerous times. I came across mention of it, and its solution, in a random forum elsewhere. Since it's (a) extremely annoying, (b) easy to work around, and (c) pertinent to making the game as a whole worth playing, I thought it would be useful if this site mentioned it somewhere. Yet I'm not sure what page would be appropriate.

The bug is this: "load" screens, especially when changing decks on the Normandy SR2, can take up to 10 times longer than they ought (e.g., one minute or more to go from deck 2 to deck 3). I've found a similar delay when checking the Team Status at Shepard's computer, or the Weapons Locker. - In short, if traveling between Normandy decks takes more than 6 or so seconds, you are probably suffering from this bug.

From what I've read elsewhere, this problem seems to be peculiar to dual-core (Windows) computers.

Workaround: sometimes restarting ME2 works. Yet the following workaround has worked for me every time. While in the game, go to the Game Menu. Now, ALT+TAB to go to Windows Desktop. Open up Windows Task Manager (CTRL + SHIFT + ESC). Click on the "Processes" tab. In the displayed list, find the Mass Effect 2 process (.exe), and Right Click on it; in the pop-up menu, click "Set Affinity". A "Processor Affinity" window opens up: usually everything therein has a "check" mark next to it. Now, remove the check mark from the CPU 0 box, then hit OK. Again, Right Click on the ME2 process and choose "Set Affinity": this time "check" the CPU 0 box, and remove the check from the CPU 1 box, and hit OK. Return again to "Set Affinity", and now place check marks in both CPU boxes, then hit OK. -- Close Task Manager, and ALT + TAB back to Mass Effect 2, and enjoy the game.

Anyone else suffer this? Also, thoughts on posting the bug and the workaround somewhere on the site? It would be useful if players could find such information on this wiki (as indeed they already can for particular missions). --AnotherRho 21:00, October 27, 2010 (UTC)