Slow Client Startup
 

Whenever I first boot up my laptop and run graal(v5), the client takes about 20-30 minutes to load and slows my laptop down A LOT, sometimes freezing it for a few seconds at a time. I was searching around the forums (with no luck) to find this problem, but I didn't find anything. I was just looking for help on how to fix it, or if anyone had a similar problem that was fixed. Also, although my other games run fine, Graal seems to like to take it's time loading. Why?

Here are some of my comp stats:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire 5517
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version V1.08
Processor: n/a
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 1788MB RAM
Page File: 1619MB used, 1957MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Hopefully that helps..

Do you have a large Graal folder? Try turning on 'use filename cache' in the options. This will cache the Graal folder the next time it's opened, and then it won't have to scan it anymore.

It's already checked off, and my graal folder is only about 162mb large.

Also, after running graal once on my laptop, it loads instantly the second time. However, the first startup is still slow as heck(like I said). I don't get it.

If your hard drive is very slow, it is possible that after loading it the first time, the files get buffered into memory, making the next load considerably faster. Or it could be some other problem.

Possibly, but if it were slow, wouldn't the rest of my games and programs take up just as much time/memory(if not not more) to load? Hmmm..

Do you have any other programs running at start up preventing it from opening?

I'm pretty sure you can check your startup programs by typing /msconfig in run.

Usually I only have Microsoft Essentials and MSN running when I startup, and they don't really do that much.

I think I'll try reinstalling Graal again to see if that does anything...

Try re installing graal and if does not work then your laptop needs more RAM. I just got a new laptop yesterday and its fast as hell :P

Re-install Graal to a new folder.

Buy a processor.

I love you. LOL.

EDIT: Someone rep this man.

More RAM does not increase speed. And since Graal loads up quickly after the first time, I don't believe it has much of anything to do with his computer specs.

Definitely sounds like some sort of cache problem. Restart your laptop, and WITHOUT starting Graal, go to your Graal folder and check out FILENAMECACHE.txt. If all is well it should be full of all kinds of goodies that help speed up starting time. If it's not full, then it's having to cache each time(or possibly only when you restart your laptop), for some reason.

It should be checked (on)

He used some pretty bad wording there :P 'checked off' is also used for when you have something checked. So it can either mean he has it off, or that he checked it 'off'. So ya...