20 minutes? what are your machine specs. I am running an older computer and it only takes me 5 to 9 minutes to load on starting a new game. After that, the saves load quickly.

Creating a new game with 850 stars takes me about 2 minutes.

The later start of the game including loading the savegame from launcher about 1 minute.

I have a M2 hard drive 16 GB RAM and an old i7.

But a 2000+ star map takes forever to create. After that it is back to normal.

But another question. With which pop growth rates and habitable worlds multiplier do you play to reduce the lag?

Originally posted by -=Sesa=-Graf Zahl:

But a 2000+ star map takes forever to create. After that it is back to normal.

But another question. With which pop growth rates and habitable worlds multiplier do you play to reduce the lag?

It isn't lag during game, it is loading that has become the problem. Perhaps I reinstall it. It used to not be a problem. I don't have issues with Stellaris or Star Trek Infinite, just this mod

Redownloading it actually speed it up a lot.

"20% for loading the map" this line in the mod was changed ages ago to "Larger maps increase loading time" or something similar.
it seems u didnt got the Performance mod updates

Originally posted by G-Man:

"20% for loading the map" this line in the mod was changed ages ago to "Larger maps increase loading time" or something similar.
it seems u didnt got the Performance mod updates

Yeah, it is still rougher on the preferred (very large map) but even it loaded after 15 mins or so. I had a hard time even getting to original screen. It fixed when I unsubscribed and resubscribed.

I did have a bad experience in my game. The early Earth events just started immediately (in fact Embassy Bombing was first followed by Xindi and TerraNova). I felt like I didn't have time to breathe.

Also, Coalition of Planets formed pretty quick and Vulcans went to war with Andorians totally messing up a lot of the game (Andorians were literally helping me with Xindi and ship was there and I had to fight and destroy their ship).

Is there a way you can tone down these events or put them as optional in future updates? After the first few times, they tend to come off as just frustrating. Also make the Coalition of Planets a real update where Andoria, Tellar, and Vulcan all join instead of fighting each other.

interestingly, I have just 2 times in a row a completely different setting.

I quickly got an alliance with the Vulcans. The Denebulans, Bolians, Benzites, Trill and Betazed I declared protectorates directly after discovery and took into this alliance. Thus it went without war until the UFP formed and the Romulans attacked. After the formation of the UFP I had 3 members and 5 vassals which helped me a lot in the war. Only to guarantee the loyalty of the vassals until the foundation of the UFP was a bit tricky because the Romulans tend to drive them into a war of independence.

Originally posted by -=Sesa=-Graf Zahl:

interestingly, I have just 2 times in a row a completely different setting.

I quickly got an alliance with the Vulcans. The Denebulans, Bolians, Benzites, Trill and Betazed I declared protectorates directly after discovery and took into this alliance. Thus it went without war until the UFP formed and the Romulans attacked. After the formation of the UFP I had 3 members and 5 vassals which helped me a lot in the war. Only to guarantee the loyalty of the vassals until the foundation of the UFP was a bit tricky because the Romulans tend to drive them into a war of independence.

Nice, I have had ones with other races join before but it isn't always common. I turned on Core events so maybe that is why Andoria and Vulcan went to war.

I also have all of the canon options active if that's what you mean by core

Originally posted by -=Sesa=-Graf Zahl:

I also have all of the canon options active if that's what you mean by core

Yeah, I turned it off and actually got a more canon situation with Andoria, Tellar, and Vulcan... they did all end up in the Federation. The Babel event helps. The events tend to be out of order such as getting Embassy bombing before Xindi, etc. This mod is AMAZING but definitely could use some work in various areas.