OpenRCT2 takes an unusually long time to load the title screen
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Description
Operating System
Void Linux x86-64, kernel 6.5.12_1
OpenRCT2 build
OpenRCT2, v0.4.6
Base game
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic
Area(s) with this issue?
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Describe the issue
When launching the game or exiting a scenario, the game freezes for 5 seconds with the title music playing before finally going to the title screen like normal. The original RCT2 (CD version run in Wine) loads the title screen instantly in a fraction of a second.
Steps to reproduce
- Launch OpenRCT2
- Wait 5 seconds with the music playing before the title screen finally appears.
Alternatively:
- Launch OpenRCT2
- Load a saved game.
- Quit to menu.
- Wait 5 seconds with the music playing before the title screen finally appears.
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Research direction
Reproduce the delay on Void Linux x86-64 with OpenRCT2 v0.4.6, following both the launch and quit-to-menu paths described in the issue. Measure when the title music starts and when the title screen appears; done means those paths no longer freeze for roughly five seconds before showing the title screen.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, linux
- Domain
- game-dev, operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100