Why does gmod take ages to connect to a server?

[Riley]

When I play gmod it takes ages connecting to a server, there's nothing it wants me to download but it takes ages to load between "retrieving server info" and "sending client info"

Why does it take ages? Is it spec related?

[Mr. Bix]

because you bogged it down as fuck with addons

trust me i know

personal experience

[Riley]

I have 4 addons...

Wire
Phx
stacker
smartsnap.

I usually go on build servers. But every time I connect it takes up to two minuets to get past that part.

I have 1gb of RAM I'm getting a gaming pc for my birthday so if it's to do with my crappy ammount of ram, that will be taken care of on my birthday :D

[SampleText]

RAM does not matter. Build your own computer for a better experience. What matters is you video card.

[Divran]

[QUOTE=LinuX;21341156]RAM does not matter. Build your own computer for a better experience. What matters is you video card.[/QUOTE]

Since when does the graphics card do the loading?

[Riley]

[QUOTE=Divran;21342203]Since when does the graphics card do the loading?[/QUOTE]
Since hitler won WWII.

[Divran]

But yeah a graphics card is more important than RAM.

Anyway, three things could cause slow loading afaik
1) Sucky internet connection to the server
2) Too many addons
3) Sucky computer

[Riley]

My PC then :D

thanks, i was thinking it was my gmod was incompatible with windows 7 and slowed it down.

[SampleText]

I thought they said that Win7 would work on any computer. Turn off aero.

[Skapocalypse]

It's because gmod loads all the lua every time you connect the a server. Over and over. (I think) So there's no real preloading of lua.

[ColdFusion]

- Lua Loading
- Low RAM (Gmod requires a shit load of ram maps are most of the time huge and filled with crap (especially spacebuild) at least 2gig is sugested unless you want to crash a lot with Memory errors)
- Good Graphics card is sugested (yes it makes a different )
- Good Internet connection (The X/Y/Z/Yawn/roll/pitch of every prop/weld/ropes/ballsockts/etc Gets loaded when you join the server and this may even be changed befor you finished loading)
- Good CPU Garrysmod physics require a lot of calculations.
- SRCDS well is not multitreathed it only uses one CPU of the 8 you have on your I7 Server. Servers also have there limits

[Divran]

[QUOTE=Skapocalypse;21369617]It's because gmod loads all the lua every time you connect the a server. Over and over. (I think) So there's no real preloading of lua.[/QUOTE]

Which is why more addons = longer loading.