Faster Game Loading - Continued

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=== Does RimWorld take forever to load? This mod is for you! ===

Sick of staring at the loading screen every time you start RimWorld? This mod cuts down startup time using several multi-threaded and smart caching tricks in the background. It speeds up the game loading process without altering any gameplay or affecting your saves.

Core Features

• Load mod content early: Pre-scans Assemblies during idle moments during startup. (Enabled by default)

• Multi-threaded preloading: Uses multi-core CPU parsing to read XML assets in parallel, bypassing disk I/O bottlenecks. (Enabled by default)

• XPath caching: Caches database queries during load, releasing memory upon entering the main menu to prevent runtime conflicts. (Enabled by default)

• Delay graphic and icon loading: Delay loading non-essential textures until after entering the game. (Disabled by default)

• Adaptive atlas baking: Dynamically balances batch sizes based on your GPU's processing power. (Disabled by default)

• Downscale textures: Safely downscales high-res textures to save VRAM and load times. Downscaled textures are kept in a separate folder, keeping original files safe. (Disabled by default)

Good to Know

• The game may briefly freeze or show "not responding" during startup. This is normal behavior while the background threads work.

• Sound initialization might delay slightly after entering the main menu.

• Image Opt compatibility is no longer maintained. When Faster Game Loading and Image Opt are enabled together, mods that depend on Ancot Library may encounter graphical loading errors, missing textures, or black textures under some loading conditions. Use this combination at your own risk. For Graphics Settings+, Downscale textures will still step aside to prevent texture data conflicts.

• If the mod doesn't take effect after an update, try unsubscribing and resubscribing to clear the mod cache and ensure Steam downloads the latest version correctly.

Recommendations & Compatibilities

• Loading Progress — Compatible.

• Missile Girl - Performance Mod or DefLoadCache (choose one) — Compatible. Highly recommended performance synergy!

• Image Opt — Compatibility is no longer maintained. When used together with this mod, mods depending on Ancot Library may experience graphical loading issues in some cases.

• Graphics Settings+ — Compatible.

Disclaimer & Credits

• Original mod by Taranchuk . This is a maintained fork with bug fixes and improvements.

• Thanks to the RimWorld community for performance suggestions and contributions!

• Vibe Coding Disclaimer: Green_Mushroom believes the future of development belongs to AI. This mod is maintained and refactored through collaboration between human developers and an AI assistant in Vibe Coding mode. The developer is responsible for oversight and testing, while the AI writes code and provides ideas so humans can focus on optimizing the mod's performance. The result of this collaboration is: fast, faster, and even faster, just like the mod's features.