

***The following must be done in a set order so we can test each possible resolution in a controlled manner.***ġ) Delete the Cache folder inside the World of Warcraft directory. I know that you all have tried some of these already, however we are testing a few things and need to know if any of these help. This said, we do have some more things to test and try here in a specific order to see what does and does not help with the loading times.

This issue a high priority for us right now, which is why we're collecting as much data as possible and also having you all try different possible resolutions so that we can get you all back playing and just enjoying the game. That said, I do want to address the concerns of us working on this issue. I've hidden the post by default because it's long.Īs frustrating as this issue is, I really want to say thank you once again for working with us so far. We would ask you to do a fresh reinstall of the client by following the steps Here.Īs redditor FenrirWolfie pointed out, you need to be careful during pasting as it contains unicode quotes that won't work, you must use ASCII quotes.īlizzard is trying to collect feedback and suggests users experiencing long loading screens to send them over specific files so they can troubleshoot. At this point if the troubleshooting so far including step 1 has no impact on your load times. Our developers feel pretty strongly that with the hotfix and this command this issue should be greatly improved. Step 2) While we're hoping to avoid this step, at all costs. Note: Please be aware this command may cause a delay in loading of non critical environment textures and models. It's important that you restart the computer before retesting. Step 1) Goto the World of Warcraft tab within the Desktop app -> Options -> Show in Explorer -> World of Warcraft -> WTF -> Open the Config.wtf file with notepad add the line: SET worldPreloadNonCritical “0” Save the document. Anyone still seeing long load times, we would like you to use the following cvar command:

Our developers have pushed a hot fix that is aimed to significantly alleviate long load times.
