LoadCharacter and asset loading taking abnormally long time in Studio Play Solo

[DaDude_89 (KasCode)]

When playtesting in Studio Play Solo, assets take abnormally long to load (1-2 seconds per request in the queue), and I believe as a result, using :LoadCharacter takes extremely long too.

This does not occur in the live game on Roblox, and loading takes less than 5 seconds consistently (data, framework and character). When checking with fast.com on my most used browser, I consistently get 800-900 mbps internet speed (I use ethernet connection).

I have attempted reinstalling (not clean, I have plugins I’d like to keep) and restarting my computer.

Assets loading extremely slowly, as well as footage of :LoadCharacter being waited for)

A successful :LoadCharacter call taking 27 seconds

Test setup and reproduction steps

1. I ran studio without any plugins enabled
2. Disable CharacterAutoLoads and create a server script:

print("Begin initial loadcharacter "..playerobject.Player.Name)
playerobject.Player:LoadCharacter()
print("End initial loadcharacter "..playerobject.Player.Name)

3. Press Ctrl + Shift + F3 to view the request queue size

System info: Microsoft 10 Home, Intel i7-9750H, Nvidia RTX 2070, 16gb RAM
Beta features: Dragger QoL improvements, EditableImage and EditableMesh and New Audio API

Expected behavior

I expect assets to load significantly faster, and possible even cache like a normal Roblox play session rather than completely reloading on every playtest. I also expect LoadCharacter to perform faster and not be directly tied to asset loading (which is what I’m assuming is happening).

[JohhnyLegoKing]

This might be related to a problem I’ve previously encountered:

Play and Play Here taking an unusually long time

Since Studio version 0.614.0.6140412, Play and Play Here is taking an abnormally long time to load and often failing to do so even if used in an empty baseplate, preventing me from being able to easily test things. I’ve also noticed that after this update, Studio is insisting on showing the Toolbox and Terrain Editor when opening a place, which is quite annoying if you tend to hop from one place to another. Here is a video I’ve recorded that showcase the issue: [Studio Issue] Oddly…

It was happening because IncomingReplicationLag kept being incorrecly reset to 10 instead of 0 each time Studio was started, and amusicalzebra found a way to fix it:

Play and Play Here taking an unusually long time

That doesn’t seem great. A couple questions: Have you ever used the Incoming Replication Lag setting before? If you open up %LocalAppData%/Roblox/GlobalSettings_13.xml what is the value of <double name="IncomingReplicationLag"> ? Also it might be worth checking if the file is Read-only, you can validate this by right clicking the file → properties and checking if the Read-only attribute is checked at the bottom of the file. If the value is 10 in the file, does resetting it to 0 make the setti…

[DaDude_89 (KasCode)]

Unfortunately no, I did check the IncomingReplicationLag setting before posting the bug report and I set it to 0. I checked the GlobalSettings_13.xml file too like in your topic, and even there it’s 0. Still extremely slow.

[smoothiecriminals]

Hello,

Can you attach a log so we can investigate? Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience.

[DaDude_89 (KasCode)]

Unfortunately I’m away from the device where this issue was occurring, and I can’t replicate it on my other computer. For context, I don’t believe the device is the issue because the Roblox player and Studio editing loads at normal speeds.

I will send a log when I get back in a few days. Thank you for the reply!

[DaDude_89 (KasCode)]

After testing more on the original machine, it seems like the issue is resolved. I am still not sure what could have caused this, but I’m increasingly convinced it’s something on my end (though I haven’t installed/uninstalled or changed any relevant software on my device).

Thank you smoothiecriminals for the support!