Extended Hideout/Town load screens since the release of 3.28

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You might want to try lowering your resolution or texture settings. Some of the new areas seem to generate a very large shader cache, which can cause the GPU to run out of memory and lead to very long loading times.


I can't remember whether or not I've tried this but I can give it another go, my hopes are not high though.

Edit: Lowering the resolution has no impact whatsoever, still stuck with extended load times.
Last edited by Honeyclaws#2230 on Mar 8, 2026, 4:05:17 PM
I'm on PS5, and I'm am having same issue with anyway between 2-5 minutes per load screen. Making game unplayable. Worst part I took of work to have couple extra days to play for league start. And I can't even play
I'm on PS5, and I'm am having same issue with anyway between 2-5 minutes per load screen. Making game unplayable. Worst part I took of work to have couple extra days to play for league start. And I can't even play.
Same.
Town: 1,5-3,5 minutes
Map/HO: 10-20 sec (sometimes longer, closer to 40-60 sec)
Mirage: ~30-40 sec (sometimes 10-15 sec)

I understand why towns take so long, because there is a lot of players with MTX, but Mirage is like 1/5 of a map, but it takes x3-x4 time to load it.

With all these bugs it feels almost as bad as Ultimatum.
Last edited by Deonix_#0855 on Mar 8, 2026, 8:36:44 PM
Same.
I'm not sure if they tend to communicate about everything going on but I do hope they're aware of this. For a while I thought it was me/my computer was bricked in some fashion but I'm glad I made this thread. Realizing I'm not the only one with this issue makes me feel a little bit better even though it's not a great situation.
Same here, loading into towns take anywhere from 4 to 10 minutes sometimes. I would assume its the game having a hard time loading the incredible amount of MTX from players, since it only happens around league starts for me.

Specs:
i5 6600k
GTX 1070
16gb DDR4
Game installed on a NVME SSD
2 to 3 minute load times for every change of area. whether you go in a mirage or not. I'm on Xbox One and been playing this game multiple years and never had a loading issue like this. seemed to have started since the last update
Same here.

i5-5500
RTX 2060 Super 16gb
32gb DDR4
POE on NVME drive
I enter portal in a computer game, wash the dishes and make breakfast in real life, yet the computer game character is still stuck walking to the kitchen...

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