System map caching

[Billexista]

Can we have system map caching implemented? When i open current system or any other system map it loads longer than rendering whole pixar movie. Can we have cached maps that update after a while on background so i can open system map and it can say cached or old but don't make us load it so long.

 

[Winterwalker]

Good idea this. It gets to the point sometimes, where I avoid opening it at all.

 

[1garret322]

I believe that it is set so that it first loads the models of the system, checks the server for such models, then checks the amount of pop and stations, then checks for factions, then checks for faction influence, and adds finishing touches. The models could be cached, but the controlling faction and influences cannot.

 

[CaptainKremmen]

I believe that it is set so that it first loads the models of the system, checks the server for such models, then checks the amount of pop and stations, then checks for factions, then checks for faction influence, and adds finishing touches. The models could be cached, but the controlling faction and influences cannot.

More like...

• loads the models of the system
• checks the server for such models
• then checks the amount of pop and stations
• checks for factions
• checks for faction influence
• checks David Braben's Twitter feed
• checks FB
• puts on the kettle
• uploads pic of last system to Instagram
• pours a cup of tea
• checks FB again
• opens that block of chocolate hidden behind the instant coffee
• puts teabag in bin, adds milk
• checks FB again
• gets comfortable
• adds finishing touches
• shows System Map

 

[clivewil]

YES for god's sakes yes, anything to speed it up

didn't it used to be faster once? i'm pretty sure it only took a couple of seconds in previous versions. now i watch each possible route slowly being filled in one by one.

before this new map system, i would have never thought that cartography and dying of old age were in any way related.