First time loading the game takes forever

Same issue

Fumica will have to test i will after unban

Thanks for your explanation GoogleFrog, tho I see the need to clarify it since the issue isn't quite about the behavior after updates or playing new maps. What I meant by "game" was matches, not the program. I meant, the first match loaded after each launch of the program took really long time, regardless of updates. As I said I have to "spectate a game" to give it time to load. After that it loads normally.

For a little more context I noticed this issue only in recent months. Pretty sure it wasn't like that last year.

Btw, might be related, the game will create a folder named "a" at the root directory of my HDD. Why is that the case and is it really necessary?

quote: I meant, the first match loaded after each launch of the program took really long time, regardless of updates. As I said I have to "spectate a game" to give it time to load. After that it loads normally.

Many types of caching are wiped after the program exits.

Game launched after update: has to load and recalculate everything.

No update, but first game after the program just launched: some things are already cached from previous program run and can be loaded from disk, but many aren't and have to be recalculated.

Program already launched, next match: almost everything was already loaded and stored in program memory.

I have this problem after every computer restart. If I play a game then close and open steam chobby I don't have the problem, only restarting my computer.