Whenever I fast travel, go into a cave or enter other areas, the loading takes a long time.
I am playing the game on PS3, so I try to quit the game by using the PS button to get to the menu but it does not load. I also tried turning off the console but then everything freezes.
What should I do?
Best Answer
Long load times CAN be a result of a save file getting too big in size. As you might have noticed while playing, the size of the save file increases slightly as you progress through the game which results in longer loading times and in the worst case scenario, the game crashing. This is a problem, which as far as I know, exclusive to the PS3 version of the game.
Here are a few things you can do to keep the file size in check:
1) Close doors behind you so that the game does not have to save them in the "open" state.
2) Do not drop your loot on the ground because the game has to remember where you dropped it, if you are encumbered, dump it in a corpse instead as they disappear in a couple of days and so will the loot. Basically avoid interaction with things that you do not intend on using. For example: jumping on a table and dropping the plates and food on it, the game will have to save that, don't do it! Try your best not to alter things from when you started the game and you should have a much lower file size.
3) Do not take every quest you come along and fill your quest log with tons of quests, finish the older ones and then pick the new ones.
Hope this helps :D