Zenless Zone Zero — SSD vs HDD load times in open-world games

Posting this mostly so the next person searching finds an answer. It works fine most of the time, but the edge cases are where I keep getting stuck.

It behaves as expected on one account and not on another, same device. I will report back once I have tested it properly.

This comes up a lot, so: do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

Slightly different take — do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

Not the answer you want, but it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

Worth checking first: verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Short version: the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Let us know which part worked.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Agreed on most of this, except verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Slightly different take — this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

In my testing, you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

The usual fix here is check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Others may have a cleaner method.

Counterpoint: this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

The usual fix here is that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

For what it is worth, measure before and after, otherwise you are just guessing whether it helped.