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For some reason when the blocks are loading; the loading bar always stops halfway on "Media."
Is this a program problem or a personal computer problem?
Please let me know if you do.

Thank you,
Eve

It always slows down at this point for me, however when I wait while it always loads

Especially when connecting to a server for the first time (and whenever you use a new minetest version) it can take minutes to load everything. Later connections to the same server with the same minetest are much quicker.

A lot of mods in singleplayer can also slow the start up reasonably.

Have you tried to launch it from a console to see if there is any error during loading?

It takes less than half a minute here to connect to a local server with a dozen mods.
Remote connection to the same server from a slow ADSL connection (~60kbps) takes less than two minutes.

(latest version from git, pulled today)

There are 3 steps in the download bar:
1) Download item definitions (25% of the bar)
2) Download node definitions (25% of the bar)
3) Download media (textures, sounds and models)
So when the progress bar shows 50% then you actually just start to download the media. As others already said, this can take a while. Just be patient and do something else.

PilzAdam wrote:There are 3 steps in the download bar:
1) Download item definitions (25% of the bar)
2) Download node definitions (25% of the bar)
3) Download media (textures, sounds and models)
So when the progress bar shows 50% then you actually just start to download the media. As others already said, this can take a while. Just be patient and do something else.

Why not reduce the definition step to something like 10%? It would make more sense.

Topywo wrote:Especially when connecting to a server for the first time (and whenever you use a new minetest version) it can take minutes to load everything. Later connections to the same server with the same minetest are much quicker.

When switching versions, it helps to keep the cache folder. That way, only the very first connection to a server takes time, while all subsequent connections (even with a new version) will be faster.

Sokomine wrote:When switching versions, it helps to keep the cache folder. That way, only the very first connection to a server takes time, while all subsequent connections (even with a new version) will be faster.

Thanks!

I never thought about that. I'll try it out next time I change/use a minetest version.