LoadBoost CKAN

Speeds up KSP loading by pre-reading GameData into the OS disk cache, and shows exactly where your loading time goes.
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License: MIT

Game Version: 1.12.5

Downloads: 15

Author: zhb

Followers: 0

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LoadBoost is a loading accelerator and loading-statistics plugin for Kerbal Space Program 1.12.x.

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What it does

  • Disk prewarm — background multi-threaded pre-read of GameData files into the OS disk cache, speeding up game loading (most effective on HDD / heavily-modded installs).
  • Phase timing — GameDatabase / PartLoader / unattributed loading phases, reported to the second.
  • Per-MOD statistics — disk usage Top 20 and loaded runtime assets Top 20.
  • Scene-transition timing plus an F9 live performance panel.
  • First-launch welcome window — on first run, an editable settings panel pops up (bilingual zh/en, follows the game language) with a Save button. Shown only once.

Installation

  1. Download LoadBoost-v0.1.2.zip from the latest release.
  2. Extract the zip into your KSP root folder, so that GameData/LoadBoost sits directly under GameData.
  3. Requires 000_Harmony in GameData.

Configuration

Settings live in GameData/LoadBoost/LoadBoostSettings.txt (KSP config-node format), and can all be edited from the welcome window.

Setting Default Description
enablePrewarm true Enable background disk prewarm.
prewarmThreads 2 Number of prewarm worker threads.
reportEnabled true Write loading statistics reports.
verboseLog false Verbose logging.
enableDiskScan true Per-MOD disk-usage scanning.
perfKey F9 Hotkey for the live performance panel.
welcomeShown false Set back to False to re-show the welcome window.

Compatibility & first run

  • KSP 1.12.x; depends on 000_Harmony (Harmony2).
  • First launch (or after adding/updating any mod) is slower — that is ModuleManager rebuilding its patch cache; it is normal and not caused by LoadBoost. As long as you do not change mods or delete the MM cache (GameData/ModuleManager.ConfigSHA), subsequent launches return to normal speed. If every launch is slow, a mod is likely rewriting a cfg each launch — see the report unattributed section.

Uninstall

Delete the GameData/LoadBoost folder.

Source & feedback

Open source (Apache-2.0): https://github.com/zhb1233212025-art/LoadBoost Report issues: https://github.com/zhb1233212025-art/LoadBoost/issues

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