Valve added parameter to speed up Dota 2 match loading
Author: Hawk Live LLC
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On July 31, Valve added a new experimental parameter to launch Dota 2.
The new parameter «-prewarm» should significantly reduce the load times of matches on low-spec machines. Valve employee Jeff Hill explained on Reddit the pros and cons of using this option:
Today we've added a new experimental command line option "-prewarm". This option loads many resources needed to play a match of Dota before the dashboard appears and should make the time spent loading resources during connection much faster, especially on low-spec machines. The trade-off is that the initial load time before the dashboard will be a little longer. If you experience the black screen on connection bug, please try this option out by adding -prewarm on the command line in Steam to the Dota launch options.
