Trying to prune my add-on list as the loading times are unbearable, need advice

[Fergrim]

This is my list of add-ons

Even with a top of the line samsung pro series SSD, the game is taking 10-15 minutes to load, which is unheard of for me with ANY software.

I was hoping I could show y'all this list and those of you who have been doing this for years might be able to point out some obvious redundancies or unsupported add ons that would be good to remove.  My ADD/OCD makes it nearly impossible for me to choose any to delete without becoming anxious I'll immediately wish I didn't.

KSP: 1.3.1 (Win64) - Unity: 5.4.0p4 - OS: Windows 10  (10.0.0) 64bit
000_AT_Utils - 1.5
Toolbar - 1.7.15
USI Tools - 0.10.1
Zero-Point Inline Fairings - 1.0.2
AlmostFreeLaunchClamps - 0.2.1
Animated Decouplers - 1.3.4
AtmosphereAutopilot - 1.5.10
B9 Animation Modules - 1.1
B9 Part Switch - 2.0
B9 Aerospace - 6.4
B9 Aerospace - 6.4
B9 Aerospace HX Parts - 6.4
B9 Aerospace Legacy Parts - 6.4
BD Animation Modules - 0.6.4.9
BetterTimeWarpContinued - 2.3.9
Bluedog Design Bureau - 1.1.6
CactEye Telescopes - 1.3.1.14
Chatterer Extended - 0.6.1
Chatterer - 0.9.93.1804
Color Coded Canisters - 1.5.1
Community Category Kit - 2.0.1
Community Resource Pack - 0.8
CommunityTechTree - 3.2.1
Community Trait Icons - 0.1.2
ConfigurableContainers - 2.4.1.1
Connected Living Space - 1.2.5.4
Contract Configurator - 1.23.3
Contract Pack: Clever Sats - 1.4
Contract Pack: Field Research - 1.2.1
Contract Pack: Kerbal Academy - 1.1.7
Contract Pack: Bases and Stations - 3.7.0.1
Contract Pack: RemoteTech - 2.1.4
Contract Pack: Tourism Plus - 1.5.2
Contract Reward Modifier - 1.0.2.5
Corvus CF - 1.3.1.2017071001
CrewRandR - 1.1.5
Crowd Sourced Science - 4.1
CryoEngines - 0.5.9
CryoTanks - 0.4.8
Community Terrain Texture Pack - 1.0.1
CustomBarnKit - 1.1.16
DangerAlerts - 1.4.3
DangIt - 0.7.15
Deadly Reentry - 7.6.2
DescentMode - 0.2.1
DestructionEffects - 1.7
DistantObjectEnhancement - 1.9.1
DMagic Orbital Science - 1.3.0.10
CapCom Mission Control On The Go - 1.0.2.7
Contract Parser - 1.0.7
Contracts Window Plus - 1.0.8.1
Progress Parser - 1.0.8
DockingCameraKURS - 1.3.2
Docking Safety System - 1.0.4
DynamicBatteryStorage - 1.1.1
Easy Vessel Switch - 1.5.6471.31118
EditorExtensionsRedux - 3.3.16
Elephant Engine - 0.2
EVA Transfer - 1.0.7.1
Extraplanetary Launchpads - 5.9
FarFromKerbin - 0.3.1
FASA Launch Clamps - 1.1.3
Ferram Aerospace Research - 0.15.8.1
Firespitter - 7.6
Flexible Docking - 1.0.5
FMRS (Flight Manager For Reusable Stages) - 1.2.6
FShangarExtender - 3.5.2
FTLDriveContinued - 0.1.10
Fuel Tanks Plus - 1.12.1
GalileosPlanetPack - 1.5.3
GroundConstruction - 1.2.1
Hangar - 3.3.3
HeatControl - 0.4.4
Impact - 1.6.2.2
Interstellar Fuel Switch - 2.10.1
JanitorsCloset - 0.3.3
WaterTanks - 1.3.1
JSIAdvTransparentPods - 0.1.15
RasterPropMonitor - 0.29.2
Kerbal Attachment System - 0.6.3
KerbalAtomics - 0.4.9
Kerbal Engineer Redux - 1.1.3
Kerbal Foundries - 2.1.2.11
KerbalLaunchFailure - 0.4.8
Feline Utility Rover - 1.0.4
KerbinSide-Complete - 1.4
Kerbal Inventory System - 1.7.6468.41490
<b><color=#CA7B3C>Kopernicus</color></b> - 1.3.1.2
kOS - 1.1.3.2
KSP-AVC Plugin - 1.1.6.2
KSPCasherContinued - 0.2.6
KSPWheel - 0.10.5.21
Kerbal Star Systems - 0.7.1
Kurrikane - 1.1.0.1
Lithobrake Exploration Technologies - 0.4
Lights Out - 0.2.2
Infernal Robots - 2.0.14
MarkIVSystem - 2.4
MissionController 2 - 1.5.1
Modular Rocket Systems - 1.13.1
ModularFlightIntegrator - 1.2.4
NASA_CountDown - 1.3.5
NavBallDockingAlignmentIndicatorCE - 1.0.3
Docking Port Alignment Indicator - 6.7
NearFutureConstruction - 0.8.4
NearFutureElectrical - 0.9.7
NearFutureLaunchVehicles - 1.1.3
NearFutureProps - 0.2
NearFuturePropulsion - 0.9.5
NearFutureSolar - 0.8.7
NearFutureSpacecraft - 0.7.4
NE-KEES - 0.3.5.16
NE-Kemini - 0.2.5.16
NE-KLS - 0.2.5.16
NE-MPP - 0.2.5.16
NE-Common - 0.2.5.16
Final Frontier - 1.3.6.3189
S.A.V.E - 1.4.7.2860
OuterPlanetsMod-Galileo - 1.2.4
PartOverhaulsSETI - 0.9.2
PatchManager - 0.0.11
PEBKAC Launch Escape - 1.2.2.2
Kerbal Planetary Base Systems - 1.5.7
PoodsOPMVO - 0.3.5
Portrait Stats - 1.0.15.1
Precise Node - 1.2.6
ProbeControlRoom - 1.2.2.9
QuickSearch - 3.2
Mk2.5 Spaceplane Parts - 1.4.3.2
RealChute - 1.4.4
RealPlume - Stock - 1.0
Real Scale Boosters - 0.15
Real Scale Boosters Stockalike - 0.4
Recovery Controller - 0.0.2
RemoteTech - 1.8.9
AmpYear - 1.5.1
DeepFreeze Continued... - 0.23.7
IONRCS - 0.1.8
ResearchBodies - 1.9.5
Soviet Probes - 2.4
Soviet Rockets - 2.6
Soviet Spacecraft - 1.7.2
RoverScience - 2.3.3
Real Scale Sea Dragon - 0.3.4
DoubleDouble - 1.1
SCANsat - 1.1.8.2
SelectableDataTransmitter - 0.1.4
SETI-Contracts - 1.3
SETI-Rebalance - 1.3.0.2
<b><color=#9B59B6>Sigma SciDefRenamer</color></b> - 0.3.2
SmartParts - 1.9.8
SmartStage - 2.9.9
Space Age - 0.2.4
SpaceY Expanded - 1.3.1
SpaceY Lifters - 1.16
StageRecovery - 1.7.2
StateFundingContinued - 0.6.12
StationPartsExpansion - 0.5.2
StationScienceContinued - 2.3
Stock Visual Enhancements - 1.2.7
Strategia - 1.6
Stock Visual Terrain - 2.0.8
TAC Atomic Clock - 1.5.1
TAC Fuel Balancer - 2.14
TakeCommandContinued - 1.4.10.1
TarsierSpaceTechnology - 7.2
TextureReplacerReplaced - 0.5.2
Trajectories - 1.7.1
Kerbal Alarm Clock - 3.8.5
Alternate Resource Panel - 2.9.2
Transfer Window Planner - 1.6.2
TweakScale - 2.3.7
USI Core - 0.5
Asteroid Recycling Tech - 0.11
USI Exploration Pack - 0.9
Freight Transport Tech - 0.8
Karbonite - 0.10
Konstruction - 0.3
USI-LS - 0.7
Malemute Rover - 0.4
MKS - 0.53
NuclearRockets - 0.5
Sounding Rockets - 0.7
USI Alcubierre Drive - 0.7
Universal Storage - 1.3.0.1
Unmanned before Manned - 1.3.0.2
Unmanned before Manned - Challenge - 1.3
EVAParachutesAndEjectionSeats - 0.1.15
VaporVent - 1.1.7
VenStockRevamp - 1.9.5
KSP Interstellar Extended - 1.16.1
Waypoint Manager - 2.7
[x] Science! - 5.11

[goldenpsp]

In general the biggest offenders are going to be mods with lots of parts.  So the first ting I would do is look at each and decide how often you actually use those parts.  Personally I prefer using the minimal amount of parts mods.  I like the challenge of solving a rocket design with what's available vs just grabbing more parts.

[Foozle]

1 hour ago, goldenpsp said:

In general the biggest offenders are going to be mods with lots of parts.  So the first ting I would do is look at each and decide how often you actually use those parts.  Personally I prefer using the minimal amount of parts mods.  I like the challenge of solving a rocket design with what's available vs just grabbing more parts.

Along those lines, you can pretty easily remove individual parts from mods.  Just remove the cfg files for stuff you don't plan to use.

Keep the parts you want, and delete the rest.  It adds up, and can help loading times quite a bit.

[Fergrim]

Awesome thanks guys.  See, I have the opposite problem, where I just love having as much variety as possible.  I'm comfortable with the code enough so I edit any parts that I feel are imbalancing my game , but I often start career mode and thenthen spend 6 hours building my first craft - and then just restart my career because that buuild gave me a ton of ideas of more mods and different parts I want to try haha

 

I'll see if i can use SOME logic to comfortably drop a fraction of the parts in there.if that's what will help most

[Jas0n]

I think janitor's closet lets you choose which parts to not load.

[Foozle]

2 hours ago, Jas0n said:

I think janitor's closet lets you choose which parts to not load.

It does.  Janitor's closet is a wonderful utility, and a permanent part of my load order.

JC pruning  does essentially the same thing as removing config files, and is more easily reversible than deleting files.

Warning: some mods put multiple parts in the same cfg file, so if you disable the file (however you do it) you may get more than you bargained for.
Part of the reason I tend to delete by hand is that.  Best to read the cfg file first, or you won't know what you're buying into.

[SamBelanger]

Did you put mods that are BIG?

[Mrcarrot]

On 11/23/2017 at 6:48 PM, Fergrim said:

KSP Interstellar Extended - 1.16.1

In my experience, this is the eater of all the RAM.

Not to say it's not a great mod, it's just BIG.

[Fergrim]

Ya know, I worked it all out and now I have more mods than before and everything is running and loading great.

It was installed on a Samsung 850 pro SSD as it was, and I'm running a GTX1080, i5 6500, 16gb of RAM.

So my processor, if anything, is where I'm most vulnerable and that's where KSP hits ya so what I did was start using this really handy little app that isolates your OS and then gives whatever software you insruct it to the highest priority.

As a tech guy I thought it'd be a major ripoff when I saw it, but the loads of good reviews convinced me and it's really made a huge difference every time I run it.  It's called CPUCores; I got it on steam.

[Kerbital]

You just have a lot mods. I try to never go above 59-60 as the loading time become impossible to deal with and I have NVME SSD as well.