I strongly suspect the two issues are related.
Thank you very much for this input. I re-installed today with Admin level and all network permissions but that didn't help. The network permission window doesn't appear anymore, but the plugin hangs just as long as before. Toggling OpenGL in settings has no effect. And, interestingly, this is especially pronounced as soon as the number of instances in the project exceeds 20 - it becomes completely unworkable. It's the only piece of AM or any other software on my machine that behaves this way.it took me 1 minute and 20 seconds to load
Did you try to disable the internal room simulator?Thank you very much for this input. I re-installed today with Admin level and all network permissions but that didn't help. The network permission window doesn't appear anymore, but the plugin hangs just as long as before. Toggling OpenGL in settings has no effect. And, interestingly, this is especially pronounced as soon as the number of instances in the project exceeds 20 - it becomes completely unworkable. It's the only piece of AM or any other software on my machine that behaves this way.