[Bryan72]

After starting the game and starting a mission the game shuts down and I get a popup saying out of memory.  Does anyone know what might be causing this.  I have tried shutting down everything before running the game but it doesn't seem to matter.  I currently have 320 mb ram and wouldn't think there should be a problem.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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[Prophet]

What command line options are you using? Have you experimented with different settings in the launcher? What build are you using (Is it the exe that came with TBP? If so, then head on in to the SCP forums and grab a newer one)? Does the mission load all the way, or does it crash during loading?

I'm not sure what kind of memory hog the SCP guys have turned the engine in to, and 320 isn't much. So I can't honestly say if it'll work. Someone else will be able to help you on that matter. A bit more info wouldn't hurt though...

[Bryan72]

Ok, I've tried changing settings but have had not change in the error.  The build I am using is 3.3 with the 3.3a patch.  The game starts fine and does not lag.  When I go into the mission simulator and chose a mission it loads about 80% then gives me the memory error.  Here is the error I've been getting.

I've never had any problems like this with other games so I can't help but wonder if its in the game or something.  Anyhow, any further thoughts are welcome.

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[taylor]

What build are you using (the FS2_Open version)?
Are you using OpenGL or Direct3D?
What exactly are your cmdline options?
What video card do you have?


FS2_Open is actually more memory efficient than retail FS2.  The problem is that with all of the new maps and large animations it can end up using a ton of memory.  There isn't much that we can do about that though, it's a content issue.

[Col. Fishguts]

TBP 3.3a runs (although not very smoothly) on an old machine of mine with 128MB RAM and a 32MB graphics card.

So, there seems to be somethig else going wrong at your end. But I've never seen that error message before

Try running with reduced eye candy. Disable glowmaps and specular lighting in the launcher to see if that helps.