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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: IPAndrews on October 24, 2003, 08:55:53 am

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: IPAndrews on October 24, 2003, 08:55:53 am

What are the memory requirements of FSOpen running HT&L? I'm experiencing severe memory shortages running it on my 256mb Win2K system. The likes of which I haven't experienced before with FS2. Good job with it all the same.

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: Sticks on October 24, 2003, 10:42:32 am

I don't think that the memory requirements should be all that different. I'm running it on a 256Mb machine on XP adn I don't seem to suffer the same problems.

Are the memory issues causing gameplay problems at all?

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: IPAndrews on October 24, 2003, 10:57:55 am

Thanks for the quick answer. In answer to your question yes, the game is unplayable due to the constant memory swap outs Well you did ask :). It may well be my system as much as anything. Could be it's caching some things in CPU memory that are being stored in GFX memory on other systems.

Here are my specs (and I'm not posting them because I'm proud of them).

PC chips M577
AMD K62 500
AGP GeForce 2 MX.

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: Sticks on October 24, 2003, 11:24:24 am

How much memory does your video card have?

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: Flipside on October 24, 2003, 12:09:33 pm

This might be a silly question, but have you made sure nothing like McAffee or the like is running in the background while you are playing FS2, since FS2 needs to read a lot of files, and McAffee has a habit of scanning everything Windows opens.

Flipside :D

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: RandomTiger on October 24, 2003, 12:15:03 pm

Might want to try turning some of the effects off?
Also if you have DX SDK installed debug settings really slow down.

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: Kazan on October 24, 2003, 12:35:29 pm

HT&L shouldn't raise memory requiements that much

HOLY FRAGGING MOTHER OF GOD!

 HT&L Max Memory (in mission):

Fs2 Open CVS: 172Megabytes (htl and non-htl same)

i have this distinct feeling that's a LOT higher than fs2 commerical.. walking program

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: RandomTiger on October 24, 2003, 12:42:57 pm

I was hoping it might even lower them when finished

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: Kazan on October 24, 2003, 12:58:43 pm

someone's allocating a lot of static storage - the memory footprint is 72 megs upon startup - fs2 open 3.5.5 is only like 20 megs upon startup

guess im going to be looking at the recent CVS commit logs looking for this sudden increase in memory usage

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: RandomTiger on October 24, 2003, 01:09:18 pm

I cant think of anything I commited that would cause that.
Give me a shout if you find otherwise though.

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: Jonathan_S47 on October 24, 2003, 10:32:20 pm

Some memory problems could be related to the operating system its self. My laptop will not run Freespace 2 (retail or open) and keeps giving me virtual memory errors. The laptop has 128 MB of ram however it is also running Windows XP Pro, which hits virtual memory probloms when I am moving files through my network. :hopping:

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: phreak on October 24, 2003, 10:55:35 pm

i have this feeling we should dynamically allocate the vertex arrays instead of having some sit unused

Title: HT&L memory req?
Post by: Bobboau on October 24, 2003, 10:58:18 pm

check around that failed atempt to add decals, there were some sloppy things done with a lot of staticaly alocated memory