[comICEMAN]

hello everyone!
Freespace2 is the gratest game i know but i wanted some more Ships. So i decided to load some ships but now i got an error when i start the game or the editor:
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Game:
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Error: Out of memory.  Try closing down other applications, increasing your
virtual memory size, or installing more physical RAM.

File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\GlobalIncs\WinDebug.cpp
Line: 1121

Call stack:

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Editor:
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Error: Can't open palette file
File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\Palman\PalMan.cpp
Line: 317

Call stack:

    Fred2.exe 0064ec88()
    Fred2.exe 0063a544()
    Fred2.exe 00639528()
    Fred2.exe 00639731()
    USER32.dll 77d13a5f()
    USER32.dll 77d19797()
    USER32.dll 77d15874()
    USER32.dll 77d19a87()
    ntdll.dll 77f4108f()
    USER32.dll 77d1add9()
    USER32.dll 77d11505()
    Fred2.exe 00639c3e()
    Fred2.exe 0064ebdb()
    Fred2.exe 0064edeb()
    Fred2.exe 0064390d()

can anyone help me? its very important for me.

[karajorma]

Okay. First lets check if it's the mods you installed that caused the problem.

Rename your data folder and make a new folder to replace it. Copy your pilots folder into the new data folder.

That should fix your problem.

[comICEMAN]

Nope the same Problem

[karajorma]

The message itself says you're out of memory but I'm puzzled as to how that could happen if all you did was add some more ships.

I'm assuming you've reset and tried closing down all unneeded applications before running FS2.

hmmmm. Did you install the new ships as .pof files or .vp? I doubt that rogue .vp files are really your problem but I can't think of anything that could cause you to run out of memory if things worked fine before.

You may have to just reinstall FS2.

[comICEMAN]

I dont understand it.. i have 1024MB memory. (100used.)
and the project file or what it is has never exist.
is are pof files, no vp.

[Exarch]

Have you modified the tables, ships.tbl in particular? Standard FS2 has a cap on how large they can be. Although I guess renaming the data directory should have fixed that, unless you have some custom VPs in the FS2 root directory as well.

[comICEMAN]

i have NO custom vp in the directory.
changed are the hud,ship and weapons table files, i've deleted them (are in the original vp as backup) but it doesnt change!

[Exarch]

I'm at a loss then. But there is one thing in your error message that tells something - that it can't open gamepalette1-01. This is a pcx file that's supposed to be in the sparky_fs2.vp file found in your root directory, so I suppose you could check if for some unknown reason it's not there now.

[Whitelight]

Hmm  the only time i`ve ever got that it couldn`t find (gamepalette1-01) was when I used a modified version of FS2.exe like one of the FS2open sorcecode modifications..

 As to why your out of memory, could it be a memory leak, i`m just taking a stab in the dark here so this may not be whats causing that error.

(edit) Oh boy, I just noticed that your error indicates you are not useing a modified FS2.exe, then I`m dumbfounded. Sorry for my ill fated input..

(edit2) What version windows are you using?

[Star Dragon]

But unfortunately I never figured out what was causing it. I simply made a new install and then when I was sure it was qorking fine I erased the the bad one. Next time I tried modding I made a NEW install for messaing aorund (So I had a clean , mod free version to play FS@ main with, and a second one for modding). It seemed to work fine and I neve got that probklem again...    Try DLing teh game pallete pcx from the subspace fix... that might be part of it? Also go to your virtual memory (Uknow how much memory your comp REALLY uses..I boosted mine to 4GIG.. Even then I still ahve major slowdown sometimes but it 'chugs' along... Whoo Whooo...

L8tr! (I hipe you figure it out and then explain it to us!!!

[comICEMAN]

I have Windows XP.
But i've repaired it now, redownloaded it and tried everything, but everytime i start the game i must replace all models+maps (???)

[karajorma]

Originally posted by comICEMAN
I have Windows XP.
But i've repaired it now, redownloaded it and tried everything, but everytime i start the game i must replace all models+maps (???)

Not certain what you're asking here. Are you using the HotU download or do you have a full copy of FS2? If the latter I'd suggest using the procedure mentioned in the directory section of my FAQ (look in my sig) to install mods. That won't work if you're using the HotU version cause of the way it's set up.