Out of Memory - Wistrel's Solution (Win7 32bit 3GB RAM workaround)

I think I have FINALLY solved this!

(no ram upgrade or 64bit os upgrade needed)

I was finding Rocktropia near the Megaplex almost unplayable. OOM Crash within a few mins unless running on lowest settings (can normally run at max). Since fixing I've CAN'T crash it now whatever I try. =D (tp'ing back and forth between "crash" locations, using vehicles, pushing memory up and up. In the end gave up and decided it was fixed Just need to go to PA and Twin and survive and then I know for definite. Anyhow...

Specs: Windows 7 - 32bit, 3GB RAM, GeForce 260 - 800MB.

Situation: EU was crashing at around about the 1.3GBs use of memory mark with there still being at least 800mb of system ram still available (according to task manager). Typically at PA, Twin or the Megaplex on RT. ie anywhere there were lots of players or RT's "human" mobs. (Calypso mobs were fine).

Solution: Open a command prompt and enter: bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 2560
press enter, type exit, press enter, reboot.

Note: I did do something else also but I don't think its relevant/made a difference but by all means ask.

Afterwards: I really tried hard but couldn't get the Out of memory error any more. Sometimes I had low frame rate in one or two areas (where there was literally a sea of red dots [Rocktropian person mobs] on the radar) but I suspect thats literally graphics performance. Occasionally I got a bit of chugging where memory was probably being shifted about. The highest I could get the EU used RAM to go was around the 1.8GB mark but as I said, no crash.

I worked the solution through from reading these websites if anyone is interested in the details:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...linkID=9240697
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff542202.aspx

I should also say my friend from Crytek told me about windows and the "user memory" issue which sorta sent me on the right path.

I hope this can help someone else. I was really really getting frustrated by this problem after so long.

Good Luck
Wistrel

 

yup thats what it does... according to my friend at Crytek. For legacy reasons windows by default splits the ram in two and says "yup I'll have half" whether it needs it or not. This was a little bit of an issue with them in ce2 as they were effectively limited to 2 gb in win 32 os's. I knew I used to run windows fine with a gig total so figured the world wouldn't end if I tried giving it a little less. No problems so far... fingers crossed

 

No not yet... I guess I should do. I think its a tricky one for them to put out there "officially" though since its a "bit of a hack" so to speak. They could tell people to do it with a disclaimer though that if anything goes wrong it isn't their fault.

 

Thanks admin - saved me the trouble. Yes, my solution as it is will only go on win7 and vista probably win8 too when that goes.

 

Whoa... thats a new one... dunno... Will have to have a google... :-/

Wouldn't say it was a necroing its still a current issue/fix - should ask someone here to sticky this thread actually...

 

Try this:

from: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/10675-bcdedit-access-denied.html#post43290

 

Thought I'd bump this as a lot of people been complaining of CTD's at Cyrene, in some cases it sounds like it might be due to high mob number and some comparing them to similar issues experienced at RT. It was the RT crashes that originally forced me to come up with this fix so thought it might be a good time to revive it.

 

Is there any chance of stickying this maybe?