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TrashMan

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Weirdest thing happening
« on: May 17, 2017, 07:43:51 AM »

I started Starsector with a mod and got the "out of memory" error.
I edited vparam to increase it to 2048 and now the game won't start at all.
It's like the .exe wont' run. Clicking on it doesn't start the process.

Returnung vparam to 2014 allows me to start it, but I again get out of memory.

computer is a Pavillion DV6 Laptop, 4GB memory, 64-bit Win7.
Java is 1.8.0_131
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Re: Weirdest thing happening
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2017, 08:03:19 AM »

If you've only got 4GB of memory and you're dedicating half of that to Java, I think things have a tendency to go wrong since the computer probably uses that much in regular upkeep and processes.
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Re: Weirdest thing happening
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2017, 08:35:24 AM »

The system uses between 1 to 1.5 GB.

I have 3.9 total. So 2GB should be available

I guess I could try setting the usage to something in between?
Instead of 1024, 1536?
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Re: Weirdest thing happening
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2017, 08:54:40 AM »

Java is 1.8.0_131

That's a bad idea and can in fact cause this sort of error. The game warns you against using that for a reason...
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Re: Weirdest thing happening
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2017, 07:24:13 AM »

I did downlaod and set as active the 1.7.9 Java.

Game starts, but crashes due to "Out of Memory"

If I edit the vparam file for more memory it won't start at all.
If I return the vparam file to it's original state, it starts, but again, Out of Memory.


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Re: Weirdest thing happening
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2017, 07:57:33 AM »

Just to be doubly sure, you actually copy and pasted the 64-bit Java 1.7.9 into the SS folder, replacing the old 32-bit one there?
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