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So after my game hits 1.7gbs of ram, it crashs and I have no idea how to fix it;( I'm really close to completing my game but now this crashing issue is stopping dev and threathing me to cut content out!Attachment 17374
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please help because I going to release my game on the 20th of this month
Depending on your resolution, one way may be to down res things a bit. I am downsizing my project from 1080p to 720p for this reason. I was hitting 1.6gb of ram and knew I had to pull it back a bit. Also, you can cut some frames of animation sometimes and adjust the animation speed so it isn't as noticeable.
The res of my game is 1024x768
Make sure you've optimized all you can
Slice large backdrops, compress audio as much as possible while still maintaining an acceptable quality, cut some animation frames, try ogg instead of wav or mp3 etc.
Does your animations follow the power of 2 rule?If you're using animations that are say 960X1180 (random, just as example) then it will round up to the next power, in this case it would be 1024X2056 I believe. So all frames would be using more memory than needed.
I'm going to try that
So my office frame size is 4000x768
I walking animations but those only have 12 frames in them
The mfa size is 1.1GBs big...
but the window you see in is 1024x768
So how does the "Power of 2" do that!
I'm somewhat of a noob, I know how to make a good game but the power of 2 confuses me!
Is their a way so it won't do that! Because when I start the frame up, it's allready using 1.7GBs of ramQuote:
Originally Posted by piscesdreams
If your mfa is 1.1gb then the chances are you need to do more optimisation of the resources in your game. Can you tell me the resolution of the 5 largest images in your game please?
I'd have to know the dimensions of each frame of animation to really help you. You must have a lot of animations for it to be 1.1GB, or each frame of animation is not following the power of two rule and using twice as much memory for each frame of animation than it really should be. This article should help you out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_two
Are you using wav's or ogg's? There is a lot of optimization needing to be made to your game though, for sure.
I should add that it's not just power of two that you need to think about, some images can just be too large period, regardless of how well they fit into a power of two texture grid.
Agreed. Especially in animated format.
If you're animations are short, you can try using Standard mode. I think I know what you're trying to do, and switching to standard mode is a good idea for an animation intensive game.
I fixed it!
Mind telling me (or us) how?
I'm developing an game using a lot of animations.
Thanks!
I had to take out 4 massive parts from my game:(
You can delete parts of the animation or shrink the res of the game or take it out of the game
Oh, okay cool! Sorry to hear you had to take out 4 massive parts.
You can also try changing the color from 16 Million to 65535 and see if it helps.
Looking at the screen with the error.. it looks like a Freddy clone (camera with map)
Don't forget to make a backup first.
btw. is it using that much memory already, when the game starts?
Yup XD! I fixed it!
I fixed it now but when it did crash, It would have been already using 1.7GBs or ram XD
I'm a little late to the party, but there's a tool called the "4GB Patch" which can increase the amount of RAM 32-bit applications can use.
Also make sure to crop all your animation frames. That one is usually something you do at the very end but it always ends up saving me a lot of space and memory use.
ooo where?Quote:
Originally Posted by FateForWindows
here it is.