Memory issues...

[Sterling7]

Okay, so... Maybe I'm getting over-ambitious. I've created a game which is extremely large, full of pre-rendered graphics at fairly high resolutions, and... TGF2 started glitching, and then I started getting "out of memory" errors.

I've been able to forestall this happening again by downgrading the graphics from the highest color settings to 65,000-odd colors, but I have a bad feeling that I'm about to hit the upper limit again. Is there anything simple and obvious that I'm missing to head the problem off?

My system has 3 GB of RAM, so I'm reasonably certain that it's a TGF problem more than a system problem (the file is big, but not *that* big.)

[Yves]

Does your game contain lots of images? I think the maximal number of images that TGF2 can handle is 65534, so if your application uses more images you'll run into issues.

Otherwise I've already seen MFA files larger than 500 Mb so the size shouldn't be a problem.

[Sterling7]

Hmm. It does have a fair number of images in the form of active object frames, but I don't think it has *that* many. But the file size is already over 570 MB.

Is there a way to have different applications in TGF2 open other applications and then self-terminate? It might be one way to deal with the problem.

[Yves]

Yes, you can use a Run External Program action (there is one in the Special object and another one in the File object) and then a End Application to self-terminate.

You can also use a sub-application object to load CCN files.

[uprize]

Are you sure your computer isnt running out of memory?

[BAugustus]

Personally, i think its a problem with TGF2.
I used to use TGF2, but it started slowing down, glitching and occaisonally just terminating my application for no reason.
My advice? Upgrade to MMF2 -- you'll be glad you did.

[nivram]

I don't think it is TGF, since MMF and TGF have the same base. If your program is terminating it is either the coding or the settings that are set up wrong in the properties.

Marv

[UrbanMonk]

For larger projects I always just split the frames up into smaller projects and work on it a frame at a time.

After you're done drop it back into the larger project and test.

[JasonDarby]

Are you running the latest build of TGF2 (Help | About).

[Sterling7]

Are you sure your computer isnt running out of memory?

The program starts glitching around 590 MB. My computer has 3 GB. Admittedly the file is compressed, TGF2 is running, and so forth, but it doesn't seem likely that it's the computer that's reaching its limit.

Personally, i think its a problem with TGF2.
I used to use TGF2, but it started slowing down, glitching and occaisonally just terminating my application for no reason.
My advice? Upgrade to MMF2 -- you'll be glad you did.

I may... If the final product sells.

I don't think it is TGF, since MMF and TGF have the same base. If your program is terminating it is either the coding or the settings that are set up wrong in the properties.

Marv

Unfortunately, it's not the application I'm creating in TGF that's gltiching; it's TGF itself. Around the 600 MB mark (give or take) copy and paste stop working... And it becomes impossible to save... And eventually, one way or another, a little window pops up saying "out of memory".

Up until that point, the app itself works fine. I'm not the most agile coder on the planet, but it's functional.

For larger projects I always just split the frames up into smaller projects and work on it a frame at a time.

After you're done drop it back into the larger project and test.

I've considered that, but I'm heading towards making it into a small number of discrete applications as the most workable contingency. If it tends to blow up in development, even if it doesn't immediately mishandle when all the pieces are assembled separately and then combined, I'm still putting a lot of faith in the idea that it won't subsequently cause crashes on someone else's system (especially if theirs doesn't have as much memory as mine.)

I may try the "assemble separately and then combine" tactic later just out of curiosity, though.

Are you running the latest build of TGF2 (Help | About).

I am.