OFP CTD!

[wheitmann 0]

Hi guys, I need some help here.

I have around 5 GB of unofficial addons in various mod folders already....I'm running -nomap and all the needed parameters for running the mod folders.

But when I try to play a mission that uses unofficial addons, it just gives me a "Windows has encountered a problem and needs to close" error, and OFP closes. Same thing happens if I place a certain amount of stuff/units (very few units, actually) in the editor and select preview....

What's up with that? I'm running OFP V1.96 with ECP V1.085.

[Chris Death 0]

[sarcasm_mode]

I have an empty '2 Liter' bottle and i want to put 5 Liters

inside. Whenever i try that the floor gets wet but i did

every required things that the water goes into the bottle

[/sarcasm_mode]

Do you really need 5 gigs of addons at the same time being

activated?

I know it's annoying when you want switch from woodland

to desert or jungle, that you should restart ofp and use

a different modfolder setup, but sometimes it does help

not to waste resources

How much RAM do you have installed?

Try setting up your modfolders wisely so that you don't run

stuff that you don't need.

Maybe you try to run even in the actual mission, where you

put some addons into, just too much for your ram.

-nomap should prevent ofp from loading all addons into ram

by default, but when you use an addon in a mission, off course it'll be loaded into ram - and if there are too much

of them in relation to available ram, even a -nomap can't

help you of anything.

My post is just a guess because you didn't post anything

specific - btw.

~S~ CD

[wheitmann 0]

YES, I NEED ALL MY ADDONS, thank you very much....and I have 1024 MB RAM in my PC....

[Chris Death 0]

Sorry if you're upset because of my post (especially because

of sarcasm mode) but what i did want to show you is:

Quote[/b] ]I have around 5 GB of unofficial addons in various mod folders already

compared to:

Quote[/b] ]and I have 1024 MB RAM in my PC

+

Quote[/b] ]YES, I NEED ALL MY ADDONS

=

You will need more RAM (at least 2 gigs) as i doubt that

you gonna use more than 1 gig of addons at a time.

~S~ CD

[wheitmann 0]

Sorry if you're upset because of my post (especially because

of sarcasm mode) but what i did want to show you is:

Quote[/b] ]I have around 5 GB of unofficial addons in various mod folders already

compared to:

Quote[/b] ]and I have 1024 MB RAM in my PC

+

Quote[/b] ]YES, I NEED ALL MY ADDONS

=

You will need more RAM (at least 2 gigs) as i doubt that

you gonna use more than 1 gig of addons at a time.

~S~ CD

Ah, sorry mate, I over-reacted (as I always do)....heh, no worries.

Ah, I get your point. So I need 3 GB RAM to run all my addons.

Thanks for the info, Chris Death. Don't know what to do, I like all my addons. I like to play around with them in the editor!

[Chris Death 0]

I dunno how much ram you really need, but i meant more

2 than 3 with my previous post.

As i said - 2 gigs of addons inside one mission is alot.

And about playing around with all your addons in editor;

i do also like to play around sometimes on desert - sometimes

in jungle - sometimes in woodland - but i use different shortcuts for different setups.

If i start OFP after watching BlackHawk Down i'm pretty sure

that i won't touch some nam stuff, or some winter stuff - thus

i wouldn't load that.

It's still better to have to quit and restart ofp only for changing the addons, than having to restart the pc because

of CTD.

But in your case it really seems to be a ram issue because

the ctd occurs when using various addons already inside

the game.

You could off course make some finger-counting about which

addons you are using in your map and then compare to their

filesize (pbo) - then subtract about 250mb for ofp and if i'm

right about 250 for win-xp - and whatelse is running.

This would give you at least a clue about which amount of

ram you're missing.

~S~ CD