How do i get maxmem=512 to work on 1.05 beta patch

[kiwi1234 0]

Hi there,

I am trying to get the maxmem=512 command to work on the new patch, i have edited the batch file to look like this:

START "" /D"%CD%" /B "%CD%\beta\arma.exe" -mod=FDF_Sounds;beta -nosplash -maxmem=512

(as you can see i am also running FDF sound mod.)

the sound mod works fine, but according to my system monitor the maxmem command isnt working, ArmA is still helping itself to most of my 2 gigs.

Can someone help please? im sure its something simple. But want to max out stability and see if it helps the lego world problems i now have with the beta patch.

many thanks

Kiwi

[Talbot 0]

I pretty much did that and my graphical and crash problems have all but vanished.

Have you tried taking out the FDF Mod line?

[kiwi1234 0]

hey talbot

cheers for the quick reply..

yeah actually i havnt tried that will do so now, but i cant see why taking the fdf mod out would make it work, like i said according to system monitor arma is using way more than 512 of memory, the fdf command wouldnt nullify the maxmem one would it?

has anyone got the fdf command to work with the maxmem one?

[Talbot 0]

Mine looks like:

START "" /D"%CD%" /B "%CD%\beta\arma.exe" -mod=beta -nosplash -maxmem=512

I haven't checked to see if its using more RAM than specified but the issues I had with the textures and crashes just vanished.

[kiwi1234 0]

ok

I just went and edited my batch to look like this:

START "" /D"%CD%" /B "%CD%\beta\arma.exe" -maxmem=512 -mod=FDF_Sounds;beta -nosplash

SO FAR (almost no actual time spent testing) it looks to have helped - moving the maxmem to the front seemed to make a diference - missions that were lego (LOD) heavy seem better) my resource monitor was showing less than 512 KB memory usage, but then it went back up to over a 1000 KB.

Im hoping this reshuffle has helped, but can anyone please tell me for sure how to monitor if the maxmem-512 command is workin under windows vista?

thanks again

Kiwi

[malik22 0]

how much maxmem should i add for 2gb of ram? and should i add it to the arma.exe or arma.cfg?