Hmmm... could someone tell me what this means?

[vostov 10]

Arma 2 crashes and I get a message like this saying:

Out of memory (requested 3933 KB)

Reserved 294912KB

Total Free 15497KB

Free blocks 980, Max free size 3462KB

Okay, its obvious that I'm having a memory issue here. What do I do to fix this? Game runs quite smooth until this occurs. (it doesn't happen often.. but I do make some rather large battles.. I overbuilt this cpu to do so)

Am I simply running out of memory? (Cuz I could fix that..)

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my system specs:

3.2ghz intel i7 cpu quad core

6gigz o' ram

64bit OS

300gigs of memory left (maybe I need a terabyte?)

[no use for a name 0]

try the -maxmem=2047 switch in your shortcut. Also, make sure your page file is working properly

Edited July 6, 2009 by No Use For A Name

[flake 10]

i seem to get less loading lag by NOT using the maxmem thing. horses for courses

[vostov 10]

try the -maxmem=2047 switch in your shortcut. Also, make sure your page file is working properly

So, how to I check this page file?

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I see this in my shortcut:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 33900

the 33900 has something to do with this error message?

[no use for a name 0]

no I think that's just for Steam. You'll need to open up steam and go to My games->right click on Arma2->click Set Launch options. then put the -maxmem switch in.

to check your page file, right click My Computer->Advanced System settings->Advanced tab->in Performance click Settings->Click advanced tab again, then it will say how big your file is. I'm guessing it's probably set to "let windows decide" and it's ok; but it's always good to check

[Ekre 10]

-maxmem wont help in this situation (im using -maxmem=2047 as well, i have 4 gigs of ram, 8 gigs of page file, on a seperate hdd)

[EDcase 87]

Interesting,

I have my pagefile turned off and haven't had any problems.

[vostov 10]

no I think that's just for Steam. You'll need to open up steam and go to My games->right click on Arma2->click Set Launch options. then put the -maxmem switch in.

to check your page file, right click My Computer->Advanced System settings->Advanced tab->in Performance click Settings->Click advanced tab again, then it will say how big your file is. I'm guessing it's probably set to "let windows decide" and it's ok; but it's always good to check

Well.. I have no ''my games'' folder... the folder for Arma 2 is within my Steam folder.

I'm running vista I don't know where to find ''My Computer" yet lol.

What file are you talking about when you say: "then it will say how big your file is"

Also whats the specific name of this file or folder I need to insert "-maxmem" into? Where exactly does it go within it?

I appreciate the help. (I know my cpu isn't running out of memory.. these simulations aren't that big.. and the ones I intend to make.. are going to be 4 times as large.. so I MUST get by this hurdle.. sadly my lack of computer knowledge is making me learn how to fix all of these things on the fly.. which I've fixed quite a bit graphically... now just need to handle this mem problem.)

Thanks for your help thus far however. :)

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found ''my computer'' EDIT I still don't know where this ''how big your file'' thing is?

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Interesting,

I have my pagefile turned off and haven't had any problems.

I suspect you have the european version? I dl'd the steam version and I think it just has its own brand of special issues.. though, this might be largely ignorance based superstition.

[blackettle 10]

Interesting,

I have my pagefile turned off and haven't had any problems.

Out of curiosity, why did you turn it off?