Memory leak?

[wiz_of_wuz]

I have a question as to memory utlization in LOMAC/FC. I have a AMD 3500+ with 1GB of Crucial Ballistix Ram with a ATI800 Pro 256. I have noticed then when I enter the game and at the menu my memory utilization is at 43%. When I get into a F-15 open mission my usage jumps to about73%. When I back out of the mission and go back to the menu my memory usage only goes back down to 67%. When I load the same mission my memory utilization is now about 83%. When I go back to the menu screen my usage is now about 76%. When I go back into the mission again I am now north of 90% usage and my computer is starting to hit the page file on my Hard Drive with stutters when it hits the page file. I waited some lengthy time on the menu page to see if for some odd reason it was a delay in unloading the memory but it never did. If I restart the application I can reduplicate the issue all over again.

 

I have a picture of the GUI and what appears the renderer still doing cockpit and mirrors. I may be way off base but its just a FYI

 

Thanks

 

 

[golfsierra2]

I have a question as to memory utlization in LOMAC/FC. I have a AMD 3500+ with 1GB of Crucial Ballistix Ram with a ATI800 Pro 256. I have noticed then when I enter the game and at the menu my memory utilization is at 43%. When I get into a F-15 open mission my usage jumps to about73%. When I back out of the mission and go back to the menu my memory usage only goes back down to 67%. When I load the same mission my memory utilization is now about 83%. When I go back to the menu screen my usage is now about 76%. When I go back into the mission again I am now north of 90% usage and my computer is starting to hit the page file on my Hard Drive with stutters when it hits the page file. I waited some lengthy time on the menu page to see if for some odd reason it was a delay in unloading the memory but it never did. If I restart the application I can reduplicate the issue all over again.

 

I have a picture of the GUI and what appears the renderer still doing cockpit and mirrors. I may be way off base but its just a FYI

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Hi there,

 

first of all I would like to ask you to not add such big pictures to your messages - it slows down loading the page for 56k people and of that picture, only the upper left corner is of interest at all.

 

Second, I think that the memory usage adds up because your OS tries to capture the last screen content while your were switching between the menu and the mission. I think this is normal behavior, so don't worry about crappy RAM management....

[Shaman]

I've just experienced another random graphics lockup in LockOn minutes ago. I've played same mission 3rd time (two times I got shot down).

Lockup I've had is known to almost everyone I guess.

Graphics are like frozen (sometimes you see 2 frames overlaping eachother), and you still hear sounds. Your plane does fly though, you just can't see it.

I guess this is also normal behaviour.

[Rhen]

I agree with you that there's a memory leak somewhere. I've had good success with task switching out of LOMAC to the desktop and then back in to the game. I've had to repeat this sometimes 2-3 times before the graphics redraw correctly.

 

A friend and I fly the same mission over and over - sometimes 10-15 times to practice ACM and sometimes after the 10-12 time we repeat, LOMAC will crash to desktop if I don't task switch sometime before this or reboot.

 

I've explored other avenues like heat and power consumption, but this only happens with LOMAC and doesn't appear to be a heat, power, graphics problem.

 

So, try task switching when you encounter this problem & perhaps that will help.

 

Good luck,

Rhen