Sarge Posted January 12, 2000 Share Posted January 12, 2000 is this a 'q' for charles? i was playing the demo last night. on exit i went into another game (grand Prix Legends if it matters) anyway everything seemed normal until i pressed <ESC> in GPL to re-enter the pits and instead of that, got a black screen and windows hourglass cursor, till i was finally forced to reboot. so the 'q' is: is this only a beta occurance? a rare one if not? will i need to reboot before changing programs? YES I WILL ON OCCAISION play something other than the demo (not sure about the full release), maybe if you sent me a full release i could report back to you does CM use alot of RAM? i have win98 on a P3-500 with 256mgB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phoenix Posted January 12, 2000 Share Posted January 12, 2000 You've got a serious machine there!! My "outdated" PII 450 with 128 MB has no problems swapping between programs and games. Never had CM hang up one time, nor has anything else hung up after I exited CM and started something else. [This message has been edited by phoenix (edited 01-12-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phoenix Posted January 12, 2000 Share Posted January 12, 2000 (Ooops - Duplicate post) [This message has been edited by phoenix (edited 01-12-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardb Posted January 13, 2000 Share Posted January 13, 2000 Make a file called memory.vbs and insert the line "Mystring = Space(80000000)" into it. Put it onto your desktop and close as many progs as possible double click it and you'll never have to reboot winblows to clear your RAM again (just click every time you're running out of mem). You can of course experiment with the numbers to find YOUR perfect settings. To monitor your RAM I recommend downloading a neat little prog called Cacheman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted January 13, 2000 Share Posted January 13, 2000 Umm I think perhaps he meant the program FREEMEM, as Cacheman is used to set Vcache settings. Either way they are both wonderful prgrams that can improve performance of Windows based systems... Madmatt... ------------------ If it's in Combat Mission, it's on Combat Mission HQ! combathq.thegamers.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardb Posted January 13, 2000 Share Posted January 13, 2000 Nope I meant exactly what I said. With that program you can see exactly how much physical RAM you got free. FreeMem could of course be better to monitor with I don't know but Cacheman does the trick for me at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted January 13, 2000 Share Posted January 13, 2000 The thing which make FreeMem better to use it that it does what your little VBS file does but with a much better level of customization . It allows you set a variety of Memory settings and with a click Freemem will try and 'FREE UP' that much, by defragging blocks of continguis memory and reallocating into logical blocks your system can have that just booted feel easily. You can also set Freemem from passive to active mode in which it will automatically defrag memory when it gets down to a set level. It's a great little program and itself uses next no resources, but its just one of about 1000 tweaks that I have on my system. Cacheman is also an excellant program and I used it to set my optimum Vcache (setting which CAN reduce harddrive 'thrashing' and inprove framerate in some FPS) but in a game like CM you won't notice much impact messing with Vcache...All in all two programs that should find a home on your harddrive. Madmatt... ------------------ If it's in Combat Mission, it's on Combat Mission HQ! combathq.thegamers.net [This message has been edited by Madmatt (edited 01-12-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardb Posted January 13, 2000 Share Posted January 13, 2000 Hmmm... FreeMem sounds really interesting. The thing with the .vbs file is that you have to experiment to find YOUR perfect setting so thanks for the advice I will check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted January 13, 2000 Share Posted January 13, 2000 howardb, Here is link for you... http://www.meikel.com/freemem Madmatt ------------------ If it's in Combat Mission, it's on Combat Mission HQ! combathq.thegamers.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted January 13, 2000 Share Posted January 13, 2000 I have 48MB:s, and no problems running CM and Emailer simultaneously. I do have a Mac but I'd guess memory requirements are about the same on both platforms. I wonder if I'll have to upgrade for the real game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts