SEIV/Win2k Memory Usage

s_rat · #1 January 21st, 2001, 10:21 PM

If anyone is interested....after playing for several hours, I got an "Out of Memory" error message. I started Task Manager and it reported that SEIV was using 180Mb� of memory (on a 256Mb system). Maybe an occasional stop/restart is in order.

Lerchey · #2 January 21st, 2001, 11:17 PM

Interesting. I play SE IV regulary on a pair of Win2K machines. One has 256 MB of RAM and the other has 164 MBs. I never run low, or have SE IV eat significant amounts, and I sometimes leave the same game open for weeks.

John

Emperor Zodd · #3 January 22nd, 2001, 12:47 AM

E-mail MM about it.

Husky65 · #4 January 22nd, 2001, 01:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by s_rat:
[b]If anyone is interested....after playing for several hours, I got an "Out of Memory" error message. /B]

I have no problems on a 128mb Win2k machine, and I am usually running Mediaplayer and an internet connection in the background.

Alpha Kodiak · #5 January 22nd, 2001, 03:54 PM

It sounds like Win2K is better at cleaning up memory than Win98 (which is to be expected). I have noticed slowdowns that seem to be memory related after playing SEIV for an extended period of time. Often they continue even after I stop playing, requiring a reboot to correct. I suspect that there are memory problems, but Win2K is able to clean up the memory when necessary. I am running Win98SE on a 128 Meg system.

Atrocities · #6 January 22nd, 2001, 04:23 PM

It has been reported that SEIV has a memorie leak problem. Another poster posted his memories useages in another thread. I hope this sheds some light on the subject.