What part of PlanetSide devours RAM space?

GreyFlcn · 2004-09-30, 04:32 AM

I know PS is massively multiplayer

But with graphics essentially on par with Tribes 2, you tend to expect atleast Tribes 2 preformance.

ANYWAYS
Anybody have a clue as to what are the major factors to RAM usage for PlanetSide?

Which ones that aren't strickly neccisary to gameplay.

hazzer2007 · 2004-09-30, 07:02 AM

Anybody have a clue as to what are the major factors to RAM usage for PlanetSide?

I think what is around you (i.e. people, vch, facil colours, etc)

martyr · 2004-09-30, 07:12 AM

the 'devouring' is what's called a memory leak - that is, planetside can forget to remove things from ram after it's finished with them.

Squeeky · 2004-09-30, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by martyr

the 'devouring' is what's called a memory leak - that is, planetside can forget to remove things from ram after it's finished with them.

Should call a memory plumber. *rimshot*

Lartnev · 2004-09-30, 07:40 AM

You thinking about petitioning to remove "unnecessary" RAM usage from Planetside or something GreyFlcn?

Baneblade · 2004-09-30, 11:18 AM

PS itself doesn't use more RAM than should be expected, it just has a very poor grasp on how to handle it.

GreyFlcn · 2004-09-30, 12:12 PM

Well it just gets ya, I mean how is PS any different than other FPS's that can run faster, smoother, and look far better
AT a quarter the spec requirements.

I'm just trying to figure, for instance, if someone turns OFF Shadows, is the shadow code still loaded?

Just feel that until PS runs as good as 1Gb Ram, ON 512Mb Ram, that we're alway going to have population issues.

If they could get the spec requirements low enough

Then all they would need to do is make the HUDs and Default setup more user friendly.

After which, I would practically consider PS mainstream.

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Hrmm but I guess theres no getting around "56k just doesn't cut it"

Baneblade · 2004-09-30, 12:17 PM

Well we know detail isn't the problem. Because the meshes in PS are pretty low key.

It could be the clientside hit detection.

I'm not really a programmer, I just do hardware.

GreyFlcn · 2004-09-30, 12:18 PM

Perhaps there could be some sort of option that would allow a player to use different version of the PS engine.

Right now it seems that if they make it better for low end, then it worse for high end
And vice versa.

Well if thats the case, then why can't they just make a lo and hi end version of the engine.

Baneblade · 2004-09-30, 12:21 PM

Not often I get to post between a double post... :P

Black · 2004-09-30, 12:25 PM

lies

Queensidecastle · 2004-09-30, 12:27 PM

It all runs smooth for me these days but it can take up to 5 minutes to quit the game. It must have a seriously messed up chokehold on memory to do that

GreyFlcn · 2004-09-30, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by Queensidecastle

It all runs smooth for me these days but it can take up to 5 minutes to quit the game. It must have a seriously messed up chokehold on memory to do that

No not really.
What PS does is "DEEP Memory Clean" every time you quit PlanetSide.

If it didn't it wouldn't even take one minute.

WHICH is why I suggest you Alt+f4 out of PlanetSide
or
Escape + Q, wait 10 seconds, THEN Alt+f4 out of PlanetSide, and restart

Usually much faster than dealing with a deep RAM clean.

Baneblade · 2004-09-30, 12:34 PM

Wish PS would clean the damn RAM before you run out and it crashes.

Lartnev · 2004-09-30, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by GreFlcn

Well it just gets ya, I mean how is PS any different than other FPS's that can run faster, smoother, and look far better
AT a quarter the spec requirements.

They're also a quarter of the size of Planetside

Originally Posted by GreyFlcn

Well if thats the case, then why can't they just make a lo and hi end version of the engine.

Because that means twice the work, not to mention the risk of a lot of nasty bugs/exploits/other stuff that could happen.