memory leak?

• sakraycore wrote on 2011-11-12 17:01

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;658246:

  I'd like to think that's the case, but I can't help but think it isn't. It never pushes my CPU very hard. I think it brings it to roughly 20-40%, but I'd need to check.

  
  
  a higher usage is actually good, lower usage means the game is poorly optimized. if it never uses say 25% of your cpu but it still lags that means the game never uses more than 1 core and windows is just evenly distributing the load. mabinogi is basically totally guilty of this, never seen cpu usage ever go above 25% no matter what.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-11-12 17:12

  Quote from sakraycore;658247:

  a higher usage is actually good, lower usage means the game is poorly optimized. if it never uses say 25% of your cpu but it still lags that means the game never uses more than 1 core and windows is just evenly distributing the load. mabinogi is basically totally guilty of this, never seen cpu usage ever go above 25% no matter what.

  
  Oh, that's what it is? I've always wondered why it seemed so limited at times despite the weight being distributed over all my cores. I guess the reason a lot of my games run so poorly is that poor optimization. And that'd make sense, because others run very well.
  
  It was my assumption that if something only used one core, it would show one core at 100% and the rest doing basically nothing.
• sakraycore wrote on 2011-11-12 21:02

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;658252:

  Oh, that's what it is? I've always wondered why it seemed so limited at times despite the weight being distributed over all my cores. I guess the reason a lot of my games run so poorly is that poor optimization. And that'd make sense, because others run very well.
  
  It was my assumption that if something only used one core, it would show one core at 100% and the rest doing basically nothing.

  
  
  next time you start vindictus, can you try setting its affinity to 2 cores only? I seem to be getting a different glitch when I did that, i get like white polygons for trees - which is still better than crashing from 'out of memory' though...
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-11-12 22:26
  I get that too no matter what, but it happens randomly. It's always done that. This memory leak, however, is new to me.
• BizarreJuju wrote on 2011-11-12 22:42
  I used to get those error, but all stopped after I got a new Graphic card o3o
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-11-12 22:47
  Must be a driver thing then.
• foreignreign wrote on 2011-11-13 00:51

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;658229:

  I'm using an i7 CPU and it usually isn't stressed very much either. It might've been running into some sort of compatibility issue lately but it certainly isn't because it isn't good enough.
  
  Then again this game runs fairly poorly for me oftentimes and even when it's under a smooth 60 it doesn't bother to utilize even half of either my CPU or GPU. I'm not sure what causes this but it's a pain in the ass.

  
  
  Funny that you should mention an i7 CPU, actually. One of my guildies has a laptop with an i7 in it, and running any Source engine game is iffy for her. I'm not actually sure if it's an overheating thing or not, but not only does Vindictus randomly crash on her, but Portal is almost unplayable and TF2 is quirky as well. And it's not just the game crashing, but her entire system crashes and she has to reboot.
  
  Just felt like mentioning that.
  
  Maybe you should try another Source engine game on your computer if you haven't already? See if you get similar problems. TF2 is free after all, and so is Alien Swarm.
  
  

  Quote from sakraycore;658234:

  Oh do you have multicore rendering set to maximum?

  
  
  Oh, and I have multicore settings on max, although, last I heard, Vindictus doesn't really do much with multi-cores.
• sakraycore wrote on 2011-11-13 01:37

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;658549:

  I get that too no matter what, but it happens randomly. It's always done that. This memory leak, however, is new to me.

  
  
  lol you're right, just got it again. Well at least I always seem to get it in town, so it's not that big of a deal.
  
  

  Funny that you should mention an i7 CPU, actually. One of my guildies has a laptop with an i7 in it, and running any Source engine game is iffy for her. I'm not actually sure if it's an overheating thing or not, but not only does Vindictus randomly crash on her, but Portal is almost unplayable and TF2 is quirky as well. And it's not just the game crashing, but her entire system crashes and she has to reboot.
  
  Just felt like mentioning that.
  
  Maybe you should try another Source engine game on your computer if you haven't already? See if you get similar problems. TF2 is free after all, and so is Alien Swarm.

  
  
  I have a phenom ii x4 and I run all the other source engine games fine ._.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-11-13 02:15

  Quote from sakraycore;658717:

  lol you're right, just got it again. Well at least I always seem to get it in town, so it's not that big of a deal.
  
  
  
  I have a phenom ii x4 and I run all the other source engine games fine ._.

  
  He's talking about the i7 specifically rather than the quality of it. It's very possible that it's just exclusive to this hardware or something.
  
  The checkerbox trees only appear sometimes. Sometimes they do it and sometimes they don't. I've seen it in random screenshots as well. I think it's something that just happens and may or may not happen to everyone. Anyway it's basically just a few trees in town and shouldn't affect anything else.
• sakraycore wrote on 2011-11-13 02:20

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;658790:

  He's talking about the i7 specifically rather than the quality of it. It's very possible that it's just exclusive to this hardware or something.
  
  The checkerbox trees only appear sometimes. Sometimes they do it and sometimes they don't. I've seen it in random screenshots as well. I think it's something that just happens and may or may not happen to everyone. Anyway it's basically just a few trees in town and shouldn't affect anything else.

  
  
  Well I guess eventually they'll fix this memory leak, I submit the crash report to them everytime I crash with it.
  
  Tho sometimes(very rarely) I get this weird exception error and it doesn't even let me submit a report.
  
  

  It's very possible that it's just exclusive to this hardware or something.

  
  
  Exclusive to what hardware? It can't be just the i7.
  
  

  I think it's something that just happens and may or may not happen to everyone.

  
  
  The checkerbox trees might have more to do with the video card.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-11-13 02:47

  Quote from sakraycore;658795:

  Exclusive to what hardware? It can't be just the i7.

  
  I'm sure there may be other sets of CPUs that do it as well, but most people seem to be doing alright, so it's unlikely that it's just the game.
  
  As for the checkerbox trees, of course. But a lot of people are experiencing this problem, so it's clearly not just a minor issue on one driver or card.
• foreignreign wrote on 2011-11-13 06:25
  Checkerbox trees are a result of a texture not loading properly, which is no biggie (happens often if you alt+tab during a loading screen).
  
  If you change your texture settings level, then it'll force a reload of textures which will fix the trees.
• sakraycore wrote on 2011-11-13 16:37

  Quote from foreignreign;658992:

  Checkerbox trees are a result of a texture not loading properly, which is no biggie (happens often if you alt+tab during a loading screen).
  
  If you change your texture settings level, then it'll force a reload of textures which will fix the trees.

  
  
  It should still be fixed, never had that problem with any other source engine games. Ofcourse I'm going to alt tab out when it's loading a level, no point staring at it.
  
  Besides the two problems are probably related anyways, if they manage to fix the checkered trees it might fix the memory leak too. I always seem to get it when I alt tab back out in town. Only ever got that error in town, and it's always preceded by at least 1 alt tab. I think the very first time I got the error was during 2xAP and I was on a laghodessa boat, and got the error right before loading the level. Ever since then it's been in town; either rocheste or colhen, but mostly colhen, and the carriage to rocheste.
• whocares8128 wrote on 2011-11-14 15:23

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;658242:

  Also when I'm at a little "turn" in Rocheste between the marketplace and the docks, I'll skip frames.

  
  
  That turn (if I'm not mistaken) is the game bringing in a different map. If you have autorun on as you cross the line, you will stop automatically as it brings you into the new area.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-11-14 17:03

  Quote from whocares8128;660282:

  That turn (if I'm not mistaken) is the game bringing in a different map. If you have autorun on as you cross the line, you will stop automatically as it brings you into the new area.

  
  Yeah, it seems to be loading the docks. It always stops me and skips frames for a fraction of a second before I can continue.