1.07 crash - Out of Memory

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This is a recurring problem, it tends to happen more frequently later on in games (200+ turns).  If I wanted to try and reproduce it, the best chance I have is to:  1) Start the game   2) Load a saved game with 200+ turns    3) Press next turn a couple times    4) Try to save game.

 

This isn't nearly the only time it happens, but it would be the easiest way to recreate it quickly.

 

Another way I crash often is trying to load a saved game after playing a game that's 200+ into turns.  This crash doesn't give me an Out of Memory error like the other crash, it just gives me a generic windows crash window (asking to look for a solution online etc..)

 

I'm) including my debug.err and my saved game

 

os: Win7 64bit

gpu: ATI 5870 (10.8 drivers)

mobo: 790FX-GD70

cpu: 955BE

ram: 4g 1600

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Sounds very similar to mine.  I tried to save and it crashed.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Saving seems to be a big instigator/initiator of in the OOM crashes.  In 1.06 (starting around turn 200 in a large map 5 fallen faction game) when I'd start to see fps slowing down and then save, it almost always crashed and the save didn't take.  Even if there was no apparent fps slowdown, if it had been awhile since I started the game (10 minutes or so) I'd save and it would OOM crash, the save not taking.

Non-programmer speculation: the new save write to a new set of files, and then when the save is completed the original files are deleted (instead of over-writing the original files which would case their loss if the save was interrupted/etc.).  During the save the new set of files plus the current files together exceed the allotted memory and crash the game.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Not sure if it is related, I got the Out of Memory Error a few turns after I researched the next level Goodie Box Research.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

It's only gotten worse!  :(