Status of OOM issue? Next Patch Release date and contents? Possible OOM workaround!

from Elemental Forums

I was wondering how the OOM issue resolution is coming along?  I also would like some info on the next patch release date and contents.  Any news regarding these two points would be appreciated.  If I missed an earlier missive on this, a thousand pardons.

I was playing a large map and wanted to check how much memory the game was using of my 2 gig computer.  I checked the system status using Ctrl-Alt-Del and selecting the "Start Task Manager" option.  It was using 1.7 gig and my overall memory usage was 95%.  As I was checking other processes to end I noticed that during that time the Elemental game was down to 1.5 gig used and my overall memory usage had dropped accordingly.  I waited a couple of minutes and it went down to 1.2 gig used and some 72% overall memory usage.  I think it would probably be faster to drop the game and restart it but for those who don't want to do that this is somewhat of a workaround.  BTW, I played a while longer then put it into the Start Task Manager state and left it there overnight while I slept.  It was down to .69 gig in the morning.

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

They are well aware of the problem and working to fix it as soon as possible. I have 6 GB so I've only got the OOM error twice. I end up getting random CTDs before the OOM has a chance to affect me.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

The game doesn't support 6gb memory, hell the game tends to crash around 1.5gb used memory.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Oh, well in that case I think the OOM issue is less important cause I crash a lot more without the error.