Memory Usage

[lukterran]

Does this amount of memory usage seem a little high to anyone else?


https://gyazo.com/e091e5ce40917bb2c5a359d4b7a8edaa

For some reason game lagged out and started giving me issues. Anyone else have this problem before?

[razark]

Originally Posted by lukterran

Does this amount of memory usage seem a little high to anyone else?

No.

[Rockin Robbins]

Pretty typical. That's only a little under 1 GB so you're in the clear. However, your system, depending on whether you have enough RAM and whether you applied the 4 GB patch, could possibly have a problem.

[lukterran]

Must of been just something up with my machine. Rebooted and everything worked great again. Still had the same memory usage.

I have enough RAM to run 16GB. But the 4GB patch wouldn't install on my computer it doesn't like the Steam directory for Silent Hunter for some reason.

[Rockin Robbins]

Actually, the 4 GB patch that I applied has nothing to do with Silent Hunter itself, but is a computer setting in the registry.

[torpedobait]

You should (or could) find the program named Large Address Aware - it may be in the Download section?). Adding SH4 from the folder from which you execute SH4 will enable the program to use more memory. I ran the 4Gb patch and LAA several years ago, resulting in zero CTDs or freezes since. Good luck!

[lukterran]

Originally Posted by torpedobait

You should (or could) find the program named Large Address Aware - it may be in the Download section?). Adding SH4 from the folder from which you execute SH4 will enable the program to use more memory. I ran the 4Gb patch and LAA several years ago, resulting in zero CTDs or freezes since. Good luck!

I have a 64-bit system not a 32-bit OS. But thanks

[torpedobait]

Originally Posted by lukterran

I have a 64-bit system not a 32-bit OS. But thanks

So do I, but that didn't prevent the crashes until I ran LAA. The game is not 64-bi. But you do what you want. It's your boat.

[CapnScurvy]

lukterran, the Large Address Aware app will do this old game a world of good. When it was designed in 2004 (yes that early, SH4 is just an extension of SHIII) games weren't configured to work beyond about 2 gigs of memory (there were no common computers having that kind of memory in them). Today, its common to have 8 gigs as standard, running a 64 bit OS. To force the game to open up its memory usage, an app like LAA will give a 32 bit computer an additional 1 gig of memory access.....a 64 bit OS will get a 2 gig boost. That's a total of 4 gigs of memory access (double what the game expects) with a 64 bit OS, or a total of 3 gigs of memory access for a 32 bit OS.

LAA works with many other older games too. I used it on the Sid Meier's "Railroads" game and it stopped the CTD that occurred after playing for about 15 minutes. It work's! If the game doesn't use the memory, you can brag about having 20 gigs of memory and you're no better off than a guy with 2!!

Before trying to install, make sure the Attribute of "Read-only" is unchecked under the Sh4.exe files "Properties" menu, "General" tab:




Just make sure it's installed properly within the SH4.exe folder. As the second image at the LAA thread shows, you should see the games name "........\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\Sh4.exe" listed, along with its path. Where the column reads LAA, it should read "True", meaning the app is installed and working: