Enabling 3GB switch on Windows XP

[jwilliams]

Does it make SH5 run better. ?????

It's hard to tell. Could be a placebo effect, but.....

You know when you use 256x accelerated time (or higher) and sometimes the games pauses for a sec, then continues..... Well it doesnt do that so much.

And i was able to track a contact from 40 KM away and not lose it. before I'd lose contacts from alot less distance.


So it seems to work... Guess it loads alot more in to memory, making the game smoother and contacts stay on map for greater distance....

Or it could just be a placebo.....

But i'll continue to use the 3GB switch.

[Arclight]

Contact distance would be placebo, but smoother TC is possible.

[Pintea]

No, it won't run "faster", but it will avoid glitches like missing harbors for example, or some crashes.

[The General]

First off, thanks you guys

Secondly, where is this boot.ini of which you speak?

Thirdly, in the lines of code you want me to cut & paste from above, I have Vista, so I must exchange 'Windows XP' for 'Windows' Visa right?

For example:

[boot loader]
timeout=6
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windo ws Vista SP2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windo ws Vista w/3GB" /fastdetect /3GB /Userva=2560

[vois2]

It's a hidden file (boot.ini) in the C: root (Go to My Computer, and turn on view of hidden files via Tools --> Folder Options --> View )

Do a Google search before messing with the Vista boot.ini to make sure the 3GB switch applies the same there (assuming you are using 32-bit Vista). However, I believe this kind of boot.ini dialogue is legacy for all Windows versions. Doublecheck that by Googling. :-)

Also, yes change the text to Vista.

Finally, be sure this line appears with NO spaces (spacebar) throughout:
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S

[The General]

Apparently this is the case:

In Windows Vista, the boot.ini file has been replaced with Boot
Configuration Data (BCD). This file is more versatile than boot.ini, and it
can apply to Computer platforms that use means other than basic input/output
system (BIOS) to start the computer. If you need to make changes to BCD,
such as removing entries from the list of displayed operating systems, use
the command line tool Bcdedit, an advanced tool intended for administrators.

I don't think I can do this.

[Arclight]

Just start "Run..." ("Windows key + R" shortcut) and type "cmd", enter.

Gets you a command prompt, where you type: "bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 3072", enter.

Done.


Do this on your own risk though; I still can't say I aprove of messing with the OS in this way.