Patch 1.3's here & memory leak too

[zouhair]

I wonder when that memory leak will get solved? it's realy annoying to have all memory "eaten" by a ~60 MB game

[tangostorm]

I sign your petition.

[KingAl]

...by a ~60 MB game

As has been mentioned elsewhere, it it daft to assume that just because a game is small, it necessarily uses less memory than games like FEAR and Half Life 2. Nevertheless, I certainly support preventing memory leaks.

[zouhair]

...by a ~60 MB game

As has been mentioned elsewhere, it it daft to assume that just because a game is small, it necessarily uses less memory than games like FEAR and Half Life 2. Nevertheless, I certainly support preventing memory leaks.

You must admit that it is a little bit ironic and

[Montyphy]

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f=open('foobar', 'w')

while 1:
   f.write('YUM')

[zouhair]

Checked again

besides the memory leak it ate a LOOOOT of CPU cycles, this realy SUX

seriousely guys this is a real problem

[Montyphy]

and how do you know the leak is related to heavy CPU usage?

[zouhair]

and how do you know the leak is related to heavy CPU usage?

no, i meant there is Memory leak and also a high CPU usage, related or not ? dunno but they still here

[Montyphy]

Doubt they are related since at the main menu Defcon only uses 14% of my CPU cycles. Defcon is misleadingly simple which may explain why you think there is high CPU usage.

[zouhair]

I've had a lot to do with firefox memory leak, adding defcon is killing me

[Montyphy]

Why dont you just close any programs you dont need when playing the game? If you're short on RAM then you should definately shut FF down.


I'd also like to add... 71 processes?! WTF. Seriously consider removing crap from your comp.

[Cheesecake?]

Just for the record 70 might not seem as bad as it initially looks. Some computers have a higher bare minimum background processes than other. One of my (very old) computers I can get down to 30, while the one I'm currently on I cannot get below 50. With a few non-essential programs running, 70 would be possible on this computer in a non-redicilous (and non-spyware infected) way.

[MrBunsy]

..but how? I've only got 29 processes running on mine, even with msn, the anti-virus and Windows Defender in the background, and Explorer and Firefox in the foreground.

I'd still not call less than 200 megs a memory leak though.

[Montyphy]

Just for the record 70 might not seem as bad as it initially looks. Some computers have a higher bare minimum background processes than other.

Bare minimum processes would only be OS processes. In no way should these exceed 40 processes on a Windows XP machine.

One of my (very old) computers I can get down to 30, while the one I'm currently on I cannot get below 50. With a few non-essential programs running, 70 would be possible on this computer in a non-redicilous (and non-spyware infected) way.

If on startup you have so many processes running you should seriously consider using alternative software that doesn't require background processes when the program isn't be used (i.e avoid iTunes).



zouhair, are you emulating Windows on a Mac in order to play Defcon?

[zouhair]

hehe no no I use XP Home

I play Counter Strike too with Firefox open and all my processes on with everything working right

but just some minutes away I get an alert saying that i'm out of memory and I just stopped defcon before the PC could freeze (the CPU was getting damn hot)

The game is great but BADLY VERY BADLY programmed