rootsrat
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I don't have a page file set up manually, apart from what Windows sets and auto-controls itself.
What is this, 1995?
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What is this, 1995?
Here are 14 of them, random search, there are more of course but that's a good start:
Meanwhile CiG makes a game that didnt look so good compared to what UE4 could achieve..
Perhaps you need to modify your Autoexe.bat and config.sys files as well
rootsrat
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DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
SQ404=MISSING
SC_STATUS=ALPHA_BUT_RELEASED
Now it should work like a charm!
Time to put the blame on you and not the game.
Which IRQ is your Soundblaster 16 using?
It's common in 2023 to have players deactivating completely the pagefile because they think it's not useful with more than 32Gb of ram. We see it every 3 weeks in reddit.
A bad article that help you "improve" performance...
How to Disable Pagefile in Windows 11/10
It is possible to Disable Pagefile on your Windows 11/10 computer, if the Pagfile.sys file is taking up a large amount of storage space on your computer.
www.techbout.com
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rootsrat
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Fair enough, but no, I do not disable my page file.It's common in 2023 to have players deactivating completely the pagefile because they think it's not useful with more than 32Gb of ram. We see it every 3 weeks in reddit.
A bad article that help you "improve" performance...
How to Disable Pagefile in Windows 11/10
It is possible to Disable Pagefile on your Windows 11/10 computer, if the Pagfile.sys file is taking up a large amount of storage space on your computer.
Viajero
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Lol, that brought a tear to my eye. Those were the times.
One interesting point I noticed from Asmongold's vid a way back - the SQ42 demo was using 'F' so Asmongold commented that it showed this was a PC game - and that reminded me that I heard nothing about any Console version at CitCon (as was speculated based on Sandi's comments).
Not surprising, but it does make me wonder about the other speculation about CiG selling StarEngine to others. Unlikely that anyone would want it based upon current performance, but then add on the lack on console support and I can't see that flying.
So we're back to them needing to ship a game at some point
Not surprising, but it does make me wonder about the other speculation about CiG selling StarEngine to others. Unlikely that anyone would want it based upon current performance, but then add on the lack on console support and I can't see that flying.
So we're back to them needing to ship a game at some point
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It shouldn't be useful, it's garbage programming to massively over-allocate virtual memory. That's what causes failures on Windows as while sparse virtual mappings don't take up (much) space until pages are allocated to them, Windows will ensure there's backing for the full range at the time it's created and fail if there isn't. On systems with page files, you might not notice this blunder in programs as there's a huge amount of space available which hides the bug.
As I said just a page or two back, its hard to tell the difference between posts from the faithful and those that are parody.
Oooh, sandwurmie!
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Many many years ago i tried to run without a pagefile, and it was nice to see my comp performance improve in general, as windows could no longer thrash the hard drive and leave unused memory unused on a whim. Then i tried MS Office and it crashed.
Pagefiles are a crutch that programmers lean on when they don't have to because they don't put proper memory management in their software.
rootsrat
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OOF!
Pagefile is not solely used to extend memory. Some programs use it for cache purpose (don't ask me how or why, I don't know). If you have a lot of ram, you can shrink manually the pagefile to the minimum if you want but you should not disable it. For SC, for guys with a lot of ram it's suggested to at least keep 2 or 3 go for pagefile.
Oh there's some much funnier ones than that.
Pagefile is vital if you not have enough memory, simple as that. Try photoshop on a standard PC without pagefile see if it works well...
Yes, and lots of comments about how impressive SQ42's video is. Haters also seem to have a hard time making themselves heard in the comments. And Asmon's response to his chat's message "It's a scam" was spot on!