Out of memory FSX shutdown after FSUIPC update

[stevens]

Hi Pete,

I have a strange problem. After 3-4 hours of running FSX without any problems, I hear some warning message bell sound on my PC for about 10 minutes.

Then a "You run out of available memory. FSX will shutdown" message appears with suggestions to free up memory by adjust graphic and/or traffic settings.

I never had OOM problems before and it started right after updating the FSUIPC.

I have 4 GB RAM and more than 32 GB of harddisk space.

Any ideas?

Thank you very much!

Regards,

Stefan

[Pete Dowson]

I have a strange problem. After 3-4 hours of running FSX without any problems, I hear some warning message bell sound on my PC for about 10 minutes.

That's the "memory is running low" warning in FSUIPC. If you don't like it you can switch it off. the Log will also show the warnings. But it is much appreciated by most users.

Then a "You run out of available memory. FSX will shutdown" message appears with suggestions to free up memory by adjust graphic and/or traffic settings.

I never had OOM problems before and it started right after updating the FSUIPC.

It is nothing whatsoever to do with FSUIPC. FSUIPC is trying to help you AVOID the OOM crash, there is no way it can possibly cause one. So you are looking at a coincidence relating to some other change.

I have 4 GB RAM and more than 32 GB of harddisk space.

FSX runs out of Process Memory, nothing to do with real memory or hard disk space. Its process memory is limited to 3Gb, or 4Gb if you have enabled the large address space modification or are using SP2 or Acceleration. If you only have 4Gb of real memory you are running a severe risk in any case. Up to 1Gb of that wil be taken up by systems processes and services.

Regards

Pete