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32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-07-05 18:14
by karambaitos
This thread has been closed and replaced by the following:
https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr ... b-ram.html
Please put any further questions there.
WINDOWS 7 32bit AND VISTA 32bit
you may need to temporarily disable UAC/run as administrator for this to work
Go to a DOS window by typing CMD into your "search programs and files" or go into Run
type bcdedit /set increaseuserva 3072 and press enter
Restart your PC and all should be fixed.
*NOTE* DO NOT RUN PR IN COMPATIBILITY MODE WITH WIN7
WINDOWS XP 32bit
NOTE: This is a bit more complicated than it is for win7 and vista, and you could possibly destroy your windows if you mess up the boot.ini file so if you are not good with PCs i do not recommend you do this
Enable the 3GB switch on Windows XP
Right-click My Computer. Click Properties.
In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
On the Advanced tab, under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
In the Startup and Recovery dialog box, under System startup, click Edit. The Windows boot.ini file will be opened in Microsoft Notepad.
Create a backup copy of the boot.ini file. Note: Boot.ini files may vary from computer to computer.
Select the following line in the boot.ini file:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Press Ctrl+C to copy the line and then press Ctrl+V to paste it immediately below the original line.
Note: Your text string may be different from the text string in this solution, so be sure to copy the text string from your boot.ini file, and not the text string included here.
Modify the copied line to include ? /3GB?, as shown in the following example:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional 3GB" /3GB /fastdetect
Note: Do not overwrite any existing lines.
Save and close the boot.ini file.
Click OK to close each dialog box.
Restart your computer.
During startup, select the 3GB option. If you do not select the 3GB option, the system will default to the 2GB total memory setting.
Note: If problems occur during startup, you may need to update some of your drivers.
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Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-07-05 19:09
by bessert
Well , "possible" really affects the situation here . I'd like to try this out , if anyone confirms that its working .
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-07-05 20:57
by karambaitos
^it worked for me, theres a number of reasons why your game might crash on loading, this is a way to get your 32 bit OS to use more that 2GB of ram per application, and thus your crashes which might be happening due to the game needing more than 2gb to be used will do now use it, and in term not crash, remember that win7 and vista ultimate can use 4gb ram not sure about home premium, 64bit OSs also dont have this limitation in them (with the ram usage).
Ill try testing it more later, playing on high textures, and high texture filtering, but i used to crash with high textures and high texture filtering off before applying this.
EDIT:
Played 3 rounds straight, no crash what so ever, (usually i would crash on load on next map or 30 mins into the game of the next map) on these settings:
high textures
medium terrain
high geo
high effects
low lighting
shoadow dynamic lights off
2x AA
medium filtering
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-07-24 12:00
by TheComedian
This thread should be stickied because the procedure worked for my desktop and laptop and tested on multiple machines that run windows 7 32bit
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-10 19:08
by qs-racer
Tested and approved for me on Win7 32 bit with 3,25Gb of ram (4Gb physically).
No crash after 40 rounds (before i got a crash each 3 rounds).
Setting on high.
It must be stick !! 
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-11 00:46
by Valleyforge3946
qs-racer wrote:Tested and approved for me on Win7 32 bit with 3,25Gb of ram (4Gb physically).
No crash after 40 rounds (before i got a crash each 3 rounds).
Setting on high.
It must be stick !!
Roger on the requested sticky. I'll see what i can do.
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-16 13:11
by Rudd
can anyone explain what this actually does?
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-16 13:45
by karambaitos
lets your 32bit system use more than 2gb per application, if you have 4gb i guess you could put the thing to 4096mb, but 3gb should be enough for any game
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-16 14:00
by Rudd
thats pretty cool, any particular reason this isn't a default setting for windows? (I be a n00b, just wonderin)
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-16 21:02
by mattnett1
Can this work on Vista?
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-17 09:16
by karambaitos
^should just follow the instructions
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-18 13:33
by qs-racer
By this trick, i stop crashing on loading on sijia valley with ATI and setting on high
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-25 14:29
by mati140
EDIT: It seems that ram per process had increased but I still crash after loading map, right after clicking 'Select Squad'
Funny thing is that crashes only happen when joining servers, while there are no problems with running maps local at whatever settings.
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-26 07:52
by qs-racer
Your problem migth be different, try to reinstal PR
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-08-27 08:50
by bessert
Right , i tried this and it actually worked ! I wasn't able to raise my textures to high but with this possible fix now i can ! Everything's is on high and still haven't crashed a single time !
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-09-09 18:40
by TheComedian
This should be considered as a sticky. Helps alot with memory crashes.
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-09-17 08:14
by English_infidel
works a treat thanks. spent a lot of time trying to get this sorted
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-11-11 08:11
by PLODDITHANLEY
UAC are off but it won't let me do this.
Done opened CMD using run as admin
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-11-25 17:10
by karambaitos
PLODDITHANLEY wrote:UAC are off but it won't let me do this.
Done opened CMD using run as admin
what error does it type out when you try to do it
Re: 32bit OS Possible Fix for crash after loading map or mid game crash
Posted: 2011-12-27 16:37
by Fandango
This trick solved all my problems. No random crashes, can play all maps without any problem. Thanks a lot karambaitos.