heapsize command for 4gb of ram?

thanks.

-heapsize 2097152

i think source only goes up to 3gb if i remember right

Can someone explain to me what heapsize is/means? Sorry im new to source

Unsure about that it's more like the restrictions on 32bit vs 64bit, it shouldn't really be too much of an issue.

by default if heapsize isnt set then the source engine will utilize 256 megs of ram as its half of 512
its the default setting just like rates of 10000 30 20

now its a bit silly only using that amount of ram if you have 1+ gigs of ram as it will page and cache data from source rather than store what it can in memory

if you have 2 gigs of ram you should be using 1048576

this will allow the game and maps to load quicker and avoid jerkyness on large maps that have to cache alot of textures into GC and system memory

also it reduces the ammount of "memory cannot be read" errors

its a legitimate and recommended command to use

^ what he said

So where do I put this command? I'm relatively new to source and had no idea about this And what would it be for 3gb of ram?

you put it , into your launch options

or css shortcut or both

Ah thanks for clearing that up rasta once i have my pc i will be pm'ing you with my technical questions

lucky him

Cheers rasta, what would it be for 3gb of ram?

well for 2gb its 1048576, so halve that and add it to the original so....

3GB: 1048576 + (1048576/2) = 1572864

So This Is Why Im Not Killing Them!

i got 4 GB memory in vista ultimate 32bit but when i put -heapsize 2097152 it comes up with the following error message :

Engine Error
Failed to allocate minimum memory requirement for game(48 MB)

But when i use maxoys45 -heapsize 1572864 it works fine.......

any idea's?

Originally Posted by shi-kaka

i got 4 GB memory in vista ultimate 32bit but when i put -heapsize 2097152 it comes up with the following error message :

Engine Error
Failed to allocate minimum memory requirement for game(48 MB)

But when i use maxoys45 -heapsize 1572864 it works fine.......

any idea's?

use -heapsize 1572864 then...

and how about 6 gb on vista 64bits?

if that's even possible for css

if you dont know its possible then you dont need to know the command

i got 4 GB memory in vista ultimate 32bit but when i put -heapsize 2097152

its a 32bit os. it only sees 3.2 gig of ram afaik and source wants to use half of 3.2 which is not 2097152

using the command maxoys posted is the correct one

once i have my pc i will be pm'ing you with my technical questions

go for it i can pretend i never recieved them

i thought MS have sorted vista 32 4 gb problem..
but cheers

What i do is type "-heapsize xxxxxxxxxxxxx" replacing the x's with number that are gained from mashing my numpad

I have 64bit vista and it doesnt like the heapsize for 2GB, but finds the 3GB heapsize fine, i would find it annoying, but 1.5GB of RAM for CSS or 2GB i dont think would make too much difference =]

EDIT:
Sorry to hijack thread <_<
On my old PC when i played, when i loaded css it said all the PC settings that the game was running at, however my new machine doesnt do that?
Do i need to put something in my autoexec or do something else for it to come back?

its not a rpoblem kaka therefor it cannot be solved