Hello!

I have done few more experiments with my PS client on a laptop. After switching on option Keep maps loaded (or something like that) nothing changes - memory leaks still exist.

My next solution was to install Planeshift on Linux. I have installed Ubuntu distribution (6.06 Live) and after that packages for ati 3D cards support. I have installed those drivers using first example command from ati-config-... program. 3D support worked with PS. I have set resolution to 800x600 and started the client. After a while I noticed memory leaks. Game has used near 400 MB of physical memory and 900MB of swap.

Memory leaks for both Linux and Windows clients were strange. But I think I have few clues:
- problem exists in both windows and linux clients
- problem exists on road near magic shop and hydlaa, not on oja road
- I had view distance set to 200 or 300 (in game configuration)
- when I turned view distance down I could normally play (I think without leaks)

In my opition there is some problem with some visible objects at longer distances or something related to it. Maybe that objects are not visible at Oja road or there are only a few of them. Maybe too many objects are created because of the distance radius.

I hope that helps a bit.
Drakos

Hello!

I have found in credits chapter in PS manual (http://www.planeshift.it/guide/en/credits.html)this line:

4.1.10. Manual

Chris "KL" Kings-Lynne, for writing the manual and creating the manual build system.

Is this mean that the manual which comes with PS game is somehow generated? Or maybe this is some other manual. I ask this question because I want to translate it.

Drakos

PS. I write here because this topic cannot match other forums.

Hello again!

I have taken some measurements. After world is loaded and I see game screen I checked memory used in windows task manager. The game uses about 130 MB main memory and 400MB virtual memory. After 8 minutes it uses about 200MB main memory and 750 MB virtual memory.

I have uninstalled the game, deleted planeshift directory and restarted computer. I have installed planeshift game again (md5 checked) and ran updater twice. The second time it told me that don't have anything to update. I didn't changed planeshift configuration and I started the game. The problem with memory leaks still existed. I have taken the measurements and have (about) the same results.

On other computer memory leaks problem doesn't exist. I don't know what could cause it.
Additional information:
- 5GB free disk space (not fragmented)
- 64MB RAM used as video memory by graphics card (from 512MB)

Maybe there is a problem with my drivers/video card?
Drakos

Helllo again!

This isn't really the poor performance problem. Poor performance is the result of problem of psclient using too much memory (in the end using harddisk as ram).

I'm almost sure I don't have any troyan, viruses or other bad software. I don't read any emails using this computer. Every application running there is checked by up-to-date avast antivirus. Every time I connect to the interned Im using physical firewall (of course XP firewall is also turned on). OS is also up-to-date. I will scan for viruses again (full scan) using avast and web software. I will try to check for rootkits.

As for processes I'm trying to keep my OS clean as possible. I check process list quite frequently. Every time I see new tray icon or other process (or service) running I try to switch it off at startup. At the time of runnig PS I didn't have any other (beside OS) processes running. I have even killed avas processes (because they didn't want to exit).

Format isn't really the option. I am using XP on other comp since it came up (few years without format). And I don't have problem with performance. Beside laptop is quite new and I don't have any problems with it. I know that graphics card is rather poor but thought it is enough for playing PS.

I hope that I have cleared things a bit. Thank you for all suggestions. More are welcome.
I wonder if I could decrease my virtual memory settings to make PS crash. Maybe then it will create the dump with trace of function which calls for memory.

Drakos

Edited 27.09.2006
I have scanned the computer. No viruses, troyans and others found.