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Gray_Lensman -> RE: Generals not matching their Bios (5/21/2007 5:55:47 PM)
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OK, I loaded Ryvan's save file, and even though he observes "all" of his Bios are incorrect, none of them are incorrect when I load his save file, which leads me to believe even more that this has something to do with his specific machine resources getting "buggy", instead of an error within the game, possibly caused by running out of memory when restarting within the game. Even the latest test beta still has this memory resource "growth" when restarting the scenario without exiting the game.
I could not duplicate these incorrect Bios specifically, using Ryvan's file, even by forcing my memory over the top so to speak,with internal reloads, so my conclusion for now is that when you reach the top of memory while running this program, it tends to cause "random" buggy behavior, which is to be expected in that situation, virual memory is a tricky thing when you get into that realm. It may help for Eric to find and get rid of the memory growth problem to mitigate the situation.
It might be asked of anyone who experiences incorrect Bios, to report the status of their game memory at the time, if they know how. It can be easily checked (in XP) by windowing out of the game, then <ctrl> <alt> <Del>. The windows task manager box that pops up will have some tabs across the top, and "performance" is the one to look at here. Check the lower green box labeled "PF Usage". If the number within, is near the top end of your known internal RAM memory capacity, then you have either reloaded the game internally, several times, or if not, in the case of 1Gb machines, you just need more RAM memory to start with.
FoF straight off, loads up in my machines, (I have 2, one a laptop), at around 1.04 Gb, before even starting to play. After reloading within the game several times, I find that I am approaching my laptop's top end of 1.5 Gb, and I too observe strange things happening. This by the way, happens with most games, and is a signal to buy some more memory resources when feasible. I would not be surprised at all to hear that most of the problems with incorrect Bios are from players with 1 Gb Ram, as they will hit their "top" end very quickly.
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