MOHAA ultra slow

[Curgny]

Well, it's kinda related to MOHAA mapping too.
Anyways, if I compile my map and run it, it's all right. If I compile tyhe map again like 2 or 3 times and start MOHAA, my MOHAA goes like ultra slow and starts hacking the pic etc. Why? It was same with Win98 too (have XP atm)

It kinda bothers me, I always gotta reboot to test map...

[jv_map]

Well you did wait for the compile to finish.... didn't you?

[tltrude]

I have Windows ME and the same thing happens. I think it is a problem with the editor not freeing up memory when it is shut down, and possibly a lack of free hard drive space. Rebooting the computer is the only way to free up the memory that I have found.

[M&M]

hmmm,i have win me and i never experienced this problem.and i do compile my map numerous times without restarting or feeling any slow down in mohaa or a reduction in the fps.i have a 2.4 ghz cpu /256ddram /64mbs geforce 4 mx 440 .i would say this pc would fall into the category of medium--high pc.however b4 i reinstalled windows because it was getting very buggy (signs of aging).i did experience slow downs of the whole pc itself,mohradient would slow down and all commands 2 mohradient and windows itself would be done after a delay which seemed 2 increase by time until the final freeze.but after reinstalling windows this problem disappeared.im not saying go ahead and reinstall windows,but i was saying ur windows' age could be a very important factor here

[tltrude]

I would rather live with the problem than reinstall Windows--major hassle! On your scale of PC power, mine falls in the lowest catagory (733Mz). I only see the problem after using radient for a few hours. My Windows ME is an upgrade disk for Windows 98, So I would probably have to reinstall both.

[ziptie2k2]

I have had that problem on both my machines, but it was map specific. I am not sure what could do it on all maps if that's what is happening to you.
Maybe you're using a texture it doesnt like in all your maps. My problem was a sky texture I used. Although I stupidly didnt make a note of which one.

Good luck and I'm sure someone here will help you fix it

[M&M]

well,my windows wasnt suffering from this problem only.it was getting very buggy in other stuff as well.thats y i presumed that it affected mohradient 2.u know after a certain period of time windows starts 2 get slow and buggy and crashes alot.i remember that i never used the normal shutdown b4 the reinstallation,cause the pc always freezed on me .perhaps u could try one of those ram freeing programs .thats what i used 2 prolong the time b4 the freezing of the pc.if used wisely it could help alot in ur case (733mhz!!!).i remember i used it alot when i had my old pc (800mhz ).
perhaps if u send us some info of ur pc Curgny we could be able 2 say what this problem is.oh,one more thing ,was it normal b4?,i mean did u compile ur map numerous times without this happening and suddenly this struck or it was that way from the start?

[Curgny]

Well, I have 1700+ AMD Athlon (1,45ghz), 256 ddram and 64MB Geforce 4 MMX 440

(almot same as M&M-s )

As I said, I compile maps 2 or 3 times and then it goes ultra slow. Not from beginning.

[M&M]

hmm!!?? .its almost the same as mine so it should run the same.how old is ur windows installation?,does it display any other bugs which are non related 2 mohaa,like slow downs and wierd errors 4 no reason?any thing out of the ordinary like my windows did?
anyways what id recommend is u try one of those ram freeing utilities,they are free,usually very small and their resource use is almost negligible.they arent always effective but they might be useful sometimes.
ofcourse u can always go reformat and reinstall but id consider that a last resort only!!!

[tltrude]

Windows uses hard drive space as memory when the ram is full. How much free hard drive space do you have? My drive is only 20Gig and I have to keep deleting stuff, just to keep 4-5Gigs free. Windows gets very laggy when there is not a lot of free space.

[Shifty]

I also got that on my Computer before it died it was also running on the Windows ME OS and as tom said only way to go was rebooting

[M&M]

how exactly did it "die".did u mean u reformated and reinstalled windows or that the pc no longer works !!!!if u mean the 1st which i hope it is,then i guess this problem is caused by a buggy windows.oh and tltrude,4 -5 gigs are much more than enough for windows 2 play around with.i only have like a gb and i havent seen that problem ....yet!!!.maybe u should do like me ,make a 3 gbs (more if u like) drive for windows only which doesnt get anything copied on it ,and use the remainder 17 gigs 4 ur activities .that way u ensure that ur windows has its enough space 4 ever ,and u get a big drive (17 gigs in ur case) with all that u need on it,without having 2 shuffle thru drives,if u still want 2 shuffle thru drives then make folders called drive # and change thier icon .i have this systme applied on my 120 gb hdd and its really cool (3 drives,winme,winxp,the rest)

[Curgny]

only mohaa prob. win is about 4 months old...

[M&M]

well,ur windows installation is fairly new or medium age.and if uve got enough freespace then im clueless as 2 what this is ,might be hardware ,but thats just what i can think of since i dont know anything else .how about trying any other game while mohaa is running slow, if that game runs slow then it must be a ram problem (the ram doesnt get freed up after the compile) so u should use a ramfreeing utility (did u try one yet?)

[omniscient]

try this program
ram booster
it frees up the ram the mohaa neglects too
also if u have hardrive space
make ur paging files higher.