Ran Out of virtual memory :(

[SuperHumanly]

Whenever I try to run UT, it crashes with that errror
"Ran out of virtual memory. To prevent this condition, you must free up more space on your primary hard disk."

I have 2.9GB/4.0GB free on the hard disk..and virtual memory is set to:
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 1024
(I did let me specify my own settings, after getting the error when windows managing the virtual memory settings)


Specs:

Windows 98
AMD K6-2 400MHZ
160MB RAM
Direct3D renderer, also tried software renderer, same error.
UT v436 also.

I saw other threads on these & other boards about this problem, but they were either unsolved & old, or the fix was an issue with a much newer PC than mine.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Leroi]

Try setting minimum and maximum to 1024. What type and size graphics card do you have?

What version of directX and graphics drivers?

 

[SuperHumanly]

ATI Rage Pro 8MB
DirectX 9.0c
GFX Drivers...I dunno, the card is pretty old..I will try to update them now.

Edit: I tried setting it to min and max 1024, same error.
Edit2: All drivers are updated, DirectX 9.0c...STILL get the error

I have also re-insalled UT twice already to see if that was the problem..nope

 

[Leroi]

My only other idea is to let Windows manage your virtual memory and see if it helps.

You can sometimes copy files from game cds to a folder of your creation and run the installatioin from there. It sounds a bit like your installation isn't good.

The first time I tried to install UTGOTY it seemed to succeed (I ran the installatiion from my dvd drive), but I only got a black screen when I tried to run UT, so I uninstalled, rebooted and installed from my CDRW drive and it worked fine. I don't know why, but it works.

 

[SuperHumanly]

Problem Solved - Re-Installed Windows XP in place of 98

 

[Leroi]

Problem Solved - Re-Installed Windows XP in place of 98

That''s great, but does XP run okay on your system?

Seems llike it would be slow as molasses in winter...

 

[SuperHumanly]

it runs very well. MUCH better than 98 did.

 

[W0RF]

Virtual Memory size should always be a static number (min-max are the same), preferably around 1.5 times the size of your RAM, and on a separate partition from your Windows install if you can help it. My VM is on a dedicated partition on my second hard drive.