Starsector GUIDE - How to Fix RAM Issues with vmparams - Go from 1.5 GB to up to 6 GB of RAM!

[@jager9752]

For Those who have Windows 11 and are having issues finding a way to change it from .txt to a blank file, simply go on the top right of the folder where it sees VIEW and do as follows: View>Show>File name extensions and then delete the .txt portion like he did. After that it will turn blank and work. Took me a couple minutes of digging around cluelessly to find it so I hope you find this sooner than I did.

[@marcussmith7575]

thanks

[@TheTemplarnight]

thanks man, appreciate it. i'm clueless with this stuff, probably saved me a headache lol

[@Hallgrenoid]

For a permanent solution: Control Panel > File Explorer Options > "View" tab > "Files and Folders" category > Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" > OK

[@oliver444mm8]

if you didn't told this i woult played starsector with lag and slowness of game, but you saved my ass

[@Ray27272]

Hi Asher, nice tutorial, love your vids! quick side note: -Xss has nothing to do with video mem, it's actually the thread stack size for the java virtual machine a value hard to tweak but can help with out of memory errors

[@AsherGames]

thanks for the info. I appreciate it

[@Mtom9388]

So we should increase that too?

[@dominusbalial835]

Thanks for these guides, even if these don't reach many people you've helped those who were looking for it.

[@delirium1996]

finally an up-to-date guide on how to increase your maximum RAM in starsector

[@atatatatatagsad]

If someone wants the exact MB to GB ratio to change the vmparams file: (remember to replace in both Xms and Xmx, NOT Xss) 1 GB to MB = 1024 MB 2 GB to MB = 2048 MB 3 GB to MB = 3072 MB 4 GB to MB = 4096 MB 5 GB to MB = 5120 MB 6 GB to MB = 6144 MB Going above this level may cause issues and instability, proceed with caution. 7 GB to MB = 7168 MB 8 GB to MB = 8192 MB 9 GB to MB = 9216 MB 10 GB to MB = 10240 MB

[@TyphusVonElder]

Thank you so much, the guide on the forum did NOT explain how to adjust the text doc into the file form so it was readable. Thank you thank you.

[@AsherGames]

You're welcome and glad I could help. There's a lot of ways to do it and since I'm still on Windows 10 I'm not sure if 11 does it differently. But glad it worked out for you.

[@jjdude5531]

Thanks for the easy tutorial. Lots of forum posts talking about editing the vmparams but none explaining how.

[@AsherGames]

But hey at least they can pronounce "virtual memory parameters"

[@raydin9893]

nice vid man, awesome to see the cam :D not what i imagined you looked like, sweet hair tho

[@AsherGames]

Thanks for the kind words! And don't worry, this isn't what I expected I'd look like either.

[@mattparker9726]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been impatiently waiting for this!!!! THANKS ASHER!

[@LanTSK1]

You earned a sub for this video thanks for the info and very detailed guide

[@paulelder9488]

Thank you for making this video.

[@Crescent-IV]

Nice vid, still works! Liked and subbed

[@wueska383]

You dont have to provide values in megabytes. You can set it to 6G. Also suggest adding -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch java parameter to force memory allocation at start. By default java will not set it to 6GB unless its required. This has its own ups and downs. Downside is that it will use more CPU at the start because it tries to keep heap size to a minimum. Depending on your cpu adding this parameter will either speed up startup or you will not see a difference.

[@AsherGames]

Thanks for letting me know. I had no idea that was how things worked.

[@wueska383]

@@AsherGames Something that may interest You. Yesterday I've tried using Java 8 u271 and it's working very good. I've removed AlwaysPreTouch, becasue it seems to cause memory leaks in Java 8. My new config is: -Xms4G -Xmx4G -Xss2048k -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent

[@luka188]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@mattparker9726]

I wait with baited breath for the next video, I hope this fxes some of the problems I've been having, but if it doesn't, at least I'll have help configuring 45+ mods.

[@TheyCalledMeT]

after hearing you saying v m p a r a m s, v m p arams and vampa rams ten times .. ;) its vm params - (java) virtual machine parameters weirdly this setting doesn't work for me .. it's at 4gigs but the virtual machine never uses more than 2.5gigs and i lately got some out of memory warnings .. i have a 4 year old 64bit 16gig ram high end gamer pc and can't figure out why it doesn't reserve more ram but gives out of memory warnings ..

[@AsherGames]

What's great is that I realized that it was supposed to be virtual machine parameters while I was editing the video. But...too late to go back and fix all the audio.

[@TheyCalledMeT]

@@AsherGames no probs, made me smile a couple times ^^

[@chintoki]

Xss isn't VRAM it's stack size. You shouldn't need to change it at all.

[@AsherGames]

Thanks for pointing that out. I was just going off of guide information I had found previously.

[@randomguy2807]

Thanks for the tutorial, very helpful, i have found another way to ignore the entire file changing stuff, you can simply copy and paste the original file, then alter one of the versions and that way it wont change to a txt, i have no idea why it works but it does.

[@Hallgrenoid]

For a permanent solution: Control Panel > File Explorer Options > "View" tab > "Files and Folders" category > Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" > OK

[@chintoki]

You should probably call the file VM params (Virtual Machine parameters).

[@AsherGames]

yes I realized that while editing the video. whoops

[@walterverlaan1286]

Thanks for the guide!

[@l.d-b3465]

I believe the highest you can go with that is 8 GB, higher than that and the game starts giving you a message that you're setting it too high. Are you going to show them how to upgrade to Java 8 too? The Java used by the game, not the computer. It helps prevent slowdowns after large fights and such.

[@AsherGames]

Sorry I just saw this message. I'll have to look into Java 8 because it would be great to reduce some of the slow crawling especially in crowded systems.

[@l.d-b3465]

@@AsherGames - If you like I can post the instructions someone copied from the Discord for me here.

[@deth2jdubz]

@@l.d-b3465 do iit

[@l.d-b3465]

@@deth2jdubz - Alright. "Copy/pasting from Discord, sorry if formatting is bad: Mini-guide: Switching to Java 8 to prevent the post-battle slowdown Not officially supported, may cause unrelated issues, do at your own risk and please report back if you do notice it causing problems. Symptoms - After some time playing and immediately after a battle, the game FPS will plummet (eg from 60 to 15-25) and usually only go back to normal after a game restart. - Saving/loading takes 5x longer than usual. - Using at least one mod (that adds new sprites? incl. GraphicsLib). Fix (slow down and read this part carefully) 1. Go to your starsector install and rename the jre folder to jre7. 2. Download either of the following (both are the same JRE 8 v271) (Mac/Linux users look below for download link): - (72 MB .zip) drive.google.com/file/d/1CGRtnv5hIGCtcdlvZXFO0F58VXqYUo6x/view?usp=sharing - (48 MB .7z) drive.google.com/file/d/155Lk0ml9AUGp5NwtTZGpdu7e7Ehdyeth/view?usp=sharing 3. Extract that into your game folder so you have a folder named jre. You'll now have both jre (with java 8 ) and jre7. 4. Make sure that your starsector/starsector-core/data/config/settings.json allowAnyJavaVersion is set to true. Then launch the game as normal. Potential issues - Game+launcher is zoomed in/off-center. Fix: Right-click Starsector, Properties, Compatibility, Change high DPI settings, tick checkbox for "Override...Scaling performed by Application" Thanks to Normal Dude for the fix." As always, make backups before modding anything.

[@osheamat7549]

Do I have to combine this with updating Java or anything else?

[@YoBen100]

Should I get more Ram? I do have 1T worth of SSD. Is it possible to have the game place into SSD instead? Going through lagging and memory warning issues. Thank you

[@manopeace9175]

Appreciate the video

[@Beankoi]

how do you get administrator acces?

[@docthepizzaman3656]

you can use the command console in the game to check your ram and vram use, if you have downloaded it

[@kicksanddude]

I find the battlegroup legion and fury are best at ramming.

[@chesh05]

Excellent.

[@brunoethier896]

Hum... why not simply copy&paste the original file instead of the "save as" hassle with the file format??

[@tehfoxxy9630]

does maxpermsize do anything and is it only up to 500 or I can push it up to 6gb?

[@casualyoutube]

I was wondering, my comp has 16g of ram, processor is Amd ryzen 7 2700 eight core.. I'm bad with computers, but I set my game to have the 4k -4k and 4k video ram, is that alright to do with my pc stats? I just heard you warn about not putting more then you have, I'm assuming the 4k x3 is just 12k ram or something? Can you give a simple explanation haha?

[@Kasamplanka]

Doesn't notepad++ allow you to edit whilst leaving it as a file? or is that program sus?

[@Hallgrenoid]

you don't need a specific program to do this (although Notepad++ is great). Control Panel > File Explorer Options > "View" tab > "Files and Folders" category > Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" > OK

[@papaprometheus]

Could you set it up to 8gbs by any chance

[@drexxus6054]

thanks!

[@eonaalythia8525]

Super helpful! Thank you!

[@johnphillips4708]

Thanks for the guide!