Ok the SC got a little peturbed at me in another thread i started on the EXACT problem that has recently been listed here. So here i am now in the thread i belong in and requesting help on freeing memory. Im at
569k and obviously need 40k or so more to be at spec for lower memory. IF the game still crashes after this is solved then i will know where else to look for problems much easier. I am quite sure it is a memory problem as it is a crash that happens relevent to combat and having the AI do thing for you in combat. HyperJumping to target will do the game in too. This is just as the fellow above has stated. Now I have done what the person who stated changing the files=90 and buffers=8 done but that did not seem to make any change to lower memory. I have a on board SCSI controler on my AZUS (i think thats whats its called)mother board. The tester that posted stated that this eats alot of conventional memory. If this is true, the how the heck do I get lower memory with out disrupting its function? I need the scsi controler active for my scsi cd-rom. Also here is my config sys. and autoexec.bat files: config.sys contents are: DEVICE=C:SCSIASPI8U2.SYS /D
DEVICE=C:SCSIASPICD.SYS /D:ASPICD0
DEVICE=C:WINDOWSHIMEM.SYS /NUMHANDLES=64 /VERBOSE
DEVICE=C:WINDOWSEMM386.EXE RAM VERBOSE
SHELL=C:WINDOWSCOMMAND.COM /E:4096 /P
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=90
BUFFERS=8 autoexec.bat is : C:WINDOWSasp4dos.com
rem - By Windows Setup - C:WINDOWSCOMMANDMSCDEX.EXE /D:ASPICD0 /M:12
SET BLASTER=A240 I2 D1 T4
And here is what mem tells me: Memory Type Total Used Free
---------------- -------- -------- --------
Conventional 640K 71K 569K
Upper 87K 87K 0K
Reserved 0K 0K 0K
Extended (XMS) 65,385K ? 129,716K
---------------- -------- -------- --------
Total memory 66,112K ? 130,285K Total under 1 MB 727K 158K 569K Total Expanded (EMS) 64M (67,108,864 bytes)
Free Expanded (EMS) 16M (16,777,216 bytes) Largest executable program size 569K (582,528 bytes)
Largest free upper memory block 0K (0 bytes)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.
if 569k is really ok to run the game on and it must be another problem that i have not realized yet then please let me know. I have read the faq and manual and really cant think of anything else that could be causing the problem. thanks for anyhelp that pinpoints a solution.
