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As the title says, the Gizmo64 plugin has been updated to address a memory leak issue. Those using Skymax may want to install it, though the issue is apparently not with Skymaxx itself. More info Here: http://blog.x-plugins.com/2014/01/gizmo64-1401160253.html

 

Note that this is not yet listed as an official update.

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I was the guy who first reported the memory leak using SkyMaxx.

 

I have to say, Cameron and Ben were really helpful.

 

Turned out Ben found a leak with Gizmo in the activation scripts, I think.

 

His update has fixed my memory leak.

 

I'm a truly happy camper now. No more OOM on long flights

 

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I confess I never detected any memory leaks while I used Gizmo.

 

SMP also provided excellent frame rates in X-Plane 10.25, and my longest flight, with SMP, and hence Gizmo, active, lasted more than 8hrs!

 

But it's good to know a new, tuned up version is available :-)

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The leak occurs due to a bug in the Activation dialog. It was loading the product logos over and over and over again.

 

The severity seems to be related to peoples GL drivers more than anything.

Some people get a crash inside of an hour, some people have never seen a crash at all.

 

I have not attempted to correlate the GL driver/card-type with the crash severity. Easier to just fix the problem.

 

During testing I saw leak rates of 100mb/minute when using the Saab340 and SkyMAXX at the same time.

 

Using SkyMAXX alone would result in a slower leak, probably half the rate above, it depends how big the product logos are. (Most are about the same size..)

 

 

 

Thank you for posting this thread. It's good to get the word out.

As a new commercial member here on AVSIM I wasn't sure if I was allowed to post such notice myself.

I'll have to re-read the terms I suppose.

Author of Gizmo64 for X-Plane.

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Thank you for posting this thread. It's good to get the word out.
As a new commercial member here on AVSIM I wasn't sure if I was allowed to post such notice myself.
I'll have to re-read the terms I suppose.

 

I wasn't sure you were either, but as you said, it was important to get the word out.

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There's absolutely no problem with this type of announcement Ben. You're not announcing a sale, a new product, or whatsoever.

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