October 9, 201411 yr I was finishing a flight from ZSPD to KJFK in a PMDG MD-11. As I was exiting the runway at JFK I started getting the OOM dinging noise but wasn't worried as I had finished my flight. Then I remembered a discussion from a while ago about freeing up memory switching from windowed mode to full screen mode. As I always fly in windowed mode I thought I'd give it a try. I brought up Process Explorer and, no surprise, I was very close to the 4gb limit. I then switchd FSX to full screen mode. I then had to use ctrl-esc to bring up Process Explorer and when I did I had only 3GB showing as used by FSX. So I freed up 1GB in VAS by switching from windowed to full screen? Doesn't sound right but I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
October 9, 201411 yr I wonder if it works the other way.....I fly in full screen mode so switch to Window and then back to Full Screen ? Mark CYYZ
October 9, 201411 yr Perhaps switching back and forth regardless of direction is a possibility? Interesting to check out. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
October 9, 201411 yr I don't see where it changed at all. You still have only one gig left. The warning dings start going off around 500-700 MB's. So all you freed up was about 500 at the most. Best regards, Jim Young | AVSIM Online! - Simming's Premier Resource! Member, AVSIM Board of Directors - Serving AVSIM since 2001 Submit News to AVSIMImportant other links: Basic FSX Configuration Guide | AVSIM CTD Guide | AVSIM Prepar3D Guide | Help with AVSIM Site | Signature Rules | Screen Shot Rule | AVSIM Terms of Service (ToS) I7 8086K 5.0GHz | GTX 1080 TI OC Edition | Dell 34" and 24" Monitors | ASUS Maximus X Hero MB Z370 | Samsung M.2 NVMe 500GB and 1TB | Samsung SSD 500GB x2 | Toshiba HDD 1TB | WDC HDD 1TB | Corsair H115i Pro | 16GB DDR4 3600C17 | Windows 10
October 9, 201411 yr 500 MB could get you on the ground if you're on final Brian Thomas MSFS2020/24, Intel i9-14900K, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Panther OC 16GB GDDR6X, MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5, Corsair Vengeance RGB 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 5600MHz, BenQ PD3205U 32” UHD monitor, Win 11 Pro 64-bit,
October 9, 201411 yr Author When I checked Process Explorer I was at 3.9GB or close to that so had virtually no VAS left. After switching to full screen I had 1GB left so that's a difference of 1GB, or 25% of my total VAS suddenly available. I don't usually get OOM's so it's difficult for me to duplicate so that's why I asked if anyone else has experienced it or could try it. One incidence certainly doesn't prove a point, but hopefully there is something to it.
October 9, 201411 yr I also made a similar observation on my test flights from Boston to New York with the autogen slider pushed all the way to the right. In the instant that I switched from full screen to desktop to monitor the VAS usage, it dropped by a few hundred megabytes. Don't forget, though, that the sim is paused when you switch to the desktop (or another program), so the memory might be unloaded during that period. When I returned to FSX, regardless of whether in windows or full screen mode, VAS consumption climbed up back to the previous value, so I am afraid the problem is not solved.
October 9, 201411 yr Don't forget, though, that the sim is paused when you switch to the desktop (or another program) Only if you have pause on task switching set to on in the config. Brian Thomas MSFS2020/24, Intel i9-14900K, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Panther OC 16GB GDDR6X, MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5, Corsair Vengeance RGB 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 5600MHz, BenQ PD3205U 32” UHD monitor, Win 11 Pro 64-bit,
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