Could someone tell me what is MAF? I don't know if I am getting it.
MAF = Memory Allocation Failure
which is also roughly what the error message says when the game crashes because of it.
Could someone tell me what is MAF? I don't know if I am getting it.
When the hell can we get TR Mod for BTS????
Hey,
it is very interesting reading the thread, but for me it is not so easy to understand all the facts.
So here is my question:
I play Civ Bts and more importantly the FFH 2 Mod.
I run Windows Vista 64 Bit and own 4 GigaByte Ram. Normally Civ can only use 2 GB. So with this tool i can make civ using alle the 4 GB and so running faster? Meaning the turn time in the endgame will be shorter?
And if that works, would it make sense to buy 4 GB more to speed up further?
Thx for answers
this fix brought me out of lurking to report that it worked 100% for me. Game was unplayable for me before, but now I can load the most insane map and mod, and have absolutely no problems whatsoever.
Thank you Slyflyer
athlon 64 4800+, 4 GB ram, 8800 GTS 640MB, Vista Ultimate X64
A question:... with vista ultimate 64bit could you still have the maf?MAF problem was annoying sometimes. Now I work with huge maps and complex societies, especially with the great Amrad's Mod (thanx!), the MAF problem became a real pain in the neck. Good to read this thread.
To add my experience with Vista, for what it is worth:
Thanx slyflyer. This trick with CFF Explorer worked fine, especially in combination with enlarging the virtual memory. See middle part of this thread.
I changed the virtual memory from "automatic" to mininmum 4Gb and maximum 10Gb, which is no problem with nowadays cheap an large HD's. Works fine!
Until now this works with 2Gb RAM.
Reading this thread I think I'd better extend my RAM to 4GB to give Vista some space. What do you think?
This CFF explorer is an eye-opener anyway ! Thanx for the tip.
FYI, my machine: Dual Core E6600, MB ASUS P5B-E Plus, 2Gb SDRAM c6400, Geforce 8800GTS, Vista Ultimate and investment in separated HD's saves me a lot of trouble at system crashes: a small one for System Only (may crash) and seperate large ones for Game and a very large HD in RAID1 (Mirror) for my Data. My tip for you.
A question:... with vista ultimate 64bit could you still have the maf?
@viator:
You should change your page file's minimum and maximum sizes to be the same(4GB is good). What happens with different sizes is when windows hits the minimum and needs more it will stall the system greatly while it resizes the pagefile from 4GB to 10GB. this process can take a long time especially if your system is under a heavy load. You will also end up with a fragmented pagefile when done.
As for recommending more ram, since you run Vista and only have 2Gb ram and you hit the MAF error, then I'd recommend more memory and 4GB sets are cheap lately(under $100) if you go over 2GB (MAF error) then that means you are actually using the pgefile which is located on your hard drive. Your hard drive is the slowest part of your whole computer and with the extra memory, it should keep things running smoothly.