4gb patch for civ 4

[Septimius]

I've tried running with it, patching Beyond the Sword.exe, but I don't believe I see any change. C2C only uses about 1gb of memory, which puts high pressure on my cpu.

Have any of you had any luck using this? Considering how resource intensive C2C can be, it would really help if the program used more RAM.

More info on the 4gb patch can be found here: http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php

 

[Toffer90]

I've tried running with it, patching Beyond the Sword.exe, but I don't believe I see any change. C2C only uses about 1gb of memory, which puts high pressure on my cpu.

Have any of you had any luck using this? Considering how resource intensive C2C can be, it would really help if the program used more RAM.

More info on the 4gb patch can be found here: http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php

Beyond the sword is officially "large address aware"; there is no need to use a 4GB patch on it. (I think it was in the v3.13 patch of bts that it was made large adress aware).

The game usually MAF's at my computer at 2.9 GB RAM usage, which is more than the 2GB max for non-"large adress aware" software.

 

[Septimius]

Beyond the sword is officially "large address aware"; there is no need to use a 4GB patch on it. (I think it was in the v3.13 patch of bts that it was made large adress aware).

The game usually MAF's at my computer at 2.9 GB RAM usage, which is more than the 2GB max for non-"large adress aware" software.

Ok, good to know. Have you done anything to get to that high amount of RAM usage? Right now I've tweaked around a bit and haven't been able to get further than 1.7 GB usage.

 

[Toffer90]

Nothing that I'm aware of that could influence RAM usage.

Maybe some of the tweaks I made 6-7 years ago to the CivilizationIV.ini file makes a difference, like:
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; Disable caching of file system (may slow initialization)
DisableFileCaching = 1

; Disable caching of xml and file system (may slow initialization)
DisableCaching = 1
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You can compare mine with your own if you like.
%USER%\Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CivilizationIV.ini

 

[JosEPh_II]

I used the 4Gb patch for sometime but not for several years now.

I think (I'll have to look to make sure) I have my .ini similar to what Toffer has.

 

[JosEPh_II]

Ok, good to know. Have you done anything to get to that high amount of RAM usage? Right now I've tweaked around a bit and haven't been able to get further than 1.7 GB usage.

You don't want C2C to get above that 2GB level for usage. If it hits 2.5GB or above you will start having CTDs. Past Modders and present have worked hard to keep the memory usage down. The engine for this game is only 32 bit remember. And mostly single core too.