'Out of Memory'

[Jomaty]

Can anybody help me fix this? I have watched peoples tutorials on YouTube.. Googled it a lot... None of them work. I honestly don't know what to do, I can play maybe 5-10 minutes at a time before being booted for that reason.

I've got the batch file and when I use this one I get the Error: Could not create Java virtual machine.
javaw -Xmx3072m -Xms3072m -jar "C:\Users\Jordan\Desktop\Minecraft.exe"
I Googled the error, someone said you cannot have Minecraft.exe. for a batch file. Replace it with .jar

After replacing .exe with .jar I get the error: Unable to access jarfile C:\Users\Jordan\Desktop\Minecraft.jar
javaw -Xmx3072m -Xms3072m -jar "C:\Users\Jordan\Desktop\Minecraft.jar"

I've had this error problem for a while, quit playing for a few months and are now back, getting kicked from the came over and over for not enough memory is annoying and almost makes me want to even play the game.

Not sure if there was a thread for this already or not, if so I'm sorry for making another.

Let me know if anyone has had a problem similar to this, and how they were able to fix it.

Thank you.

[Forsedar]

When creating the batch file, make sure you are using the proper amount of memory that represents the RAM you have access to.

For instance, this is my file:

javaw -Xmx8192m -Xms4096m -jar "C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\Minecraft.exe"

[mattrandom132111]

i used to have the same problem, but now i get booted a lot less... sometimes never

[Jomaty]

When creating the batch file, make sure you are using the proper amount of memory that represents the RAM you have access to.

For instance, this is my file:

javaw -Xmx8192m -Xms4096m -jar "C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\Minecraft.exe"

In this videos description, it shows a list of all of the possible choices of ram and to put in how much you use.
The example the guy gives is this one javaw -Xmx1024m -Xms1024m -jar "C:\Users\+++\Desktop\Minecraft.exe" So I figured to copy it exactly and to put in the amount of ram I have.

In another video the guy had said to find your total ram, and subtract one. Which is why I have it in my batch file that I am using 3 gigs instead of 4.

Your batch file though you have 8192 and then 4096. I am confused as to why You have two different numbers? Maybe mine is just acting dumb or something or the videos are wrong or something, so far none have worked so I don't know what to do.

---------- Post added 2012-07-28 at 01:27 PM ----------

i used to have the same problem, but now i get booted a lot less... sometimes never

What did you do to fix it?

[blackblade]

In this videos description, it shows a list of all of the possible choices of ram and to put in how much you use.
The example the guy gives is this one javaw -Xmx1024m -Xms1024m -jar "C:\Users\+++\Desktop\Minecraft.exe" So I figured to copy it exactly and to put in the amount of ram I have.

In another video the guy had said to find your total ram, and subtract one. Which is why I have it in my batch file that I am using 3 gigs instead of 4.

Your batch file though you have 8192 and then 4096. I am confused as to why You have two different numbers? Maybe mine is just acting dumb or something or the videos are wrong or something, so far none have worked so I don't know what to do.

---------- Post added 2012-07-28 at 01:27 PM ----------



What did you do to fix it?

Couple questions that haven't been asked.

Do you have a 64bit os?
Do you have 64 bit java?

[Jomaty]

Couple questions that haven't been asked.

Do you have a 64bit os?
Do you have 64 bit java?

I actually have a 32bit OS. I've looked it up and running Minecraft on a 32bit seems to work just as good. I'm honestly not sure what java I am running

[Forsedar]

Your batch file though you have 8192 and then 4096. I am confused as to why You have two different numbers? Maybe mine is just acting dumb or something or the videos are wrong or something, so far none have worked so I don't know what to do.

I was told that the second number you use will be HALF of your first number. It works perfectly for me. I do not get any disconnects.

[Jomaty]

I was told that the second number you use will be HALF of your first number. It works perfectly for me. I do not get any disconnects.

Alright I will try that then and see how it goes. Thank you

[rkma]

Just use something like MagicLauncher and specify the memory in the setup. You probably won't be able to exceed 1500mb if you're using 32-bit Windows.

[Jomaty]

Just use something like MagicLauncher and specify the memory in the setup. You probably won't be able to exceed 1500mb if you're using 32-bit Windows.

I've never heard of that, where do I get it and how do I use it?

[rkma]

I've never heard of that, where do I get it and how do I use it?

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/...-options-news/

You just save it to a location somewhere and run it. It's similar to the normal Minecraft launcher, but also lets you swap out mods easily if you want to.

[PizzaSHARK]

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/...-options-news/

You just save it to a location somewhere and run it. It's similar to the normal Minecraft launcher, but also lets you swap out mods easily if you want to.

Yep, it's pretty indispensable for testing new mod combinations since it removes the need to constantly edit, test, and refresh your minecraft.jar. You can also easily select different minecraft.jar files to use (like I can effortlessly swap from the 1.3 Prerelease back to 1.2.5 and vice-versa) and add or remove mods from your loadout on the fly.

It's pretty handy

[Blitzdoctor]

If you have 32 bit windows and/or java, don't use view distance far but medium.

[Jomaty]

If you have 32 bit windows and/or java, don't use view distance far but medium.

I haven't played it much recently since everyone has been trying to help, but so far this seems to have helped me. Hopefully it was just that easy of a fix

[Tintenkiller]

Try to get Java 7 if you don't use it already, and for a change try allocating less RAM instead of more. The Java garbage collection only cleans up if the allocated RAM gets close to max levels (unless manually initiated, but Minecraft doesn't seem to do that).

For instance I'm on a 32Bit Windows XP system with Java 7 and 3 GB of physical RAM. My Minecraft runs best with the OptiFine and allocating 512 MB of RAM. If I allocate more RAM my game gets unstable and/or my framerates drop down to a whopping 1-2 fps after some time.


P.S.: Just remembered something I did some time ago to redeem the "out of memory" error for me:
I fiddled with my nVIDIA settings: Go there and change your settings for javaw.exe only (add it to the list and be sure to add the correct one if you have multiple Java-Installations on your system). I enabled 3x buffer, threaded optimising and vsync. At least for me it helped at that time, no harm in trying it.

[Jomaty]

Well it had seemed to be fine.. I now cannot log on to any multiplayer servers.. Internal exception: javanet.SocketException:Connetion reset I was reading around, apparently anyone who updated to 1.3 will not be able to play until the Minecraft servers are updated to 1.3 as well. This could be wrong but I'm not the only one getting the error and they are saying that is why.

If this is true, I'd suggest not updating your game client until the servers have been updated. If there is a way to, I guess, 'de-update'? Please let me know, I'd like to play but I can't for the time being

[Tintenkiller]

This has always been the case with Minecraft updates. If there's an update you'll always have to wait/make sure that your client and the server you're playing on are the same

How long it takes for your server to update highly depends on what kind of server it is. If it's a heavily modded one (like Bukkit with many plugins) it can take a day or two until all mods and plugins are updated by their respective authors. If it's just a vanilla server ... it's probably not going to take too long.

[Mallidon]

I haven't played it much recently since everyone has been trying to help, but so far this seems to have helped me. Hopefully it was just that easy of a fix

It is actually a pretty good fix, I used to have these issues and changing the distance always solved it.

Funnily enough, I'm still on 32bit and am now using Far distance and it seems fine. It's really really odd.

I blame crappy Java basically /boo