[ut2004] speed of loading maps

Spike spike at spykes.net
Sat Feb 26 21:35:13 EST 2005


Why sure ya can,

echo 100 > /proc/sys/vm/mapped

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:31:08 -0500
Rick B <zajelo3 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> Ryan C. Gordon wrote:
> 
> >
> >> or not enough memory.  I have 256MB RAM and I am running the game in 
> >> KDE with all apps closed.
> >
> >
> > You need more RAM, and probably a lighter desktop environment, too.  :)
> >
> > There was a bug that caused insanely large load times, and it's 
> > possible that it resurfaced...but you are very possibly just swapping 
> > to disk.
> >
> > --ryan.
> >
> >
>     If your using a 2.6 kernel maybe you should try setting swappiness 
> to zero. You can do this by doing a "echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness". 
> If your using a recent ck kernel though you can't do this as Kolivas 
> took that option out of his more recent patches. I have my swappiness 
> set to 0 and I havent noticed any bad side effects.
> 
>                    Rick B



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