Avoid safe_malloc error

(Destroy666) #1

Hi,
is there any way (except -lomem) to avoid “safe_malloc failed on xxx bytes” error?

(FireFly) #2

Make sure to optimise your map, meaning that you make everything detail exept for your caulkhull & try to avoid tjunctions. Use a lightgrid brush in your map…
If you still get the error after using the -lomem switch consider to convert some of the brushwork in your map to ASE models, importing them as misc_gamemodels in your map.

(Destroy666) #3

What is lightgrid brush?

I have all detail except skybox and hull.
I didn’t get this error when I used GTK Radiant 1.4, I don’t know why it appeared.
I don’t get error with -lomem, but it takes 20x longer than it has taken without it.

Has this error anything to do with Q3map2 versions?

(FireFly) #4

It doesn’t matter what version of gtkradiant you use: It’s the compiler that spits out the error, and with the malloc error you are getting it doesn’t even matter what version of q3map2.exe you would use: you would get the same error with any old version of q3map2.exe

In other words: your map is causing the error, so you need to fix your map first.

yep, adding the -lomem switch does take a while to compile, like I said the only alternative AFAIK is to convert large of brushwork chunks into ASE models…

(FireFly) #5

It doesn’t matter what version of gtkradiant you use: It’s the compiler that spits out the error, and with the malloc error you are getting it doesn’t even matter what version of q3map2.exe you would use: you would get the same error with any old version of q3map2.exe

In other words: your map is causing the error, so you need to fix your map first.

yep, adding the -lomem switch does take a while to compile, like I said the only alternative AFAIK is to convert large chuncks of brushwork into ASE models…

(Destroy666) #6

Well, but before in GTK1.4 my light compile has taken 20 minutes without -lomem or anything.
I added only few detail brushes in GTK1.5 and I got this error.
So I don’t know why should be something wrong with my map.

Any other ideas?

EDIT. Never mind, compiled it on other computer.