What's a good number to set the com_hunkmegs at?

[Cyber-Knight]

what’s the recommended com_hunkmegs one should set in order to improve ingame performance? I can’t remember the ram ratio exactly…

i have 448 SD RAM, help me out?

[Kendle]

There are 3 cvars to set, and the total of all 3 should not exceed 75% of available RAM. Some will tell you hunkmegs should not exceed 50% of available RAM. With 448 (odd number?) I’d use:-

seta com_hunkmegs 192
seta com_soundmegs 32
seta com_zonemegs 32

The reason I use 192 for hunkmegs even though according to the above theory it could go higher is because it’s always been my understanding that higher than 192 has no benefit. I have 768Mb RAM and I’ve certainly seen no benefit whatsoever using a higher value, and I’ve tried everything up to 512Mb total allocation.

[Ragnar_40k]

3. Allocating Memory Using com_hunkmegs:
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The command com_hunkmegs is used to increase or decrease the size of memory used by the game. By default it is set to 72 megabytes (MB), which allows the game to easily run on computers with 128 MB of RAM. If your system has more than 128 MB of RAM, you can adjust this value to allow better performance.

For example: If you have a machine with 256 MB of RAM you can use the command \com_hunkmegs 192 to allocate more memory to the program. You do this by accessing the game console (press the ~ key), and typing in:

\com_hunkmegs 192

Then press Enter.

(Substitute the amount of memory that you would like to dedicate for the “192” in the example above).

NOTE: You should never allocate more than 3/4 (75%) of your total system memory. You may experience problems with your computer system if you do. If you have also increased the amount of memory being allocated for sound, make sure that the total of com_hunkmegs and com_soundmegs is not greater than 3/4 (75%) of your total system memory.

Please refer to the Dedicated Server document for an example of how to alter com_hunkmegs on dedicated servers.

[pgh]

The value is around 216-256 before it makes no difference. And as Kendle said just dont go over 3/4. Best sticking at 2/3 max with lower end specs.

[Cyber-Knight]

it appears that com_zonemegs is locked at 24, cuz I can’t seem to change the value. what does it do anyways?

so does increasing com_soundmegs help in game performance as well?

[squadjot]

it appears that com_zonemegs is locked at 24, cuz I can’t seem to change the value. what does it do anyways?

so does increasing com_soundmegs help in game performance as well?

u need to restart game…(if im right) … not only vid_restart + make sure it stays in yout etmain/profiles/yourname/etconfig.cfg, then it should work fine…

[Bludd]

What exactly is the performance benefits of changing the default hunk/sound meg settings BTW? I’ve changed them before but couldn’t tell if it was better or not so I put them back to default…

[Psycho_Al]

With the default com_hunkmegs many people, me included, have problems with things like loading the second map in a campaign. Upping it fixes that. I’m curious about zonemegs though, what does it do?

[StormShadow]

You should be able to load any SD map with your hunkmegs at the default ‘56’… some custom maps are quite a bit bigger and wont load if you dont jack up your hunkmegs a bit. But if your having probs loading sd maps, its probably not your hunkmegs…

[Psycho_Al]

Trust me it was. I was playing on SD every time it happened, so it certainly wasn’t any custom map. 70% of the time it would be fine and load all three maps in the campaign but sometimes it would leave me in limbo mode in the second or third map where I just got a crazy screen and could see the kill messages etc but not get into the map. I have not had this happen once since altering the hunkmegs and that’s all I changed.