Probably a stupid question, but...

[Immortaldreamer]

HDv3 has the X of 64MB counter in the bottom right, which leads to the obvious (to me) question...

Is there any way to make MORE than 64 MB available? It seems silly to me to have this system with 2GB of RAM and hamstring myself to 64MB for an application. :)

[Simon]

First off, don't....not until you actually need it. Giving HD more memory that it doesn't need won't speed it up and will likely cause it to slow down from time to time.

If you start working on extremely large characters (plural) and run low on memory for HD, then you can increase it by changing the command to launch HD from "java -jar HDv3.jar" to "java -Xmx128m -jar HDv3.jar"

You'll find this in the batch file in your install directory (assuming Windows).

[ghost-angel]

I never understand why people why to give programs more memory than they need... you drop 2GB of RAM in to run more programs, not one program with all the memory you have.... ah well.

[Rapier]

I never understand why people why to give programs more memory than they need... you drop 2GB of RAM in to run more programs, not one program with all the memory you have.... ah well.

Mostly because most people don't really understand how computers work. Its not surprising. I still, to this day, run into people that can't find the darned power switch, even if they do use computers all day every day. I think part of it is about people who have no interest in the world around them.

Not to say that this resembles ImmortalDreamer at all. I'm just saying that as having working in Tech Support for a number of years, these are the people out there.

[keithcurtis]

I never understand why people why to give programs more memory than they need... you drop 2GB of RAM in to run more programs, not one program with all the memory you have.... ah well.
Pre- OS X, it was often necessary to do this on the Mac. Multitasking was pre-emptive instead of cooperative.

Keith "or something like that" Curtis

[ghost-angel]

Pre- OS X, it was often necessary to do this on the Mac. Multitasking was pre-emptive instead of cooperative.

Keith "or something like that" Curtis
Other way around I think...

I remember doing that on OS8 and ealier, but that's going on 10 years ago at this point...
And I don't know anyone who did that with Windows.

[nlubofsky]

I never understand why people why to give programs more memory than they need...

Believe it or not, I ran out of memory the first day i started using HDv3. But considering what I was doing (creating a Combat Record summary sheet with over thirty characters), it wasn't a complete shock to me.

Nick

[Simon]

Believe it or not, I ran out of memory the first day i started using HDv3. But considering what I was doing (creating a Combat Record summary sheet with over thirty characters), it wasn't a complete shock to me.

Nick
If you need to work on something like that, you can always increase the memory that you give to HD, though it's not recommended.

[nlubofsky]

In case anyone's interested, the characters were a bunch of agents, and I was using the Combat Record summary sheet as a convenient way to sort them by DEX and SPD, so that I could create new "summary" characters (with names like "Agent 11-23, 25-27"), and then make a new Combat Record summary sheet with those for actual use in the game.

Nick

[Silbeg]

First off, don't....not until you actually need it. Giving HD more memory that it doesn't need won't speed it up and will likely cause it to slow down from time to time.

If you start working on extremely large characters (plural) and run low on memory for HD, then you can increase it by changing the command to launch HD from "java -jar HDv3.jar" to "java -Xmx128m -jar HDv3.jar"

You'll find this in the batch file in your install directory (assuming Windows).

In any case, it is my understanding that with the default memory settings, Java will just grab more memory as it needs it. Of course I have been wrong about this kind of thing before. ;)