1.20 BUG Menu text disappearing - Only 2GB VRAM

[mati140]

1.20
English
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I have an issue, where sometimes (usually after visiting the ship upgrade/redesign screen in equipment dock) text starts randomly disappearing in menus - some lines simply go blank, and those are different lines every time I open those menus. This might be a memory issue, as I'm relatively low on dedicated VRAM (2GB, but it's an Optimus card and, I noticed, it does start using shared memory after some time in the game) and it's sometimes accompanied by textures distorting or disappearing. The game keeps running smoothly despite that, but it makes it unplayable and the only way to fix it is to restart.

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[NoPJag]

I'm afraid I'm in the exact same situation. After playing for a while, the text in most menus (map/trade filters, menus…) do disappear more or less randomly and I also do get corruption on textures in the game. I do always have the issue with textures when I get the text issue, but it does not happen to all objects.
I'm also running the game on a 2Go memory card (GTX 770) running on the latest drivers (417.22). The game is otherwise running smoothly. I don't think I experienced that before 1.2, but not quite sure as I didn't play for long sessions before the update.

Restarting the game does also solve the issue. But this is most inconvenient to play.

[burbonnn]

This is an old problem that many people have.

Until new patch, there are two solutions (it helped me):

- increase the paging file 5 GB - 15 GB
- restart the game once an hour

Me and my friends still wating for fix.

[Mebisis]

There is only one solution. Set all config in low (0% and desactiv) can solve text who's disappears. But not the texture. However, you have again to restart when bugs comming.

We can hope an update. But is not really for now. Minimum is 3go vram. And before, the team have to solve all other bugs for player who's using recommanded config.

[mati140]

This is an old problem that many people have.

Until new patch, there are two solutions (it helped me):

- increase the paging file 5 GB - 15 GB
- restart the game once an hour

Me and my friends still wating for fix.

My paging file is already at 32GB. I have 16GB of ram (the game won't go beyond 3-4 from what I've seen).

There is only one solution. Set all config in low (0% and desactiv) can solve text who's disappears. But not the texture. However, you have again to restart when bugs comming.

We can hope an update. But is not really for now. Minimum is 3go vram. And before, the team have to solve all other bugs for player who's using recommanded config.

The thing is, the game appears to be properly letting the GPU use the shared video memory, since my total VRAM uses (dedicated+shared) sits at around 2.5-3GB. It's not like the game is trying desperately to reduce its VRAM footprint when it detects it ran out of dedicated VRAM (the only game that does this I found is DCS).

I'll try dropping the texture settings lower and see if the problem persists.

[CBJ]

If you have less than 2GB of VRAM then such issues are, I'm afraid, to be expected, because the minimum requirement for the game is 3GB. Even if you have more than that then you do still need to avoid choosing graphics settings that are too high, or you will encounter problems again. The settings that consume the most memory are higher texture quality and the higher anti-aliasing levels.

[mati140]

If you have less than 2GB of VRAM then such issues are, I'm afraid, to be expected, because the minimum requirement for the game is 3GB. Even if you have more than that then you do still need to avoid choosing graphics settings that are too high, or you will encounter problems again. The settings that consume the most memory are higher texture quality and the higher anti-aliasing levels.

Dropped the textures to low, haven't seen the problem arise again so far. I was under impression that the GPU should use the shared video memory when it runs out of dedicated VRAM (TM reported increased usage of shared memory once the VRAM was full) Will report if I run into the problem again, since not a lot people here are probably still running Nvidia Optimus.

[Scutum]

This is an old problem that many people have.

Until new patch, there are two solutions (it helped me):

- increase the paging file 5 GB - 15 GB
- restart the game once an hour

Me and my friends still wating for fix.

GTX770 2GB VRAM, 16GB RAM, i5, having same issues with texts and textures obviously. (I, btw, noticed, that this problem corelates with map usage at high scale (universe-wide trading commad situations etc.) ). My personal workaround would be to literally work for a 1060 6GB VRAM)). But it happens for me more frequently than once an hour, so my question is how do i increase the paging file and how exactly it works.
P.S. Yes, just too lazy to google)). But seriously, how will it affect X4 VRAM memory related issue exactly? Thanks in advance)
P.P.S. Texture and AA settings minimal( AA not totally off, just minimal of available options)

[burbonnn]

But seriously, how will it affect X4 VRAM memory related issue exactly? Thanks in advance)
P.P.S. Texture and AA settings minimal( AA not totally off, just minimal of available options)

I dont know. Kinda magic, but its works for me.

Anyway I stopped playing the game. I will wait a year until critical bugs are removed and mods appear, that will add life to the game. Till then - Im gonna to play LiteCube Univers X3