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dullahan_host.exe issue?

Chris Jackson

August 02, 2018 19:56

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In Edit Mode....(114 Harvest)

Don't know if it's normal, but I have observed when tryin going into EDIT 114 Harvest, once it finally loads scenes resources, it starts to load avatar, and that is when the "dullahan_host.exe" really increases from around 6000k memory to nearly 70,000K, and all this time the virtual memory usage keeps climbing till it stops around 98% virtual memory.

I have 16gb ram w/ 24gb page file, and Sansar is trying to use ALL of it by the time it starts loading the avatar at the end. So when it FINALLY gets it loaded, moving in scene is so laggy I can't hardly move around.

Something ain't right!.........
Help please!

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  Chris Jackson August 03, 2018 19:35

  I can go up to 32gb. I can always use more for multimedia work.

  Yes Debi...we are currently going through Harvest, and have already cut the tri counts by quite a bit. I personally have removed nearly 500k tris, and we recently found an audio file to remove as well that was too large.

  I assure you, there is a current active effort as we speak to improve Harvest. It just takes time to nail down what issues are where, because tri counts aren't the only issue at hand. Sansar has had to help in this too, which they are.

   

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  Chris Jackson August 03, 2018 19:37

  114 Harvest is serving as a test bed for limits of Sansar, and we all are learning from it, including the Sansar staff.

   

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  Gindipple August 02, 2018 20:42

  You have 16gb and Sansar is using 14.5gb yea that's going to cause lag alright.

  dullahan_host.exe is what's used for the CEF.

  The Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) is a simple framework for embedding Chromium-based browsers in other applications.

  While impossible to rule it out as the root issue, the bigger issue is the memory consumption by Sansar compared with your available ram.

  I've seen larger scenes eat up to 10gb so far and that's huge for the average system out there. Perhaps they should update the recommended memory requirements for Sansar to a more realistic 32gb

  Right now the minimum listed is 4gb and recommended 8gb. Which frankly isn't going to cut it for most scenes. As soon as you start hitting virtual memory you will experience a slow down. And surprisingly your OS needs some too.

  There's only so much air you can pump into a balloon before it pops. 

   

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  Chris Jackson August 03, 2018 10:41

  So are you saying I need more ram, or increase the virtual from 24gb to 32gb?

   

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  Gindipple August 03, 2018 14:25

  For that experience yes you need more ram. Virtual ram is a stop gap that will be very poor in comparison to actual ram.

  It's poor man's memory.

  RAM isn't very expensive these days though. I have 24gb and would jump to 32gb if I was having issues.

  16gb just isn't enough when you're dealing with an application that consumes 14.5gb at times.

   

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  Debi Baskerville August 03, 2018 18:09

  Perhaps the experience is over built and needs to be examined and content removed so that people can actually enjoy the experience.

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  Debi Baskerville August 03, 2018 20:32

  I've been out of Sansar for a couple of months, but thankfully I can once again run Sansar and Malwarebytes together without crashing. I was testing it this morning, and of course I wanted to cache Harvest. I was able to make breakfast, do the dishes, walk and feed my dog all while loading the experience. Even with all that time, I still had to sit and watch the red bar progressing very slowly to the right, but I did finally land. Once inside though everything was a blur. 

  I know I can't afford to double my ram at this time as I'm sure many others are in the same circumstances. By the way, I had no issues at all loading any of the other experiences I tried this morning. 

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  Chris Jackson August 04, 2018 10:42

  Sure, I understand. I think it's a bit questionable that just ONE exp calls for SO much ram. That makes me feel that theres more at issue than just a lack of ram. While Harvest does have content, it actually isn't THAT much.

  I truly believe there is something else at play here.I've been in game environments that had TONS more content that wasn't a ram hog like Sansar. In fact, I've never seen any game suck up ram like Sansar.

  Harvest is slowly getting better, but Sansar MUST work on their end too.

   

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  Debi Baskerville August 04, 2018 12:31

  I used to go to Atlas Hopping all the time and never had any issues with Harvest and load times. But the Malwarebytes issue, that has kept me out of Sansar, occurred about the same time as Drax opened the houses on the block to residents. I'm wondering if it has to do with the new content that's been added for the interiors of the homes. 

  This was the first time I tried loading Harvest in about 6 weeks. I really want to be able to get to Harvest since it seems that at least 75% of all events start there.

  In any case, I miss the activities at Harvest and hope that the Sansar Team can help you all figure out what's causing this. Good luck!

  Edited by Debi Baskerville August 04, 2018 13:05
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  Chris Jackson August 05, 2018 12:37

  People should try Harvest now after the lastest build this morning.

   

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  Garth August 06, 2018 13:37

  Hi Chris,  

       I've  not had the same memory spike with harvest but I don't doubt it could do this.  I loaded in this morning and had virtual memory briefly go to 9-10g  I saw some other issues incidentally.  I'll open a case and contact you about it.

  Garth

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  Chris Jackson August 06, 2018 19:33

  Thank you. It happens in edit mode only. Visiting Harvest is now pretty good.