Football Manager running dangerously low on memory

[davela93]

Hi,

I have just started getting this message on my old FM game ('08) - i have been happily playing the same single career for about 4 real years - the fictional year is 2065 and gametime is approx 120 hours.

I don't have a huge amount of leagues - maybe about 10.

I have read every similar thread on google - mostly talking about virtual memory. I have tried every suggestion and also purchased more RAM but still no joy.

This career has been going so long that I will be very sad to see it lost but maybe I have to move on and purchase FM12.

But I just wanted to post this as a last chance saloon situation.

So firstly does anyone else have any suggestions as to how to get past this issue?

And secondly, if I completely uninstall the game and remove all trace of it, if i then purchase the new FM, what are the chances this error will still be there?

Thanks in advance,

Dave

---------- Post added at 10:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:57 PM ----------

Correction - make that 120 DAYS gametime, not hours!

 

[Jak]

what are your system specs? still got plenty of space on the hard drive?

 

[davela93]

Haven't got the exact specs as am at work.....but have got loads of space as i really only use my laptop for FM and internet. Have even removed unwanted junk, done a defrag, disk clean, bought more RAM, pretty much everything that has ever been suggested on other threads.

I'm starting to realize it's probably a no-hoper but i'm concerned that by uninstalling the game and starting fresh with FM12, will the problem still occur?

That is the question!

 

[Anthony]

The older versions had memory addressing issues. Have you set your VM to a fixed size? Set it to System Managed.
Your save is probably huge at this point, with all the records and player history etc..
See if you can get a savegame cleaner somewhere.

 

[davela93]

Thanks for suggestion. Have already tried fixed AND System Managed - no joy.
Looks like there is no save game cleaner for FM08 sadly.
And yes, 4 real years of data is quite a lot on a Vista laptop.

So looks like the end of an era maybe. I just hope the same thing doesn't happen when I remove 08 and install 12.