Memory Leak

[Fragile Mindset]

How often should I restart the game? I keep getting too invested and traveling, then after teleporting back to base on the other side of the map it crashes my PC or at least runs out of memory and causes instability(This sometimes happens every2-3hrs, depends if I leave base).

[angelsenvy228]

Originally posted by shmodzilla:

Server performance & crashes
As Palworld is an early access game, there are a number of bugs and performance issues present within the game.

These bugs are actively being worked on by the Palworld game developer and we expect many of them to be resolved in game updates in the coming days and weeks.

That being said, we do have tips for you and changes we’re making on our end to help mitigate the issue.

Server crashing & Palworld memory leak
Palworld currently contains a memory leak bug that causes all servers to crash after they have been online for a period of time.

As this is a bug in the game, it must be fixed by the Palworld game developer.

While a Palworld server is running, the RAM usage will continually increase until it eventually reaches the limit and crashes.

Allocating more RAM to a Palworld server will allow it to remain online for longer, but it will still eventually crash.

Our recommendation: Configure an automatic restart for your server every 2-3 hours.

Thank you for sharing, you didn't include a link but I believe I found it here https://blog.shockbyte.com/palworld-message-from-ceo/

However this is a message from the server provider shockbyte CEO, not the palworld devs, so this can't really be considered as the devs confiming a memory leak. It is also just factually untrue, according to this statement there is a bug that I can start a dedicated server and do nothing in it and the server memory will cascade out of control and crash, definitely not what happens.

[Moshmuth]

Originally posted by Flynn.dll:

Over 100 hours hosting 2 others on my PC that is 4 years old and has 32GB Ram. None of us have crashed one time. With 500k people consistently playing, if there was a significant memory leak it would be reported on much more. Genuine memory leaks are fairly rare and the Unreal engine is pretty solid. It's a buzz word that people like to throw around to make excuses for lack of acumen. It is easier to blame the software, but the odds are high the issue is on your end.

Runs fine on my steamdeck for 45mins then crashes also a few others (deck users) everytime i ive looked up the issue memory leak is pointed at.

[shmodzilla]

Originally posted by Flynn.dll:

Over 100 hours hosting 2 others on my PC that is 4 years old and has 32GB Ram. None of us have crashed one time. With 500k people consistently playing, if there was a significant memory leak it would be reported on much more. Genuine memory leaks are fairly rare and the Unreal engine is pretty solid. It's a buzz word that people like to throw around to make excuses for lack of acumen. It is easier to blame the software, but the odds are high the issue is on your end.

20 million players, 3 managing to play a few hours hardly is solid evidence of nothing wrong.

[Rena]

Originally posted by shmodzilla:

Originally posted by Rena:

Is it an actual leak, or does the game just need more and more memory as it goes on? (Not leaking it, actually using it) Maybe having lots of dropped items on the ground?

Without enough memory youre just going to have the same poorer performance,not start running perfect and go downhill until a crash every few hours or less.

Depends. If the game only needs 15GB when it starts, but that number keeps increasing, eventually it'll run out and crash.

Running out of memory would only cause performance loss if you have slow swap or lots of fragmentation. Otherwise it should run just fine until there's none left, then crash or start glitching.

[shmodzilla]

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

Originally posted by angelsenvy228:

Buy RAM, theres no memory leak. 32GB you should be perfectly fine to never crash.

never crashed with 16gb ram myself in singleplayer. and i usually run 8 hour gaming sessions.

I think the issue is more with servers than the game. Depending on our luck we get total disconnects anywhere from 15 minutes to a few hours.

[shmodzilla]

Originally posted by Rena:

Originally posted by shmodzilla:

Without enough memory youre just going to have the same poorer performance,not start running perfect and go downhill until a crash every few hours or less.

Depends. If the game only needs 15GB when it starts, but that number keeps increasing, eventually it'll run out and crash.

Running out of memory would only cause performance loss if you have slow swap or lots of fragmentation. Otherwise it should run just fine until there's none left, then crash or start glitching.

Thats precisely what a memory leak is , continuously adding data in without removing.

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by shmodzilla:

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

never crashed with 16gb ram myself in singleplayer. and i usually run 8 hour gaming sessions.

I think the issue is more with servers than the game. Depending on our luck we get total disconnects anywhere from 15 minutes to a few hours.

OP plays singleplayer though
so i feel it might have something to do with either
A. hardware used
B. settings used like target framerate
C. world/base issue causing memory leak. maybe all 3 bases next to each other with max pals working? too many objects in the base? too many viewing cages? any strange custom world settings like infinite items on the floor?

edit: or D. u have too many third party apps chugging ram in the background

[Khergit Horse Archer]

memory leak = memory in use not cleaned up after use

easiest way to replicate this is just to fly all over the map in one game session or just use mod with more bases and game will keep them in memory, eventually causing crashes or performance drop over time.

game engines do not stop memory leak, the act of programming just is to introduce bugs.

[Fragile Mindset]

Ok I did some testing on my end, it is not a RAM issue apologize for that. It is a VRAM issue, I have 4070 12GB and it keeps using more in spikes when I go around the map. So every 1-2hours I have to leave singleplayer and go back in. It's annoying but that's my workaround until it's fixed.

[angelsenvy228]

Originally posted by Ronald Donald The IV:

Ok I did some testing on my end, it is not a RAM issue apologize for that. It is a VRAM issue, I have 4070 12GB and it keeps using more in spikes when I go around the map. So every 1-2hours I have to leave singleplayer and go back in. It's annoying but that's my workaround until it's fixed.

what resolution are you playing in? and are you using dlss? Just thinking lower textures means less VRAM taken up by the game running itself and maybe leave more headroom for spikes.

[NiamhNyx]

Originally posted by angelsenvy228:

Buy RAM, theres no memory leak. 32GB you should be perfectly fine to never crash.

there is a memory leak... it just effects people differently. I have to restart every 2-3 hours otherwise it will crash due to being low on memory, with 64gb of ram and a 3080ti with 12gb of vram. Yet my friend with 16gb of ram can play continuously for 12 hours with out a restart.

[RongYao]

Originally posted by Ronald Donald The IV:

How often should I restart the game? I keep getting too invested and traveling, then after teleporting back to base on the other side of the map it crashes my PC or at least runs out of memory and causes instability(This sometimes happens every2-3hrs, depends if I leave base).

Don't worry after the last update i am having the same issue, i've already reported it over email, opened a ticket, wrote on discord... hope thats enough someone to investigate it, i advice you to do the same.

[Fragile Mindset]

Originally posted by angelsenvy228:

Originally posted by Ronald Donald The IV:

Ok I did some testing on my end, it is not a RAM issue apologize for that. It is a VRAM issue, I have 4070 12GB and it keeps using more in spikes when I go around the map. So every 1-2hours I have to leave singleplayer and go back in. It's annoying but that's my workaround until it's fixed.

what resolution are you playing in? and are you using dlss? Just thinking lower textures means less VRAM taken up by the game running itself and maybe leave more headroom for spikes.

I play 2k and had DLSS but saw usage go up faster with it on. Tried low textures seems to work, but when you go everywhere on the map you still get a memory crash. I just hope it gets fixed.

[Zeo]

Originally posted by angelsenvy228:

Originally posted by Ronald Donald The IV:

I have 32 lol

What else is going on then? you're running a dedicated server, playing solo, playing official/community servers? I run a dedicated server for days at a time with no restarts and it never goes above 10GB for the server. While playing also on the same machine I reach about 23.7GB and level out there.

I also have 64GB but I would think 32 is plenty to not crash. Then again mine is DDR5 so it may end up with different usage.

How can I increase the RAM on my dedicated server in Palworld? Currently, it only uses 4GB of RAM, and I want to increase it to prevent any lag issues..

[0wnz0r]

theres no memory leak, i got 32gb n hav yet to go above 16