Possible fix for Memory Leak/Out Of Memory Error.

[Xera]

First off I'm using a R9 290 4GB, 8GB Ram and a FX-8350 and I've tried starting the game having to watch the intro cutscene over and over.

I learnt that the game was trying to use 11+ GB and would crash as I have only 8GB of ramm

http://i.imgur.com/5yjIyZS.png

As you can see in this image its using way the over the amount I have the fix was simple this game has a similar issue like Arkham City.

You need to set your Paging Size on each drive manually.
I had it on automatically let the system choose the size and it caused the out of memory and now I can play the game without these errors.

Follow these steps

1. Go to your Control Panel and click on "System and Security"

2. Next Click on "System"

3. In the left pane should be fourth option, click Advanced system settings

4. Click on the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.

5. Click the Advanced tab, and then, under Virtual memory, click Change.

6. Clear the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives check box.

7. Under each Drive [Volume Label] change the paging file that you want to.

8. Click Custom size, type a new size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, click Set, and then click OK. I chose 4GB on each of my 5 drives.


I hope this helps those how had similar issues.

[chriscross]

batman arkham knight eats 12GB of my virtual memory according to msi afterburner
3.6GB of my GTX 970 VRAM and 9GB of my 16 GB DDR3 RAM

[Xera]

3GB of my DD3 RAM and 11.84GB of my virtual mem. Didn't check my VRAM though but atleast I can get in the game albiet a mess.

[Eldoth]

Game was crashing for me too with low memory errors. Did this and the game works for me now. Had to set a swap file of 4GB where before I was letting Windows set the swap file.

GTX970, 8GB RAM, Win 8.1

[Xera]

I've had success with atleast 15-20GB set for my Virtual Memory/page file.
The game only uses 4-5GB of my actual ram regardless of the it being set to automatic/custom but it wants to chew up atleast 6GB more from my virtual memory.

Even though Rocksteady just said on their recent PSA not to change page file unfortunately thats the only way I can play it otherwise it just crashes.

I have the reccommended/ultra set up so, da f**k!

Sapphire R9 290 (OC), 8GB RAM, FX-8350 4.0Ghz.....

[AceInYourHole]

Worked for me to a certain extent, still get occasional stutter but its at least playable at 30fps.

When it was set to system managed the pagefile usage went up to 16GB on top of the full 8GB RAM also being used.

GTX 970
I5 3450
8GB RAM
Win7

[Dark ODST]

This worked for me, game is mostly playable at the moment. A patch would still be great but for now its not crashing every 30 minutes at least. Thank you

[green dead redeemed kek]

Hi. I am also running R9 290 4GB. Just want to know did you unlock the FPS to 60 ? If so do you get fps drops when sky gliding ?

Also, if I want to restore the virtual memory setting to default, Do I just check the "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" check box once again to go back default ?

Thanks !

[drup]

Originally posted by Xerahawke:

8. Click Custom size, type a new size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, click Set, and then click OK. I chose 4GB on each of my 5 drives.

Can i clarify that you put both the initial size and maximum size as 4gb?

Also if any AMD users have confirmed this to work for them - can they confirm the AMD driver version they are also using?

[tazamiga]

Originally posted by Professor Von Batman:

Worked for me to a certain extent, still get occasional stutter but its at least playable at 30fps.

When it was set to system managed the pagefile usage went up to 16GB on top of the full 8GB RAM also being used.

GTX 970
I5 3450
8GB RAM
Win7

Why play a game at 30 fps though , just wait at least until next month when we get the proper patch for 60 fps support. According to Nvidia the game looks and plays amazingly well now.
Waste of time playing it at least prior to the august patch.

The new version has much better effects, more detail and faster FPS.
I'd trust Nvidia on this seeing they are working on every facet of the game to ensure it is fixed properly. They said it will benefit non Nvidia users too.

[Xera]

I've left the 30fps cap as it dips to frequently for me with the unlocked framerate.

Also heatl0rd I set both the inital and max to 4gb on each of my drive to ensure it uses the vram.

This has worked on all the drivers for me so far from Omega to 15.7.1

Thug, yeah to return your page to normal just use the "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" check box

[Buck]

Originally posted by Xerahawke:

I learnt that the game was trying to use 11+ GB and would crash as I have only 8GB of ram

That would certainly be the case if you did not have sufficient page file space allocated to accomodate the demand, but there's no need to make huge page files on every drive. Just one reasonably sized one on the same drive as your OS will be sufficient.

That said, getting more physical RAM would be a better solution, though there's really no good reason to not have at least some kind of page file allocated regardless of how much physical RAM you have installed.

Originally posted by heatl0rd:

Can i clarify that you put both the initial size and maximum size as 4gb?

doesn't really matter unless you simply want it to be a fixed size. the most important thing is that the max be at least 1.5X max commit charge level.

[Xera]

Well I have 8GB of ram as per the games max requirement, so it isn't really my fault but Warner Bros for falsy advertising that the game needs 6GB ram min & 8GB max when clearly it has a bad leak issue.

Also my paging file was originally set to automatic prior plus as Warner Bro stated to keep it on automatic on their forum update :/ This caused the game to crash due to mem leaks.
So its either not play the game or not follow false instructions.

In the end I should have no reason to fiddle with the paging file in the first place.

[Buck]

Originally posted by Xerahawke:

falsy advertising that the game needs 6GB ram min & 8GB max when clearly it has a bad leak issue.

it's not "false advertising", people need to stop saying that. Also, we don't know if there is a memory leak or if there is, if that is the cause of your problem. That's just not something anyone can diagnose through forums.

That said, there is a general consensus that the game may be using more memory than some feel it should. There could be other reasons for the behaviour too which may or may not be the game's own fault. the game itself is not the only place a leak can exhibit (Windows 8 WDM has a known leak condition which tends to manifest when running games). Maybe you simply have too much other crap running which leaves not enough resources free too.

Also my paging file was originally set to automatic prior plus as Warner Bro stated to keep it on automatic on their forum update :/ This caused the game to crash due to mem leaks.
So its either not play the game or not follow false instructions.

System managed is typically fine. It allows Windows to grow and shrink the page file as necessary, which avoids issues with it simply running out of space when you have a fixed pf which is too small or no page file. I see absolutely no reason why leaving it on auto would cause the game to crash much less cause a memory leak. That's just not how leaks work.

In the end I should have no reason to fiddle with the paging file in the first place.

Tell that to the massive amounts of internet lemmings who insist on shutting it off because they think they are smarter than Windows development Engineers.

There's nothing wrong or abnormal with changing page file settings as is suitable for each users preference and system needs. that's why it's readily tunable.

[Xera]

I understand.

Well I can say my PC is pretty much only for gaming so I only have MSI Afterburner, Steam and AMD Gaming running in the background. I don't have anything but those as start up and really like keeping my rig clean software wise.

I honestly never touch the paging file and only saw a prior fix for another Arkham game and it solved my problem for this situation. As of now I've updated to Win10 and reverted my pagefile but I am waiting for the interim patch before I attempt to play it again.

I'm no expert just wanted to get past the police cutscene when this game released and after the 5th time and I found this method didn't give me any out of memory errors and thought I should share my result.

[Harlem Dachshund]

Originally posted by tazamiga:

The new version has much better effects, more detail and faster FPS.
I'd trust Nvidia on this seeing they are working on every facet of the game to ensure it is fixed properly. They said it will benefit non Nvidia users too.

Why would you trust Nvidia when they're the ones who put out a "1080p 60fps" gameworks video for PC footage, which turned out to be PS4 footage?