Engine Error ED_Alloc: no free edicts

Possible causes of Engine Error ED_Alloc: no free edicts and how to solve

Possible causes of Engine Error ED_Alloc: no free edicts

The main cause is usually a bad design of the map, with too many independent entities, usually unnecessary, such as excessive light sources in The Hive, many of them on a tunnel where we go inside a vehicle from which in theory you cannot see the lights. However, these plugins add entities and can be the straw that broke the camel's back, and ends up filling the limit of 2048 entities that Left 4 Dead 2 supports.

- Thirdperson RE6 mod or similar
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2780173405

- Luminous checkpoint arrows mod and any other mod that adds props with animations or lights:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=934602353

- Dynamic light and other mods that adds lights sources:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2261165699

- Active talkers via scripts:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2696358865

- High commons limits, as z_background_limit or z_common_limit above 40-50. Restore cvars to original values to solve.



With metamod-sourcemod, this plugins can help, but It's not perfect, it just reduce the chance, but it can still happen. You need to know how edit and recompile by yourself. Erase this line of the source code.

HookEvent("teamplay_round_start", Event_RoundStart, EventHookMode_Post);

And recompile. Now works for Left 4 Dead 2.

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=265902

[Xayne]

@马马的吻 how do I do that?

[Ἅγιος Στέφανος]

this is the culpable: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3239251469

[That viking who procrastinates]

Mana's gotta address his followers about some of his addons causing engine errors, not only is 1 of his addons causing this but another causing prop_dynamic_override

[马马的吻]

so,guys can add a launch parameter to your game:-num_edicts 1500,Or other numbers.Remember, do not exceed 2048.

[马马的吻]

wow,thanks bro,the guide is very useful. You are a realy hero.

[Michiru Matsushima]

Actively talker caused me to error on the fourth map of Chernobyl, your stuff may vary but it loaded finally. Ty.

[Chill_Goose64]

damn that happens for me on glubtastic 4

[TTVghosty827]

thanks man