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[MDave]

It's what happens when you try to get cygwin working on multiple drives on multiple window OS's :P

I'm having problems figuring out why the psp crashes if I have a byte over 1.75MB, yet the same code works fine on the PC version. It's probably a very easy fix, since I think I'm getting blind from looking at the same bits of code all the time :P Unless its a psp specific problem. Crashes even on a slim psp with the extra ram, so I'm doubtful its a limited ram issue.

The code is here:

video_hardware_draw.cpp

and here is another piece related to it.

video_hardware_surface.cpp

I will be very grateful if anyone can see where the problem is! Thanks.

[Insert_witty_name]

Just a random thought while glancing over the code...

Maybe the crash isn't because of the massive global array, but with how this array is indexed or used etc.

As a test I would suggest leaving the MAX_LIGHTMAPS as is as 28, and just declare the array something like...

[MDave]

I think I might be wrong about the 1835008, it looks to be higher then that now if I set it manually. It seems to be more about 2622152 before I get a black screen. What I would ideally need is 4194304 to display all the lightmaps in a map.

Something perculier happens if I start using more then 1835008 though! Some sounds don't play anymore, and at 2622152, no sounds play.

I guess its overwriting some of the quake heap. And the more I use, it must start using up memory thats needed to run the game. Heap size is 40MB though. Any idea on how to solve that? :P Thanks for the help so far!

[Insert_witty_name]

Try playing with the size you're setting for the heap, initially I would decrease it - then try increasing it.

See if that makes any difference.

[MDave]

hmm, no difference, except it freezes during loading if I set the heap too high. (the quake heap, not the psp app heap).

[Insert_witty_name]

I was unaware that there was a internal Quake heap.

How is it allocated?

[MDave]

It'll be easier for me to explain if shown you this:

main.cpp