The 90% Memory Warning

Why does this happen?

Java operates by allocating a chunk of memory for the application to use before the app launches - it can't be set at runtime.

There is an upper limit to this memory. If you go too high, the application stops operating properly.

So why not just set the limit very high? It causes weaker machines with less memory to fail to open the app at all.

Although we are working to reduce memory usage and plug leaks, there are large games for which having the higher memory usage will be useful.

How to Safely Suppress This Warning (Windows)

For Windows users, this alternate EXE should do the trick. We'll be shipping it by default starting with Stencyl 2.0.

Download It

How to Safely Suppress This Warning (Linux)

1) Edit the Stencyl shell script.

2) Change the thing that looks like "-Xmx1024m" to a higher number - the 1024 represents MB. (In older versions, it may be 512)

How to Safely Suppress This Warning (Mac)

1) Right-click the Stencyl.app bundle and "Show Package Contents"

2) Edit Contents/Info.plist.

3) Expand the Java node. You should see something like this.

Change the thing that looks like "-Xmx1536m" to a higher number - the 1536 represents MB. (In older versions, it may be 512 or 1024)

Mesket
I have 2.2 but still have this problem very often... usually every 15 to 30 mins
0 2 months, 1 week ago

Vectrex71
@P01

Same problem here :-(

It seems like it. When I set it to something higher on my Mac then Stencyl won't open.


0 2 months, 1 week ago

P01
It seems like it. When I set it to something higher on my Mac then Stencyl won't open.
0 7 months, 1 week ago

Cheyenne
what is the limit ? 2048 Mb ?
0 7 months, 1 week ago

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