Did you miss us? We were busy dealing with the issue of the game not working on some computers and found the answer: the cosmic space expanded and started to use up 4100 Mb of RAM. So it appears that those who have a 4 Gb RAM automatically get an infinite loading screen as a bonus to the game. Those who have more than 4 Gb but less than 7 Gb get their personal black screen because of the RAM being used up by other programs. For example, the system uses 1,5 Gb, 80 browser tabs with embroidery patterns use 2 GB, and then our Man gets launched and uses up 4,1 Gb. So how much does it add up to? Right, 7,6 Gb. The lucky owners of 8 Mb of RAM can play the game, while others get… something.
So, how do we solve this issue? The easiest thing would be to ignore the problem due to the small number of players having less than 8 Mb of RAM (there are not more than 15% of them on Steam, and even fewer of them playing Breathedge). But this would be unfair, not interesting, cruel, and well, we love our players and pain as well. That’s why we will try to optimize the game and reinvent the wheel. In the meantime...
In the meantime, we found a temporary solution for those who have 4-6 GB of RAM (it depends on how much your system is loaded). We made a separate branch of the game. To launch the game, open Steam, find Breathedge in the Library and right-click on it. A menu will open and you should click on Properties, then BETAS, and then choose “optimized –” from the dropdown list. That’s it! You can download it and try to run the game.
We rewrote the mechanics of loading the level in the above-mentioned version. This won’t work well on powerful hardware and will cause a lot of issues, but it will do for computers with little RAM. This version uses up 2,8 Gb of RAM, so if the system works well, Breathedge should work on computers with 4 Gb of RAM. This version won’t crash your saves and in general, it is a very good one. However, it has one small drawback. When loading the game, the lucky users of 4 Mb of RAM will see empty space during some time (ab. 10-15 sec), and with that, the Man can already fly and collect resources. Don’t be scared and don’t rush to get stuck in a vanished wall. It should take some time for the world to load.
So that’s the temporary solution for the time being. We’ll try to make it work more elegantly.
Ah, yes. A great thank you to those who help us and who helped us find this issue. We are especially thankful to Саша#1587 who dedicatedly kicked the dead game a lot, helping us subdue its "voraciousness".
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