Why launcher.exe process takes only about 1gb of ram??

highness · #1 03-26-2011, 10:06 PM

I have checked that in the task manager when i was flying, no matter where.. either in clear sky or over water or close to land, the launcher.exe is always around 1gb of ram..

isnt it supposed taking advantage of full physical ram available? ( i got 8gb)

jimbop · #2 03-26-2011, 11:04 PM

Is that logged usage or are you doing alt-tab?

AndyJWest · #3 03-26-2011, 11:06 PM

Yes, but what are other processes started by launcher.exe using? They may actually be doing most of the work, and using most of the RAM.

Herra Tohtori · #4 03-26-2011, 11:27 PM

You might want to use process explorer instead of task manager; it will give much more accurate information about all the processes and sub-processes that are running on the computer.

highness · #5 03-26-2011, 11:46 PM

launcher.exe is inside the main il2 / steam directory and it is what launches the game

when i did alt+tab and checked how much ram it was using in the task manager, it was always around 1gb and there were no other .exe processes that were taking more ram than this one

so i found it pretty much intriguing, if the launcher.exe is the main il2 simulator game, why it doesn't take more ram ?

jimbop · #6 03-26-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by highness

launcher.exe is inside the main il2 / steam directory and it is what launches the game

when i did alt+tab and checked how much ram it was using in the task manager, it was always around 1gb and there were no other .exe processes that were taking more ram than this one

so i found it pretty much intriguing, if the launcher.exe is the main il2 simulator game, why it doesn't take more ram ?

Use perfmon (type into Run) and record usage during game.

Feuerfalke · #7 03-26-2011, 11:50 PM

No gaming software uses your full RAM.

If at all, it's reserved half of it unless you enable a 3GB-Switch or assign more memory by other means. However, that does not necessarily increase performance.

In general, Windows offers 2 GB to any application, no matter if you have 4 or 64 GB of memory installed.

Only exception is a 64bit.exe running on a 64bit OS. In this case, it CAN use more RAM. But again, this will not increase overall performance. If you notice a difference, it's by improved loading times and less texture-loading while inflight.