Just today I started getting the error message in the title when I try to open Minecraft. I cannot figure out what it is that is doing this. I have researched a little on it, and found a few things like re-installing Java, and creating a .bat folder to run the client through. I have scanned my computer with my anti-virus software and nothing was flagged. Nothing seems to be working. I am running Windows XP 32-bit with 2 GB of RAM. Please help.
Alright, I play minecraft on a mac, it may be different on P.C.
Minecraft runs on Java. To my understanding a "Java Virtual Machine" is a game that is based on Java.
When i'm on the computer I usually have itunes, firefox, minecraft opened. Now I have 4G of RAM which is enough for my purposes, but Itunes and firefox take up alot of RAM. The rule of thumb is to leave 1G of RAM unused at all times. Now When I have those programs open, I have less than 1G of unused RAM so I thought "Aliright time to fix this." I did my reasearch and found out how to launch certain programs (minecraft) with less RAM. In my expierence, minecraft can't be launched with less than 0.5G or 512mb of RAM, and if I did launch it with less than that it gave me an error saying "Can't Create Java Virtual Machine". Now, you having 2G of RAM makes me think that Minecraf tis being launched with less than 0.5G or 512mb of RAM.
Now assuming .bat is the equivalent of a .command, in otherwords terminal, I used the following to launch minecraft. ( I keep minecraft on my desktop)
cd desktop
cd minecraft
cd "minecraft.app"
cd contents
cd resources
cd java
java -Xmx512m -Xms512m -jar minecraftlauncher.jar nogui
I'm certain the format is different for P.C. but that might be able to help you.
Very interesting, I have seen a few thing mention RAM a lot but I kind of ignored them subconsciously I guess. I will check into it with that point of view now, and at least it's something to go off of. Thanks a lot man!
I would reccomend searching how to use terminal as apose to searching for .bats, beacuse some poeple are complete jackasses and the .bat they tell you to use can acutally delete your hardrive instead of launching minecraft with more RAM. Also I would stay away from the MagicLauncher, people rave about it but I never really liked it. (I also have much less powerful P.C. laptop so that's why I got the MagicLauncher).
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Minecraft runs on Java. To my understanding a "Java Virtual Machine" is a game that is based on Java.
When i'm on the computer I usually have itunes, firefox, minecraft opened. Now I have 4G of RAM which is enough for my purposes, but Itunes and firefox take up alot of RAM. The rule of thumb is to leave 1G of RAM unused at all times. Now When I have those programs open, I have less than 1G of unused RAM so I thought "Aliright time to fix this." I did my reasearch and found out how to launch certain programs (minecraft) with less RAM. In my expierence, minecraft can't be launched with less than 0.5G or 512mb of RAM, and if I did launch it with less than that it gave me an error saying "Can't Create Java Virtual Machine". Now, you having 2G of RAM makes me think that Minecraf tis being launched with less than 0.5G or 512mb of RAM.
Now assuming .bat is the equivalent of a .command, in otherwords terminal, I used the following to launch minecraft. ( I keep minecraft on my desktop)
cd desktop
cd minecraft
cd "minecraft.app"
cd contents
cd resources
cd java
java -Xmx512m -Xms512m -jar minecraftlauncher.jar nogui
I'm certain the format is different for P.C. but that might be able to help you.