My boys both got laptops for Christmas and installed minecraft unfortunately they both get a message that states minecraft is out of memory and the games closes.
Minecraft has run out of memory This could be caused by a bug in the game or by the Java Virtual Machine not being allocated enough memory. If you are playing in a web browser, try downloading the game and playing it offline. To prevent level corruption, the current game had quit. We've tried to free up enough memory to let you go back to the main menu and back to playing, but this may not have worked. Please restart the game if you see this message again
I have tried updating and re-installing Java but not really sure what else to do. It has worked fine on my laptop previously.
I tried this thinking it was the easiest solution but as a newbie and a mum trying to sort out the problems of 10 & 12 year old boys its proving difficult. It still ran out of memory.
Can I ask a dumb question??? Where the heck do I find the launcher for minecraft.exe? and write the message in??? I can't even get past point 1. !!!! I must be looking in the wrong area. Sorry but I need more help.
I tried this thinking it was the easiest solution but as a newbie and a mum trying to sort out the problems of 10 & 12 year old boys its proving difficult. It still ran out of memory.
Can I ask a dumb question??? Where the heck do I find the launcher for minecraft.exe? and write the message in??? I can't even get past point 1. !!!! I must be looking in the wrong area. Sorry but I need more help.
Get minecraft.exe and place it somewhere, for example the desktop. Then open up Notepad and type in
java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar "Minecraft.exe"
1gigabyte of memory should be more than enough for a vanilla game. Once you've typed in that, save the file on the desktop, or whereever your minecraft.exe resides. Save it with the name "Run.bat", be sure to change file types to "All files". Now double click Run.bat. That should run the game.
For a vanilla install, no mods, no complicated world, the primary causes for an OOM problem are video driver issues.
1) Make sure that IF you are running on a 64bit OS, that you are running a 64bit Java. The 64bit drivers are better tested and debugged. To get 64bit Java the simplest thing is to go to java.com using Internet Explorer (64bit) "Start -> Internet Explorer (64bit) -> java.com"
If after ensuring you are using 64bit java you still have trouble, then go to your vid card manufacturer's web site and check for a driver update. (amd.com, nvidia.com, intel.com depending)
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My boys both got laptops for Christmas and installed minecraft unfortunately they both get a message that states minecraft is out of memory and the games closes.
Minecraft has run out of memory
This could be caused by a bug in the game or by the Java Virtual Machine not being allocated enough memory. If you are playing in a web browser, try downloading the game and playing it offline.
To prevent level corruption, the current game had quit.
We've tried to free up enough memory to let you go back to the main menu and back to playing, but this may not have worked. Please restart the game if you see this message again
I have tried updating and re-installing Java but not really sure what else to do. It has worked fine on my laptop previously.
Hoping someone has some simple ideas to fix it
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Retired StaffHere is the link:
http://http//www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1395030-allocate-more-memory-for-minecraft/
we shall give it a try, thanks
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/672741-out-of-memory-error-solution-for-64bit-w7-users/
I tried this thinking it was the easiest solution but as a newbie and a mum trying to sort out the problems of 10 & 12 year old boys its proving difficult. It still ran out of memory.
Can I ask a dumb question??? Where the heck do I find the launcher for minecraft.exe? and write the message in??? I can't even get past point 1. !!!! I must be looking in the wrong area. Sorry but I need more help.
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Retired StaffThe launcher can be obtained here, http://minecraft.net/download.
Get minecraft.exe and place it somewhere, for example the desktop. Then open up Notepad and type in
1gigabyte of memory should be more than enough for a vanilla game. Once you've typed in that, save the file on the desktop, or whereever your minecraft.exe resides. Save it with the name "Run.bat", be sure to change file types to "All files". Now double click Run.bat. That should run the game.
1) Make sure that IF you are running on a 64bit OS, that you are running a 64bit Java. The 64bit drivers are better tested and debugged. To get 64bit Java the simplest thing is to go to java.com using Internet Explorer (64bit) "Start -> Internet Explorer (64bit) -> java.com"
If after ensuring you are using 64bit java you still have trouble, then go to your vid card manufacturer's web site and check for a driver update. (amd.com, nvidia.com, intel.com depending)