About the memory issues

[HousePet]

I did a memory dump when the t-enginge was using 1.2 GB of ram.
Opened it in a hex editor and discovered it is full of strings like:

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\loaded-addons\alchemist+\overload\loaded-addons\archelemsplit\overload\loaded-addons\alchemist+\overload\loaded-addons\werebeast\overload\loaded-addons\alchemist+\overload\loaded-addons\werebeast\overload\data\talents\uber\mag.lua

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\loaded-addons\alchemist+\overload\loaded-addons\alchemist+\overload\loaded-addons\werebeast\overload\loaded-addons\alchemist+\overload\loaded-addons\werebeast\overload\loaded-addons\archelemsplit\overload\data\gfx\talents\rune__speed.png

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\loaded-addons\archelemsplit\overload\loaded-addons\archelemsplit\overload\loaded-addons\alchemist+\overload\loaded-addons\werebeast\overload\data\gfx\particles\notice_enemy.lua

In between these strings is 3 to 5 empty spaces, then 4 random characters, then 3 more empty spaces.

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     ZNÝ|   

I suspect the above is a number of some sort. It appears to count downwards in some sort of sequence.

Hopefully this helps get it sorted out.

[Canderel]

How much as a % is those strings of the 1.2gb?

The bytes inbetween are almost always an indicator of the length of the string following it.

[Hachem_Muche]

I'd be interested in seeing a similar dump right after garbage collection to see how much of that data is really redundant or if the garbage collector is not working properly with t-engine.

I think the command to do a full garbage collection cycle is collectgarbage("collect").

[HousePet]

How much as a % is those strings of the 1.2gb?

About 85%

[aardvark]

I'd be interested in seeing a similar dump right after garbage collection to see how much of that data is really redundant or if the garbage collector is not working properly with t-engine.

Assuming HousePet copied and pasted those lines, nothing would happen. All the Lua side directories use forward slashes.

This looks to be happening in the C portion of the engine. Again, assuming the lines are pasted from the dump.