Letter from the Devs: 0.5.6 - The RAM Hog (Patreon)

Hey friends,

as we already announced, 0.5.6 turned out to be a RAM hog.

The problem: With less than 24GB RAM it’s unfortunately unplayable.

Why?

VR HOT is using the Unity engine. At the moment, Unity preloads a big part of the objects in the game at start, such as clothes, hair, etc. into the RAM - even the ones not in use.

So far this hasn’t been a big problem, but the addition of new clothes, hairstyles and other things in 0.5.6 crossed the red line. We measured up to 14GB of RAM usage. Which we consider unacceptable, VR HOT should be playable on a PC with 16GB.

This means we have to change the architecture of the software, so Unity only loads the currently needed objects to the RAM.

The good news: It will run even better than before.

The bad news: This takes time.

We are aiming for a temporary fix within 2-3 days. It will be playable for those with only 16GB of RAM. To rebuild the architecture it will take weeks. But then it will need a lot less RAM than before and run better for everyone.

For those with at least 24GB RAM, you should be fine with the current version, but please let us know if you are experiencing issues with the update.

For those with only 16GB - 0.5.5 is still available if you have to reinstall it. And there’ll be a usable version of 0.5.6 very soon - thanks for your patience and for supporting us!

Take care

VR HOT