Active Texture Management... not required anymore?

[jab136]

So I was just wondering, with the update and x64 KSP now, is ATM really needed anymore as long as you have more than 4 GB of ram available on your computer?

[cpast]

It depends. If you're running on Mac, you don't have 64-bit, so it's required. If you're running on Windows, it depends whether you care about the various 64-bit-specific bugs (if you do, you might want to still use 32-bit, which is more stable, and then ATM matters). If you are running a TON of mods on Windows with the 64-bit client and have not a ton more than 4 GB free (given that other programs and background processes can take up a fair chunk of RAM themselves, meaning that KSP brings you down to minimal free memory) you'll still want it -- minimizing RAM usage then is still a good thing. If you have 16 GB RAM and 12 GB free before launching KSP, probably not needed.

[NathanKell]

1. It fixes still-existing loader bugs.

2. There *is* a limit to x64, somewhere around the 5GB mark IIRC. It won't straight-up crash after that, but it gets very unstable.

[Motokid600]

If you want to go crazy adding mods then it'd probably be a good idea to use it.

[velve]

Correct me if I'm wrong but, does this not still apply to persons such as myself who are running KSP on a potato? With 512mb Vram I'm quite sure this would still be useful for avoiding that limit. As hitting it introduces stutter so....?

I still use it for that reason, but if I'm misunderstanding the mechanics behind ATM I could indeed also not use it anymore.

[p331083]

Still required unless you have like 16gb+ of memory.