KSP RAM Saver

[Dennis6492]

Check this out, it can help you save tons of RAM in 32 bit KSP, working for 0.25 , should work on older versions too!

Version 2.0 Released Now with options! you can choose what to do!, the first version is now the "express" version

Downloads

Express Version (Easy to use, just run the exe and done)

Version 2.0 (You can choose what to do!)

KSP RAM Saver GitHub : https://github.com/Dennis6492/KSP-RAM-Saver (Source, Changelog, License, Download)

Go here if you have Issues

Here is a Reference Image

License of KSP RAM Saver

If you have known issues with OpenGL please refrain from using the express version, use version 2.0 instead and choose DirectX 11.

Looks like I got parodied here KSPRAMSaver++ I'll call it the x64 counterpart hahaha

Edited November 19, 2014 by Dennis6492

[KasperVld]

Hi Dennis!

Please make sure you post the source code and license for your mod here, as is dictated in the add-on posting rules

[Dennis6492]

I have to post source code even if it is hosted on another place?

[KasperVld]

You do if you want to post it here as well - even if it is hosted somewhere else.

[Dennis6492]

Hmmm my licence conflicts with that, I'm going to consider it

[sumghai]

Hmmm my licence conflicts with that, I'm going to consider it

A Copyright / All Rights Reserved licence does not conflict with the requirement to include source code in any plugin downloads hosted and/or advertised on the KSP Forums.

The reason we ask for source code is so that people can be reassured that your program isn't doing anything malicious or circumventing KSP's EULA.

[GoNzOTW]

Do you have any information on how this supposedly works? I don't want to run some random .exe with vague promises of RAM savings without knowing what it's supposed to be doing.

[Dennis6492]

Ok, I'm releasing the source code, it's so simple you may laugh u.u

Info that you find while reading the way unity engine works

[GoNzOTW]

I'm not reading any source code, I just want to know how it supposedly works. I'll let somebody else verify it's not malware.

[Dennis6492]

It basically tells KSP to use a better API for rendering

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You can all check the source now https://github.com/Dennis6492/KSP-RAM-Saver

[Huntarr]

Considering this is his first post ever. I wouldn't use it until there was some source code to look at.

[GoNzOTW]

So it's forcing OpenGL, something that you don't need a separate exe to do?

[sumghai]

Ok, I'm releasing the source code, it's so simple you may laugh u.u

Info that you find while reading the way unity engine works

It basically tells KSP to use a better API for rendering

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You can all check the source now https://github.com/Dennis6492/KSP-RAM-Saver

Source code needs to be included in the actual download itself, not just a link.

Having now seen the source code, it appears to be practically identical to changing the startup parameters in the KSP shortcut in a manner described back in June 2014 by Eisfunke.

I'm curious as to what advantage a compiled program has over simply editing the shortcut option.

[Dennis6492]

Here is the source https://github.com/Dennis6492/KSP-RAM-Saver why is people so mistrustful? ;(

[v1per]

Yeah, he's just running a simple system command to force the game to run in OpenGL mode. Something you can do easily by editing the games shortcut, or adding the command in the execution options in Steam.

I'm curious as to what advantage a compiled program has over simply editing the shortcut option.

There should be none AFAIK.

[GoNzOTW]

Considering this is his first post ever. I wouldn't use it until there was some source code to look at.

Oh yeah, I'm staying away from this unless and until some actual information comes out.

I have a viewer who ran it in a virtual box and all it seems to do is force OpenGL.

[Dennis6492]

Hmmm quicker and requires no user knowledge?

Looks like somebody found it before me u.u

[Ar_Taq]

It makes KSP start using opengl. If you haven't already tried this fix, it's up to you. It will not work well for all graphics cards and it will change how everything looks and may lower your frame rate.

[Dennis6492]

You wont have people crying "My shortcut doesnt work" or"how do I do that?" Just a simple double click or enter

[Dennis6492]

Weird I'm on Nvidia GTX 560 and works flawlessly I see the same KSP and my FPS are the same, the change is that I can add more mods

[Ar_Taq]

Anyone want to post the link to the big OpenGL discussion?

[Dennis6492]

Source code needs to be included in the actual download itself, not just a link.

Having now seen the source code, it appears to be practically identical to changing the startup parameters in the KSP shortcut in a manner described back in June 2014 by Eisfunke.

I'm curious as to what advantage a compiled program has over simply editing the shortcut option.

You can put it everywhere you post the plug in, or in the download itself, both are not required

"3. Source code

All plugins which are made available on the services maintained by Squad that serve the KSP Community must have their source code be made publicly available. This can be achieved by posting it on a public code repository and linking this repository in every location you offer the plugin for download. Including the source code in the download file itself instead of hosting it on a public code repository also satisfies this requirement."

[sumghai]

Anyone want to post the link to the big OpenGL discussion?

I already did.

Having now seen the source code, it appears to be practically identical to changing the startup parameters in the KSP shortcut in a manner described back in June 2014 by Eisfunke.

[Huntarr]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/84203-Less-memory-usage-by-using-OpenGL

[MK3424]

It basically tells KSP to use a better API for rendering

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You can all check the source now https://github.com/Dennis6492/KSP-RAM-Saver

You mean that you let ksp to run in OpenGL instead of DirectX?