Mapchunk error (and other errors)

Especially now with the Labyrinth this is getting INSANELY annoying. Resetting my progress again and again and again...

Why do I get these errors?
Some entries from the logfile (it's spammed with this):

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2016/03/05 11:32:05 20070854 208 [WARN Client 4760] Warning: failed to play sound stream: Unable to create source: 40963
2016/03/05 11:32:05 20071244 375 [CRIT Client 4760] Error: Failed to play sound stream: Unable to create source: 40963

Slightly before the crash the sound also stops playing.

People say it's my PC. But how can that be? Sure it's a few years old but still:
Windows 7
16GB RAM
SSD (with about 0.5 TB free space)
I7 Intel 3.6 Basespeed
Etc.


Note: It's NOT the "EOUTOFMEMORY" error and it's not the error listed in the stickied post.
Uninstalling and redownloading Path of Exile does not help.


Temporary workaround:
- Run CC cleaner and clean your registry.
- use the gc command in the launch options.
- reduce texture quality in the video settings or reduce it even further through the config file.

This workaround also applies to high-end machines and to machines with loads of RAM. I know it makes no sense but this fixes it. I suspect there to be a memory leak and the gc command will clean up the memory between instances.
This workaround does not fix it 100% but will SEVERELY reduce it.

Bump, still getting these errors several times per day.

I suggest you get CCleaner if you have it and run the registry cleaner. Run it a few times till the window doesn't come up with anything to fix. Once this is done, see if that error comes up again. If you are having issues with it, PM me and i'll respond ASAP.

I noticed that my total RAM usage was like ~10GB just before a crash. This can't be good. There's probably a memory leak somewhere because upgrading to 32GB just to run Path of Exile would be a little nuts.

I ran CC cleaner
I also now use the -gc command now when Launching Path of Exile. Loading times hardly increased though (must be the SSD). I have 16GB RAM and run Windows 7 in x64 with compatible hardware so in theory this should not be the problem. But... It did seem to be the problem. Or at least, either this or CC cleaner was the fix.

At least no more crashes so far. Thanks!

Note that the below should in theory not apply to me. But because the RAM usage is so insanely high just before a crash it could be possible that the listed fix below also applies to machines that have plenty of RAM and run in x64:

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EOUTOFMEMORY or Unable to Map File or Unable to MapViewOfFile
This usually occurs when your game file runs out of ram, common on PCs with low ram or running 32bit versions of windows. Running the game with Texture Quality set to Medium usually fixes this, though having less than 4gb of ram will cause problems after changing areas a number of times. We will improve the memory recovery system in future.

Overall I'm fairly sure that there is a memory leak somewhere in PoE. But for now I have a workaround.

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EOUTOFMEMORY or Unable to Map File or Unable to MapViewOfFile
This usually occurs when your game file runs out of ram, common on PCs with low ram or running 32bit versions of windows. Running the game with Texture Quality set to Medium usually fixes this, though having less than 4gb of ram will cause problems after changing areas a number of times. We will improve the memory recovery system in future.

bullshit. i have 16gb ram, 4gb vram, ssd, win pro x64 and constantly getting these errors both mapchunk, outofmemory, and even random crashes. they simply fucked something up wtih the latest patch

I had this since the Awakening league (previous league). Before I never had this problem. Also the workaround seems very outdated because the bug now also applies to x64 'high-end machines'. It may also have different kinds of error messages.

However the solution from Tergen combined with the one for older x32 machines does 'fix' it.

It seems to be a pretty common issue at the moment, and there are lots of posts pointing towards some kind of memory leak.

The -gc 2 command is a decent workaround for some people, others have had success with making sure their page files etc. are setup properly.

I haven't seen a complete fix or ETA posted anywhere, but GGG has posted that they are working on trying to get the memory usage issues down, so I imagine this should be part of that.

Sorry I don't have any better news or recommendations for you.

Darn: http://s10.postimg.org/ww5z5xj6x/crash.png
Could be another issue though. Just had this one. Nevertheless the workarounds posted here still reduce the crashes by a LOT.

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I haven't seen a complete fix or ETA posted anywhere, but GGG has posted that they are working on trying to get the memory usage issues down, so I imagine this should be part of that.

I'm glad they at least work on it. This bug is rather old. Before it was just annoying, very annoying for summoners (lose minions) but now we lose all lab progress making it 'nghhhhyaaaa!'.

Quick query, are you running any glove enchantments or using a chaos based spell like Essence Drain?

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nait2k4 wrote:

Quick query, are you running any glove enchantments or using a chaos based spell like Essence Drain?

No. It also happens without that.
I also just had another crash...