Hello friends

Has anyone noticed that Vue 7 Infinite using too many system resources ? I'm using an Athlon 64 x2 400+ with 2 gigs of ddr2 800 rams - I was using Vue 6 Infinite on this system without any problem. Even on the heaviest scene I always had %60 system resources remain.

Since I switched to Vue 7 - even on a scene with one ecosystem and three mountains (regular - not proc.) I'm working with %38 system resources remain.

Also it's slow - very very slow. Saving and loading scenes taking years.

I don't think making a new version means making a program much clumsy then before. I hope someone from Eon read this...

It is normal that new software versions are "heavier" than previous versions and demand more from the hardware, not only Vue but everything in general. Look at Microsoft software, for example.

This topic has been already discussed in this forum and I also made some tests. Indeed it's true but it's only noticeable if you're on a medium system. For example, I have 8GB, Vista 64 bits, and the additional RAM that Vue 7 needs is not noticeable. Instead of having 4GB RAM free, I have 3GB free. Not relevant. But if you have 2GB total, that overhead becomes very relevant. So, my suggestion would be that you need to upgrade your system. :-)

Regarding slowliness, that probably has to do with the RAM problem. In my system, Vue7 is faster than Vue6.

 Using Vue 7 Complete on a Vista 64bit system (3.16GHz Core 2 Duo with 4GB of memory), my scene has 7 standard terrains with ecosystems on each plus a global painted ecosystem. The scene also contains 50 or 60 plants and trees that are not part of the ecosystems. After several hours of trying different atmospheres and lighting setups, all without closing the program, my resources are still above 75%. Saving and loading scenes usually takes less than 5 seconds.

Kerem, there are new openGL paremeters that might be on by default in the display options menu. Scene antialiasing and line antialiasing. Uncheck those, and you may regain some resources.

Quote - Kerem, there are new openGL paremeters that might be on by default in the display options menu. Scene antialiasing and line antialiasing. Uncheck those, and you may regain some resources.

Bruno that helped a lot - I really do appreciate! Thank you.

My computers kinda poor when compared with yours guys! :D

Vue has always been resource and memory hungry. Imo it's has always been more resource and memory hungry then it needs to be, but E-On never seems to able to solve that 'issue'. Using Vue with only 2Gb of RAM isn't a good idea, I know that from experience. Most (3D) applications I do use are very happy with my system and the 2Gb of RAM, but Vue is a major exception.

Did you know that the system requirements never changed? They've been there from Vue 5 already and we all know that even Vue demanded a lot more then what E-on claims if you want to render anything seriously with it. How in the world can they even claim that Vue 7 will run on a computer with Windows  Vista32/64, having a 1GHz Pentium III processor and 512MB of free RAM? I wish everyone trying that a lot of luck......

I've got 1.6Gb free RAM and Vue still doesn't like that, it wants way more then that.

I dunno, I seem to manage ok on 2Gb - means I have to be a bit careful what I import but it's been ok so far

Ah, thnaks for the scene antialias tip! :)
well I've found files are VERY heavy now, dunno why but painted ecos seem to bloat the size of Vue files massively.