'Hellgate: London' Goes Gold, Demo Coming Tomorrow

**MIG-31** · Oct 17, 2007, 05:55 PM

Source: Worthplaying
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Hellgate: London is a first person perspective RPG with a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, and introduces a demon-ridden environment where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive. Tomorrow's demo will feature 2 of the game's 6 character classes, and several storyline and side quests.

Tipstaff · Oct 17, 2007, 09:50 PM

I've said this elsewhere: the game should not be released yet.

They still have yet to figure out a major issue that causes the game to crash to the desktop, or freezes the screen with the error behind it which says, "Memory has been exhausted. The application will now close". This error was showing up primarily in Vista before the last 2 builds, but since then has become a major issue on both OS'. All we can tell is that the game, apparently, isn't releasing ram, or rather not unloading textures from previous zones, and fills up the ram rather quickly. You could get anywhere from 3-15 minutes to 3 hours playtime before it crashes. It also doesn't matter how much ram you have either. Just look at the specs for my gaming rig. 4GB of ram, equal sized Windows managed pagefile, and about 80GB left HD space. Seriously, I shouldn't be running out of memory for a loong time.

Anyways, for anyone interested just join the HLG forums, and you will see thread after thread on this error. This error happens all the time. While it isn't consistently tied to one thing, it is consistent in that it always happens... without fail. The game just doesn't release ram, and that means it will crash eventually, whether it's in 3 minutes or 3 hours, it happens. Until they fix that issue they shouldn't be golding this just yet.

Edit: I realize this isn't the place to have posted this, but honestly, it's not done yet, and I'm rather shocked that they think it is.

Hellslayer · Oct 18, 2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

I've said this elsewhere: the game should not be released yet.

They still have yet to figure out a major issue that causes the game to crash to the desktop, or freezes the screen with the error behind it which says, "Memory has been exhausted. The application will now close". This error was showing up primarily in Vista before the last 2 builds, but since then has become a major issue on both OS'. All we can tell is that the game, apparently, isn't releasing ram, or rather not unloading textures from previous zones, and fills up the ram rather quickly. You could get anywhere from 3-15 minutes to 3 hours playtime before it crashes. It also doesn't matter how much ram you have either. Just look at the specs for my gaming rig. 4GB of ram, equal sized Windows managed pagefile, and about 80GB left HD space. Seriously, I shouldn't be running out of memory for a loong time.

Anyways, for anyone interested just join the HLG forums, and you will see thread after thread on this error. This error happens all the time. While it isn't consistently tied to one thing, it is consistent in that it always happens... without fail. The game just doesn't release ram, and that means it will crash eventually, whether it's in 3 minutes or 3 hours, it happens. Until they fix that issue they shouldn't be golding this just yet.

Edit: I realize this isn't the place to have posted this, but honestly, it's not done yet, and I'm rather shocked that they think it is.

Just so you know, they have in house testing. We did not have the full build, they did. We tested network issues mostly. You can breath now, hellgate will be a solid game out of the box. Will there be bugs, there sure will be,but will it be as bad as your saying,nope!

**MIG-31** · Oct 18, 2007, 05:36 PM

You will find Gamedaily is now hosting the Exclusive Demo (And it looks like this will go live to other host 24hrs later for what i have seen).

You will find the info and download link in This Thread.

Oct 17, 2007, 05:55 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 45,083 Rep Power: 252 System Specs	'Hellgate: London' Goes Gold, Demo Coming Tomorrow Source: Worthplaying _______________ Hellgate: London is a first person perspective RPG with a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, and introduces a demon-ridden environment where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive. Tomorrow's demo will feature 2 of the game's 6 character classes, and several storyline and side quests. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help HardwareHeaven by using Digg! HH Hardware Diggs / GH Gaming Diggs

Oct 17, 2007, 09:50 PM	#2
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,676 Rep Power: 117 System Specs	I've said this elsewhere: the game should not be released yet. They still have yet to figure out a major issue that causes the game to crash to the desktop, or freezes the screen with the error behind it which says, "Memory has been exhausted. The application will now close". This error was showing up primarily in Vista before the last 2 builds, but since then has become a major issue on both OS'. All we can tell is that the game, apparently, isn't releasing ram, or rather not unloading textures from previous zones, and fills up the ram rather quickly. You could get anywhere from 3-15 minutes to 3 hours playtime before it crashes. It also doesn't matter how much ram you have either. Just look at the specs for my gaming rig. 4GB of ram, equal sized Windows managed pagefile, and about 80GB left HD space. Seriously, I shouldn't be running out of memory for a loong time. Anyways, for anyone interested just join the HLG forums, and you will see thread after thread on this error. This error happens all the time. While it isn't consistently tied to one thing, it is consistent in that it always happens... without fail. The game just doesn't release ram, and that means it will crash eventually, whether it's in 3 minutes or 3 hours, it happens. Until they fix that issue they shouldn't be golding this just yet. Edit: I realize this isn't the place to have posted this, but honestly, it's not done yet, and I'm rather shocked that they think it is. __________________ >><< Last edited by Tipstaff; Oct 17, 2007 at 10:09 PM.

Oct 18, 2007, 05:36 PM	#4
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 45,083 Rep Power: 252 System Specs	You will find Gamedaily is now hosting the Exclusive Demo (And it looks like this will go live to other host 24hrs later for what i have seen). You will find the info and download link in This Thread. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help HardwareHeaven by using Digg! HH Hardware Diggs / GH Gaming Diggs Last edited by MIG-31; Oct 18, 2007 at 05:41 PM.