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Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:47 pm
by Xarovin
I just came across this issue with trying to use the `FactorioMaps` mod, as it writes to the temp directory (which is on my ramdisk).
I don't know C++, but is there any chance you could potentially catch that error and raise something more informative? Took me a while to figure out the cause of the error.
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:10 am
by jodokus31
Maybe it's related to this issue with relative paths:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/560 ... out-parent
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:30 pm
by Rseding91
If someone has some ramdisk software I could test with that isn't malware I could see if there are any workarounds but so far all of the errors I've seen are coming from the MSVC standard library; which is written by Microsoft developers for microsoft developers.
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:13 pm
by Xarovin
Rseding91 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:30 pm
If someone has some ramdisk software I could test with that isn't malware I could see if there are any workarounds but so far all of the errors I've seen are coming from the MSVC standard library; which is written by Microsoft developers for microsoft developers.
ImDisk has served me very well for the past few years.
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:14 pm
by Rseding91
Xarovin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:13 pm
ImDisk has served me very well for the past few years.
I found this page for imdisk:
https://github.com/LTRData/ImDisk which says in more words "don't use this on modern versions of windows"
PLEASE NOTE: This project is not recommended on recent versions of Windows and many applications written for Windows Vista and later require features that are not supported. It is based on an old design for compatibility with as old versions as Windows NT 3.51. No new features will be added to this project but it will remain available here because it could still be useful in certain scenarios.
That sounds exactly like it won't work for Factorio and the flaw is the ram disk software.
EDIT: the issues page even shows the exact same error mentioned here:
https://github.com/LTRData/ImDisk/issues/6
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:21 pm
by posila
Dataram RAMDisk works well for me (even thought now that I googled their homepage, it is not secured, so that seems little bit sketchy)
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:27 pm
by Rseding91
posila wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:21 pm
Dataram RAMDisk works well for me (even thought now that I googled their homepage, it is not secured, so that seems little bit sketchy)
Does Factorio work if you set the read or write directory to a RAM disk using that software?
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:24 am
by posila
Rseding91 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:27 pm
Does Factorio work if you set the read or write directory to a RAM disk using that software?
Yes. I usually unzip Factorio into the RAM diks and launch it from it when I need to test something in specific old release.
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:17 pm
by Rseding91
posila wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:24 am
Yes. I usually unzip Factorio into the RAM diks and launch it from it when I need to test something in specific old release.
Ok. So the issues mentioned here and in some other posts are due to the ram-disk software being faulty as suspected.
Re: Run from ramdisk
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:04 am
by Jon8RFC
I used amd's free software for a 4gig ramdisk on Win10 a few weeks ago. I made a symlink for the factorio temp directory. It saved the download to ramdisk, I connected to the server, and played, all without a hitch.
http://www.radeonramdisk.com/software_downloads.php