What's up, RMers?

[Steel Beast 6Beets]

I see.

It seems my main project is simply too big and that's causing the memory usage spike. My other projects only use half as much.

Not necessarily.

If there is a memory usage spike, it would suggest that (perhaps) a script in use was not 'optimized'.  For an example, consider HUD or menu windows.  You do not wish to have the screen refresh on every instance/frame that occurs as that would cause lag and a necessary spike.  For HUDs that I craft, I prefer to run a timer to update the window every 1/2 a second or so... and even then, I run a test to see if the HUD's data had changed.

Insofar as maps, perhaps it is the tileset(s) in question.  As I said, the larger the file, the more memory is used.  Loading a tileset with 5000 tiles (yes, they exist) for a map of 100x100 tiles would use more memory than a typical tileset with 50-100 tiles for even a large 500x500 map. And setting up a graphically beautiful parallax map for a large expansive map, likely more.

So I figure that you need to examine or re-examine what is in play.

That could be. I'm using a "master tileset" (fusion of all the exterior tilesets from the RTP plus some others) for the maps I'm working on.

I've monitoring the usage lately and so far it hasn't exceeded 5mb which is the amount I consider normal.