Fix Homeworld 3 Out Of Video Memory Error On PC

hello guys welcome to my Channel today in this video I'm going to show you how to fix out of video memory error with home World 3 game on your Windows computer now the first step is to restart your computer simply restart your computer once and after the system restart launch the game now the next step is to run the game as an administrator from the game installation folder for this go to stream make our active on the game select manage then click on browse local files now over here make our the gamee file and then select property go to the second Tab and then put a check on the box which says run this program as an administrator then hit apply click on okay and then make a double click launch the game if that does not work again go to properties and this time put a check over here select Windows 8 hit apply click on okay make a double click launch the game still not working then this time select Windows 7 over here and then hit apply click on okay and then make a double click launch the game if that does not work this time put a check on the box which says disable full screen optimizations and then hit apply click on okay and then launch the game if that does not work then open Home World 3 folder binaries win64 do the same thing with this cxe file make a right click select properties go to the second tab put a check over here run this program as an administrator hit apply click on okay make a double click launch the game if that does not work again put a check over here select Windows 8 hit apply click on okay launch the game if that does not work select Windows 7 over here and then hit apply click on okay and then launch the game if that does not work put a check on disable full screen optimization hit apply click on okay make a double click launch the game still not working in that case uncheck all these boxes so when you put a check on these boxes if that does not work you can uncheck these boxes and then go back do the same thing with the first exe file uncheck all the boxes and then follow the next step now the next step is to allow the gamee file to antivirus program so if you have any third party antivirus make sure that you allow the gamee file to antivirus program now if you're using Windows security then go to Windows settings go to previous and security if you have Windows 11 and then click on Windows security if you have Windows 10 you will have an option update in security then click on Windows security now click on virus and threat protection scroll down at the end you will see manage Ransom protection click on it now click on allow an app through control folder access click on yes to allow now click on ADD and allowed app browse all apps and then go to the game installation folder if the game installed in C drive open C drive program files x86 now open the Steam folder now open the steam apps folder open the common folder so open Steam apps and then open the common folder now over here you will open the game folder and then select the gamec file now click on open again click on add an allowed app browse all apps and then this time open world three binaries wing 64 select this exe file open now type in control panel in Windows search box and then go to control panel Open click on system and security Windows Defender Firewall click on allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall click on change settings in the top click on allow another app click on browse and then go to the game installation folder once again so open the Steam folder steam apps folder open the common folder open the game folder select the cxe file click on open now click on add in my case the game is already added again click on allow another app click on browse and then open Home World 3 binaries win 64 select this exe file click on open and then click on add in my case the game is already added so once the game is added over here now you can click on okay on the bottom and then launch the game and then then check now the next step is to perform a clean installation of your graphics driver so if you have Nvidia card go to Nvidia website if you have AMD card go to AMD website I'm showing for NVIDIA so go to Nvidia website and then select the right product type for me it's G4 now select the right series now in my case it's 30 series notebook so make sure that you select your series over here and then select your graphic card make sure that you select your graphic card over here and then select the right operating system so if you have Windows 11 select Windows 11 if you have Windows 10 select Windows 10 and this will be game ready driver now click on search latest one is 55244 right now so click on download and then click on download once again and let the download complete once the download is complete you can run this exe file now once you run the exe file click on okay or yes to allow and then click on agree and continue and then select custom over here and then click on next and then put a check on the box which says perform a clean installation make sure that you put a check on perform a clean installation and then click on next and let the installation complete after the installation restart your computer after the system restart you can launch the game and then check now the next step is to run the game on dedicated graphic card now for this type in graphics settings in Windows search box and then click on Graphics settings now click on browse over here and then again go to the game installation folder and open the game folder now open the game folder select this exe file click on ADD once the game is added click on options select high performance now click on Save again click on browse and then open Home World 3 binaries win64 select C this exe file click on ADD once the game is added click on options select high performance now click on Save Now launch the game next step is to verify the game files now for this go to stream makeer right click on the game select properties go to the install files tab and then click on verify Integrity of game files once the verification is complete now you can launch the game next step is to try dx11 or dx12 in launch option so make a right click on the game select properties so over here type in dash D3 d11 and then close this launch the game and then check if that does not work this time type in Das dx11 and then you can launch the game and then check if that does not work this time type in Das dx12 and then launch the game and then check still not working then you can remove this empty this launch option and then follow the next step now the next step is to roll back Graphics drial so again go to Nvidia website I'm showing for NVIDIA I will even show for Mt so let me show for MD go to MD website and then select your graphic card so make sure that you select your graphic card this is just an example now once you select your graphic card click on submit and you will see the latest graphics driver if you have Windows 11 expand windows 11 if you have Windows 10 expand Windows 10 now over here this is the latest one now to install the previous driver scroll down and click on previous drivers and then you will see the list of all the previous drivers and then you can try to install the old driver expand Windows 11 or Windows 10 and then you can try to install the previous drivers you can download it and then restart your computer similarly for NVIDIA card users you can go to Nvidia website and then select your graphic card from the list make sure that you select your graphic card select the right operating system and then on start search this is just an example now scroll down the latest one right now is 55244 you can try installing 552 do 22 or maybe G GeForce game ready driver that is 55212 but whenever you download it when you install it make sure that you put a check on the box which says perform a clean installation after the clean installation restart your computer and then launch the game now the next step is to rename save game files to rename save game files now before you rename or you can rename or delete the save game files now before you rename or delete the save game file let me inform you that you will lose all the game progress you have to start everything from scratch so only if you agree you can do so so open File Explorer go to this PC open C drive now open users folder now open your username folder now open app data if you don't see app data on the top click on view select show and then put a check on hidden items and then open app data folder open the local folder over here you can see home World 3 folder you can make a right click and then you can rename this as home world 3. or whatever you want once you rename it you can launch the game it will create another home world three folder and you will lose all the game progress and you have to start everything from scratch if that does not work you can delete the save game files so you can make a right click and then click on delete once this is deleted now you can launch the game and this time it will start from scratch so check if it's not working the next step is to increase the virtual memory so to increase the virtual memory type in view Advanced system settings in Window search box and then click on view Advanced system settings and then click on the first settings and then go to Advan Tab and then click on change over here and then select the drive so uncheck the box which says automatically manage paging file size for all drives uncheck this box and select the drive where the game is installed so select the drive and then once you select the right drive now put a check on custom size and for initial size it's 1.5 into total Ram so you can check the total Ram in Windows settings you can go to system and then go to about and total Ram in my case is 16 GB so you can calculate accordingly in my case it's 16 GB so I will calculate as per 16 GB so and first of all we have to convert 16 GB into megabyte so we will open calculator so type in calculator in run box and then click on okay and over here uh it's 16 1.5 into total Ram total Ram in my case it's 16 Ram 16 GB so 1 16 into 10 2 4 1024 is actually 1 GB is equal to 1024 megabyte so 16 GB in megabyte will be 16 384 into 1.5 1.5 into total Ram this is my total Ram in megabyte now 1.5 into total Ram total Ram that is into 1.5 so in my case initial size is 2 4576 2 4576 and maximum size is 3 into total Ram now total Ram in my case that is 16 GB I have 16 GB of RAM so 16 into 1024 I have converted this in megabyte megabyte now that is three into total Ram so total Ram is this much into 3 that is 49152 4915 52 49151 52 now click on set over here then click on okay okay apply okay okay now restart computer make sure that you restart your computer after this now the next step is to install direct X and visual C++ file for this copy this link the link link is provided in the video description open this link in the browser it will take you to Microsoft website here you can see direct X now click on download and then run this exe file now click on yes to allow and then click on I accept next uncheck install Bing Bar Next and let it complete this will take couple of seconds or maybe a minute and once this is complete you can click on finish and then install visual C++ file so click on finish now and then go to the second link and then open this link in a browser again it will take you to Microsoft website and here you can see Visual Studio 2015 17 19 and 22 download x86 and download x64 so I will download first x86 and then run this exe file now if you see the repair option click on repair if you see install option click on install in my case it is already installed it's telling me to restart my computer so it is already installed in my case then install x64 again once the download is complete run this exe file again if you see the repair option click on repair if you see install option click on install click on yes to allow and let the installation complete now once both are installed then restart once this is installed you will see restart option right like this restart your computer restart is a must after this and after the system restart you can launch the game next step is to unplug external devices from the computer so if you have these devices which are not using disconnect these devices and then launch the game also disconnect extra controller connected to the computer sometimes we have additional controller or dongle connected you can disconnect it and then launch the game try launching the game on single monitor also if you have any third party application or Services running close it disable steam overlay now for this go to steam make our on the game select properties turn off the option says enable The Sting overlay while in game and then launch the game also close all the other overlay applications so if you have Discord running or g4ce experience running so so close all the overlay application and then launch the game and then check also close all the overclocking applications so if you have MSI After Burner Reva tuner running you can close it also perform clean boot to perform clean boot type in system configuration invent search box and then click on system configuration go to the services Tab and then put a check on the box which says hide all Microsoft services and then click on disable all in my case this option is grade out I already did it in your case this should be highlighted so make sure you put a check on hide all Microsoft Services first and then click on disable all and then click on apply click on okay and then you will see a restart option restart your computer and then launch the game also if you have under voted your computer remove the undervote and then launch the game next is to update your windows to the latest version so open Windows settings go to Windows update or update in security and then click on check for update once all the updates are installed over here then restart your computer and after the system restart launch the game next step is to update your window up update system bios now to update system bios go to your system manufacturer website so if you have a Dell computer go to Dell website if you have Lenovo go to Lenovo if you have HP go to HP website and then update your system bios select your model number make sure that you select your computer and then update the system bios now in case of laptop before you update the system bios in case of laptop make sure battery on your computer is more than 10% and the AC adapter the charger is connected to the computer during the bias update your system will restart do not unplug the power cable when it's updating the system bios after the BIOS update log into the computer and then launch the game now you can skip this step if you're not able to launch the game but if you are able to launch the game you can switch to Window mode and lower down Graphics settings now for this launch the game first now once you launch the game now go to settings and then go to video now over here if borderless window is selected uh you can switch to Window mode and lower down screen resolution now if this is set to 4K you can try 1920 into 1080p you can even lower down more and then if the vertical syn is on you can turn it off and then check now scroll down now over here you can limit the frame rate I will limit it to 60 and then scroll down now if HDR is enabled you can disable HDR and then check scroll down now over here you can try different up scale over here now you can even go for dlss or you can even try s x SS or you can try FSR 2 so try different upscale and then check scroll down now over here if o overall quality level is set to Epic in that case you can set it to high you can even go for medium or low quality so I will set it for set it to medium and then if the rate ringg is rate R Shadow is on you can turn it off and then apply the settings now up apply the settings and then check the performance now the next step is to uninstall and reinstall the game so if nothing is working you can make a right click on the game select manage then on uninstall now after after the uninstall go to the game installation folder delete the game folder restart your computer and then reinstall the game to C drive so if the game is installed to another drive like D drive or e Drive you can try to install the game to C drive and then check now if the game is already installed in C drive then you can try to install the game to another SSD and then check so one of the steps shown in this video should help you to get the game running on your Windows computer so that'll be all thank you so much for your time and please like this video And subscribe to my channel

Channel: AarohanTechSol

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Keywords: Fix Homeworld 3 Out Of Video Memory Error On PC

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Length: 19min 57sec (1197 seconds)

Published: Sat May 11 2024