Memory Issue

[brndx]

The memory usage in my game appears to increase as the player progresses through more maps which leads me to believe that not everything is being released. This eventually results in a "not enough memory" error or vegetation / textures not loading. Are the sound sources released when world:clear() is called?

[Josh]

Sound sources are not entities and are not linked to any world.  Therefore, clearing the world will not do anything to them.  Sound-emitting entities will be cleared, however.

[brndx]

Do the variables holding the sound using Sound:Load need to be released or is it just the sound sources?

[Josh]

Sounds should be released when you are done with them:

Sound* sound = Sound::Load("a.ogg");
Source* source = Source::Create();
source->SetSound(sound);//increments the reference count, so the sound does not get deleted yet
sound->Release();//decrements the reference count, sound will be deleted when the source is released

In Leadwerks 5 this will be automatic:

auto sound = Sound::Load("a.ogg");
auto source = Source::Create();
source->SetSound(sound);

 

[brndx]

Ok. Is there anything other than the sounds / sound sources that aren't released by world:clear()?

[Josh]

Textures, materials, anything that isn't an entity.