Originally posted by NeoNinjaX "Memory List Blown"

*Gah* Congratulations you have found a real Memory Pig.

Did a search and this is what I've found from various Google posts:
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You don't have quite enough base memory. Arena needs 600k for 1.04, 605k for 1.05 (which is much faster, clearer sound and more playable).

Sometimes also if you have been running Windows and exit to dos before running the game the screen will freeze up on throwing a spell or you will get a memory blown message. I talked to Bechesda Softworks personnel on Compuserve and they said sometimes The way Windows uses Memory interacts strangely with Arena and a clean boot before playing the game will avoid this problem.

The memory list blown error still haunted me for about a week when I realized that I needed as much conventional memory as possible. ...The problem almost always lies in the fact that you need as much conventional memory as is possible.

1. Maximise low memory. 615K (629,760 bytes) should be enough.

2. Maximise EMS. As much as you can get. 2 Megs will work, but 4 is better.

I have 630 free, and have gotten a memory list blown _once_ in about 100 hours of playing.
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Before your do anything else, you should make sure you have Elder Scrolls patched up to v1.6

http://www.3dgamers.com/games/es1arena/#filelist

BTW, you might also check to see if your motherboard/chipset is compatible with UMBPCI.SYS.

Awsome, I cant think you enough. I was beginning to think that no one would respond =). Thanks alot man.

crap. I just cant seem to get things workin with Arena. I moved my save files around for reasons i have no clue of. I dont know why i did it but i did. Now the game screws up. Can i fix my game files? or do i need to delete them and start over?

Originally posted by NeoNinjaX I dont know why i did it but i did. Now the game screws up. Can i fix my game files? or do i need to delete them and start over?

I would back them up, then start over. From what I've seen, loading save games from a different version of a game (loading a 1.01 save into a 1.06 game, for example) always caused problems.

It might be possible to use your old save games, but they just aren't "trustworthy" anymore. Note that even the guy who had 630K of base memory said he had one of the crashes. You could probably make it more stable by disabling the audio, but that obviously, is no fun. But if you're desperate...

I try to run the DOS CD Version 1.7 (real system, DOS6.22), but get any time after the startup dungeon exit the "Insufficient Base Memory" Error.
My Base memory atm is 613KB with EMS 32MB. Im not sure if this is the 1.7 Version problem? I try to find the 1.6 but no luck.
Since the game is free, anyone have a 1.6 "DOS" CD image that i can try?

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