[Ludvig1971]

Hi everybody !

I'm working on a RPG, and I'v got this problem
with memory fragmentation.

I'v got a quite big bitmap with tiles, and
sometimes I'll load a new one, like
this:

ITiles=null;
try{ ITiles=Image.createImage("/gfx/tileset"+nr+".png");
}catch(Exception e){
//System.out.println("LoadTiles Exception: "+e);
};

or like this :

ITiles=null;
System.gc(); //<-
try{ ITiles=Image.createImage("/gfx/tileset"+nr+".png");
}catch(Exception e){
//System.out.println("LoadTiles Exception: "+e);
};


I can do this about 17 times before
there are no more memory left...
I'm not having any other 'new' or other
memoryconsuming parts, so I deduced
that the memory is getting fragmented.

So my question is, how can I do this better ?
I would like to only 'overwrite' the image with
another one (they all have the
same size).

Is there a possible workaround ?


Thanks !

/Ludvig Larsson

ps. I'm currently working on the 3650.

[eirplaygames]

as far as i know the garbage collector isn't called that often on the phone.
try calling it after you set the previous image to null, just to make sure.
[System.gc();]

also, if the images are tiles are they the same size?
if they are different sizes this will fragment the memory much quicker.

[Ludvig1971]

Thanks but I'v tried all sort of
combinations, and there
are IMHO no easy workaround possible...

/Ludvig