*ENGINE ERROR* ED_Alloc: no free edicts.

Coffee · Post by **Coffee** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:25 pm

From what I gather it has something to do with the fact that each entity uses an edict to spawn. When the entity has no available edict to attach itself to this error is generated and you crash to windows. I have just finished the Giovanni Mansion and had my talk with Lacroix, but everytime I try to exit the building I crash with this error. My guess is that multiple mobs are trying to spawn but there are no free edicts available for some reason. Anyone get this before and/or know how to fix it? I tried activision support and it was pretty much useless. They basically told me things that would in now way fix the problem, i.e, update my drivers, turn down my settings, etc.

This isn't the first time this has happened either. In my first game i got this in Hollywood. I started over and am now getting the error just before the Society of Leopold part of the game.

Mikexe · Post by **Mikexe** » Sun May 06, 2007 9:36 am

Look:

ED_Alloc: no free edicts (solución) - Clan DLAN ::: Traducciones de videojuegos, modding, revisiones, guías, rol y más

It's in Spanish, but it works, it saved me to become crazy with that error.

Basically:

enable cheats
in the console, type:
ai_clear_bad_links
this cleaning the garbage, next:
remove_entities_by_class npc_vrat
this erases the rats, leaving some free entities.
It would have to be enough.

The console some times lock the game, so I bind a key to do it that:

Quiksave your game, next, open the console, type:

bind 7 ai_clear_bad_links
bind 8 "remove_entities_by_class npc_vrat"

With the console open, press the key to quickload, while it loading, close the console. The game start, before make any move, press 7 and 8, and play...
(7, 8, can be any key that is not used, the "" are necessary)

I hope that helps you.

Dratharr · Post by **Dratharr** » Tue May 29, 2007 4:50 pm

I'm also getting this error, but I get it when I try to exit the room after killing Andrei. I've tried doing the above and I still get the same error.

Does anyone know of anything else that could help apart from going back to an earlier save game or starting again?

I am also running the game via steam and using the 1.2 official patch.

Jhereg · Post by **Jhereg** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:52 pm

Dratharr wrote:I'm also getting this error, but I get it when I try to exit the room after killing Andrei. I've tried doing the above and I still get the same error.

Does anyone know of anything else that could help apart from going back to an earlier save game or starting again?

I am also running the game via steam and using the 1.2 official patch.

VTMB leaks resources. Reboot and try again.

Vittorio · Post by **Vittorio** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:50 pm

Gahh!!!!

Holy crap! I can't do anything because of this stupid error. I get it all the time. I tried all the stuff on here and it still happens. It work alright the first time, but then after I got in the taxi to leave (which is what I have been trying to get to but can't) it was alright, but after it finished loading it just crashed, didn't even go back to the game before hand. That tends to happen all the time. Now I can't even get back to the game where I saved it after I bound the keys because before it even shows anything after it loads it just crashes with this error. I am going to blow this stupid game to pieces...

Tessera · Post by **Tessera** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:10 am

Try the True Patch 4.04AT, and see if it helps. I know we addressed various issues in several of the areas that have been mentioned in this thread.

You can get more info here:

TRUE VTMB PATCH 4.04AT -- OFFICIAL THREAD

You can also get technical support for VTMB on the tessmage.com forums, so if the patch doesn't help, then perhaps we can find some other solution. Good luck.

PS -- tessmage.com is a website for adult gamers, so you've been forewarned.

Vittorio · Post by **Vittorio** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:26 pm

I have recently discovered that I personally only get this error when I am either in or attempt to visit Santa Monica. It took a lot of time but I eventually got to the taxi and out of that town, but now that I have to go back for new quests I am having problems again because, of course, I can not go there without having that issue. Before I could sometimes have the game load for at least a little while before it crashed, but now I can't even get the load bar to fill before the game crashes to windows. Also, that thing about doing all that with the console, it worked for a small period of time, though be it only a small portion of the time, when I could get into the game, but of course that will not help me now. Also, I have just applied the new 5.04 patch of Tessera's and there is not any difference in the error. So, I hope that helps somewhat to anyone that is trying to fix this issue.

Wesp5 · Post by **Wesp5** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:49 am

Vittorio wrote:Also, I have just applied the new 5.04 patch of Tessera's and there is not any difference in the error. So, I hope that helps somewhat to anyone that is trying to fix this issue.

Have you tried the unofficial 4.2 patch?

Vittorio · Post by **Vittorio** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:23 pm

I just tried it man. No go. Sorry.

SmokeMeElmo · Post by **SmokeMeElmo** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:40 pm

Try remove_entities_by_class auspex_aura in the console. Apparently, it was generating and storing the auspex glows edicts(the ability which lets you see living things through walls) and not getting rid of them.

Try going back to the map which was causing you problems ( i had to use a previous save as my current one was shot to hell ... over 600 edicts from auspex aura courtesy of overuse of that discipline ) and using remove_entities_by_class auspex_aura fixed it ... I think you have to do that on every map thats giving you problems. Other discipline effects may cause problems... but I havent found them yet - try using "report_entities" to see which classes are hogging all the edicts - if it is something that seems trivial, dispose of it using the remove_entities_by_class command.

And now... I can finally finish that damn game.

mandarlore · Post by **mandarlore** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:47 am

i am so stuck i get out of the cave on the boat after saving the doctor dude and just manage to beat the time before the priest blow the place up with his bomb and it crashs and puts me back on windows it crash there all the time in the same place its really agitating

if any 1 nows wat i do please help

Wesp5 · Post by **Wesp5** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:56 am

mandarlore wrote:i am so stuck i get out of the cave on the boat after saving the doctor dude and just manage to beat the time before the priest blow the place up with his bomb and it crashs and puts me back on windows it crash there all the time in the same place its really agitating

That's the oldest bug of Bloodlines. Just install the official patch 1.2...

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