Many gamers, playing their favorite Minecraft, are sometimes faced with a situation where everything in it hangs badly. If this happens repeatedly and in fact throughout the entire gameplay, the pleasure of it is completely lost. Moreover, often no reinstallations help to cope with such a disaster.
Lack of memory is bad even in the game
Often the answer to this and other similar questions lies on the surface. In many cases, the problem with "Minecraft" freezing is the lack of memory. No, the forgetfulness of the gamer in this case has absolutely nothing to do with it. We are talking about RAM (random access memory, or simply random access memory) - a kind of temporary storage of the data that the processor uses to perform the operations necessary at a particular moment.
It is not difficult to come to this logical conclusion: the more RAM space is allocated for a certain program (in particular, Minecraft), the faster it works and the higher the chances that in principle there will be no problems with it. Moreover, here the matter may not be so much in the novelty of the gamer's computer as in how much memory the machine allocates for various operations.
And in the case of Minecraft, in order to make the game function better, you will have to solve difficulties with the Java software platform on which this game (as well as many other applications) runs.
Possible bugs with Java and how to fix them
Sometimes problems occur due to improper installation of its drivers - for example, due to the fact that they do not correspond to the bitness of the system. You can spy on such an indicator by right-clicking on "My Computer" and selecting the "Properties" tab there. In one of the lines that will open, it will be written whether Windows has 32 or 64 bits.
If it turns out that the gamer has installed the wrong drivers for the desired program, then they should be removed. After that, you need to download from a suitable resource (for example, from any of those Internet portals that specialize in software for Minecraft) those that correspond to the capacity of the system, and install them.
Then you need to move on to Java itself. In XP, this is done through the C drive or through Explorer, and in Windows 7, by entering the control panel through the computer's start menu. Going to the Java control panel, and on it - to the tab of the same name, click View. There should be only one line in the window that opens - more of them can lead to problems.
If this is observed, it is better to remove the version of Java installed on the computer, and then clean the registry (for such actions there are special utilities - for example, WinUtilities and CCleaner). You will also have to "kill" Minecraft. Then you need to install Java, suitable for the bitness of the system, and the game.
"Overclocking" RAM for "Minecraft"
Next, you need to proceed directly to increasing the amount of RAM allocated for gameplay. To do this, you need to repeat the above steps by entering the Java control panel and viewing the settings for this product. The window with Runtime Parameters will be empty there - the gamer will have to fill it with the necessary settings.
Their specific value depends entirely on the total amount of RAM. If, for example, he has 4 gigabytes of RAM, you can enter the following parameters in the above window: -Xms1024M -Xmx3072M. The first number represents the minimum amount of memory, and the second represents the maximum. Also, instead of the first indicator, enter -Xincgc (this is a Garbage Collector that frees unused objects from memory).
However, the above is only valid for 64-bit Windows. If you have to deal with a 32-bit system, it makes no sense to allocate more than one gigabyte of RAM for Minecraft on it. In any case, after all the changes in the Java window, you should first click OK, and then Apply. Now the game should work much faster and without the hated lags.
