Legacy GM How to keep track of memory using the debugger? (To indentify memory leaks)

[Dani]

Hello!

Is there some way of using the debugger to keep track of memory? I would need some way to catch memory leaks when using data sctructures or the 3D audio engine, changing or restarting rooms, etc.

Thanks!

Dani

 

[Homunculus]

If I remember correctly in the bottom status bar of the debugger you have the amount of memory currently used by the game. I used that a couple of times to check exactly what you are referring to.

It is difficult though to differentiate small changes to memory used due to regular game execution and actual problems with resources like data structures or surfaces. It would be very handy to have some more information directly, like a list of all existing data structures.

 

[Aura]

The profiler is perhaps what you'd want to use:

https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/001_advanced use/profiling.html

http://www.yoyogames.com/blog/44

 

[Dani]

Profiling is not exactly what I need, as it seems more intended for tracking performance. In the past I used to make mobile games for iOS with Xcode and there was a profiling tool exactly for keeping track of memory and living objects. It was super easy to identify objects that were still alive on memory even if they shouldn't. So, well, nothing like that in the GMS debugger?

Well, I'll have to find another way.

Thanks for the replies!