mimalloc on A2OA Server wont load

[normal wraith]

I googled a bit and found A2OA is a 32 bit program instead of 64 bit. It can not load 64 bit mimalloc.

I recompiled a 32 bit mimalloc. You may try if it works.

[plush pagoda]

Thanks for your time! Unfortunately the server still refuses to load the malloc. Nothing in stderr, nothing in server RPT. It's weird

[normal wraith]

Which game version do you use? Do you have BE enabled on the server?

[plush pagoda]

EOL patch (v1.64). BattlEye is enabled but it doesn't run on the server I think

We have been using another custom malloc (xtbbmalloc) and it's working

[normal wraith]

Can you send me that xtbbmalloc.dll?

[normal wraith]

That's strange. The x86 dll works well on my Arma 3 x86 executables and it has the same function exports as xtbb.🤔

[plush pagoda]

I'm testing whether the server is using the malloc by trying to delete it when server is running (so if the server has the malloc loaded, it should block deleting it)

[normal wraith]

Wiki says "custom allocator wont work on BE enabled servers". I'm not sure if be stops only clients or affects server too.

[plush pagoda]

I think it's referring to clients

But let me try without BE

Yeah, no difference with or without BE

Maybe this helps? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_2:_Custom_Memory_Allocator#DLL_Interface

[normal wraith]

Yep that perfectly matches.

[plush pagoda]

Could it be possible that the server actually does load the malloc but doesn't lock the file? Just in case

[normal wraith]

I add a message box on every mem allocation. If there are dialogs constantly pops up, it means mimalloc loads successfully.

[plush pagoda]

Gives me this

Ah, so I guess it is loading then? Weird! It doesn't lock the dll file

Thanks a lot for your time! 😄 👍

[normal wraith]

This version can still be deleted, right?

This is the version without pop-ups.

[plush pagoda]

Yes, it can 👍

[normal wraith]

That's wired. But xtbb cant be deleted?

[plush pagoda]

Yeah, I have no idea why

Or maybe it tries to load it so that the popups activate, but somehow it fails and uses the system malloc as fallback?

[normal wraith]

How many times does that message box pops up? Only once or frequently?

[plush pagoda]

Frequently

[normal wraith]

Then it works