Hello everyone-
Problem:
I've looked around a little and didn't find an answer to this, but tekkit lite seems to crash with Windows 8. It will launch from the technic launcher, go through every screen, and even connect to servers (most of the time). After connecting, things get weird, run slowly, and eventually crash with an OutOfMemory exception. I have allocated 1536MB of RAM through the technic launcher menu. According to task manager, it never even reaches 1GB.
Troubleshooting:
I have tried Windows 7 compatibility mode, clearing the cache, re-installing JAVA, reducing settings in minecraft to minimum, tried two servers, running as administrator. My GPU is an NVidia GeForce GT230M, and has the latest drivers from NVidia. I can play other DirectX 9,10,and 11 games. Also, since I'm getting a memory error, I'm thinking it's more of a memory management issue or something along those lines between tekkit/minecraft/JAVA/Windows 8. I have not tried Tekkit classic, but have tried normal, unmodded minecraft.
At this point I'm pretty stumped, it *SHOULD* work with Windows 8. I also SHOULD be able to allocated more than 1536MB (which technic launcher won't allow me to) as I could in Windows 7.
I'm sorry if this question has been posted elsewhere, but I have found zero answers to it, and pretty much users trying to get help, but only being harassed.... I made this post to be productive and solve this issue. So please, try to post productive things, keep Windows 8 debates, power trips, and user flaming in your pants.
Thank you for any help you can provide.