Alloc

Signature

u64 alloc(u64 size, bool clear)

Description

Allocates memory from the main pool, always aligned to the nearest 16 bytes.

Returns the starting address to the allocated memory, or 0 if allocation fails.

Arguments

Size

The amount of memory to allocate, in bytes.

Clear

If set to true, the memory will be cleared. If set to false, the memory will remain uninitialized.

Is optional and set to true by default.

Notes

Although memory can be allocated in the 32-bit address space, it is not guaranteed and may only apply during the early stages of game execution. Therefore, it should not be used with file formats that only support 32-bit pointers (mrp).

Always deallocate memory that is no longer used to avoid memory leaks.

The memory that can be allocated is virtually unlimited, constrained only by the total amount of system RAM.