TF2 – Engine out of memory

Whenever I join a multiplayer game in Team Fortress 2, I can play for about a minute, and after that I get an error message and the game crashes.

The error message is: Engine Error: Out of memory

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This shouldn't be happening – I have a good 8GB of RAM.

I've turned a few advanced video settings to LOW, including:

Shader detail
Color correction is DISABLED
Water detail is Simple reflections

Any fixes?

Reference:

27" iMac
Running OS X 10.11 El Capitan
8GB RAM
Intel Core i5, 3.2 GHz Quad-core

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How do I fix out of memory error in TF2?

The issue "TF2 out of memory or address space" is related to memory, but it is not caused by the shortage of RAM. Steam and most Valve games are all 32-bit apps and they will have use limit of RAM....Fix 2. Clear Cache

Close TF2.

Go to tf/sound/.

Delete cache.

Start TF2 and see if you no longer crash.

How do I fix my TF2 engine error?

What I did was to delete the game, go to the tf2 folder in steam, go inside the folder, delete everything. Then reinstall tf2. Once done verify the cache. Once I finished, it was fixed.

How do I fix TF2 not starting?

5 fixes to try:

Stop overclocking your GPU.

Update your graphics drivers.

Run TF2 in compatibility mode & as an administrator.

Verify the integrity of game files.

Set Launch Options.

How do I fix TF2 stuck on loading screen?

Team Fortress 2 keeps getting stuck on loading screen. Please help.

Logging in with another steam user id.

Verifying integrity of game cache. ...

Launching with -nointro launch options etc.

Deleting hl2.exe and verifying game cache.

Deleting the custom folder from tf2 directory and verifying game cache.

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