ERR_MEM_MULTI_ALLOC_FREE
ERR_MEM_MULTI_ALLOC_FREEA RAGE allocator error. Clothing is one possible cause, not the only cause.
Difficulty: Advanced · Affects: VERSION DEPENDENT (vanilla capacity vs FiveM patch)
INFO
Search: ERR_MEM_MULTI_ALLOC_FREE, pedalternatevariations, hair mask crash, alternate variations limit.
Last verified 30 August 2026 · docs.gta.clothing — Game Limits · PR #3190 (17 Mar 2025) · PR #3195 (6 Mar 2025).
ERR_MEM_MULTI_ALLOC_FREE
often masks / hoods / hair swaps · Advanced
Cause
pedalternatevariations.meta overflow — extra models so large masks can swap to short hair. Also has non-clothing causes.
Confirm
Temporarily remove the meta and its data_file line. Crash gone? You also lost cut-hair-under-mask. Check client channel (the patch is a client runtime).
Fix: Update the FiveM client (PRs #3195 + #3190, March 2025). Then reduce hair/mask variation entries. Restore the meta. Do not leave it deleted.
Capacity — do not pick one number
| 128 | GTA V before b2189 — **APPROXIMATE** / specialist. Do not treat as current FiveM production if the client has the 2025 patch. | |
| 160 | GTA V b2189+ — **APPROXIMATE** / specialist vanilla figure. | |
| 320 or 512 | Patched FiveM — **VERSION DEPENDENT**. PR #3190 text: double 160 → 320. DCT documents 512. Not a docs.fivem.net constant. Verify on the channel you ship. |
If the crash persists on a current production client, stop blaming 128 and collect a dump. PR #3195 is a bounds guard. Hair disappearing on mask switch (PR #3246) is visual, not this allocator name.
Anything that double-frees allocator metadata can show this string — broken assets, other mods, not only clothing.
What you lose if you delete the meta
Hair poking through masks, wrong hoodie hair, and the rest of the alternate-model path. Never present deletion as a complete fix.
What not to do
WARNING
Raise TxdStore
Wrong pool.
WARNING
Clear cache as diagnosis
This is a working-set / meta problem.
WARNING
Every ERR_MEM is this pack
Prove it with the meta toggle above.