use gasLimit

libs/remix-lib/src/execution/txExecution.ts

@@ -171,6 +171,6 @@ export function checkError (execResult, compiledContracts) {
     msg = '\tState changes is not allowed in Static Call context\n'
     ret.error = true
   }
-  ret.message = `${error}\n${exceptionError}\n${msg}\nDebug the transaction to get more information.`
+  ret.message = `${error}\n${exceptionError}\n${msg}\nYou may want to cautiously increase the gas limit if the transaction went out of gas.`
   return ret
 }

libs/remix-lib/src/execution/txRunnerWeb3.ts

@@ -137,8 +137,14 @@ export class TxRunnerWeb3 {
       this.getWeb3().eth.estimateGas(txCopy)
         .then(gasEstimation => {
           gasEstimationForceSend(null, () => {
-            // callback is called whenever no error
-            tx['gas'] = !gasEstimation ? gasLimit : gasEstimation
+            /*
+            * gasLimit is a value that can be set in the UI to hardcap value that can be put in a tx.
+            * e.g if the gasestimate 
+            */
+            if (gasEstimation > gasLimit) {
+              return callback(`estimated gas for this transaction (${gasEstimation}) is higher than gasLimit set in the configuration  (${gasLimit}). Please raise the gas limit.`)
+            }
+            tx['gas'] = gasLimit
 
             if (this._api.config.getUnpersistedProperty('doNotShowTransactionConfirmationAgain')) {
               return this._executeTx(tx, network, null, this._api, promptCb, callback)

libs/remix-ui/run-tab/src/lib/reducers/runTab.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const runTabInitialState: RunTabState = {
   },
   sendValue: '0',
   sendUnit: 'wei',
-  gasLimit: 3000000,
+  gasLimit: 200000,
   selectExEnv: 'vm-paris',
   personalMode: false,
   networkName: 'VM',