Massive lag

Massive, cross-server lag (Tuesday 20th April, 10pm GMT). What's going on?

 

blame empty

 

Sounds like YOU have a network problem. ping google or something.

 

No, it's not my network. Everyone on Headshotmaster's server and both Viper servers was complaining of the same, plus someone said that the main server was down?

 

He isn't crazy headshots server was getting lag spikes, and we can't blame empty because those are fps lags, not network lag.

 

It has something to do with everyone getting 100ms LERP. Whatever that is.

 

Could be someone DOSing the servers. Maybe a jealous Nuclear Dawn dev afraid we'll absorb his audience before the game goes to retail. :p

 

Was on Nachos with 3 other people, no lag spike at all around that time period, was on from about 3 pm CST till 7pm CST.

 

http://i40.tinypic.com/5wh7nn.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/iqbexg.jpg

BSID Server....

 

I started a new thread "Empires Under attack" - this looks pretty malicious.
Servers are crashing one by one. Including yours Drummer.
Nacho's, both G4TCs both down, and BSIDshotmasters Raeg server crashed just now, but is up again.

Whoa...there's a commercial rip-off on Empires that uses source. Looks pretty cool actually. Either that or its a well crafted joke using HL2 asset reskins and assets from other mods to make a trailer to screw Empires devs. There's an awfully familiar MG turret there.
Could this be why Empires is not on steamworks? Is the sourcemod community threatened by this?
If this is them, guys - we gotta get everyone on board, all source mods communities, time for the most effective Steam Boycott ever? lol.

 

I was ddosing all servers so that more people could play on bsid servers

Plz dun ban me

 

I KNEWSD IT. But the problem is, is that bsid servers act like they've been Ddosd when 30 people are in them :D
Seriously, they've been hit too.

 

its obvious that ddos is being used, but seriously, dont go nuts on a random mod for no reason

 

Well I know from talking to Viki's server provider before that Empires is very CPU intensive, at least in 2.24d, but perhaps the new particle effects may be stressing the CPU?

Perhaps, since the load on the CPU from vehicles has been reduced and the new particle effects, which look awesome by the way, are stressing the CPU to the same amount as before?

Keep in mind that I have very little knowledge of the Source engine so bare with me here. I'd like to hear what Empty's opinion would be on my thoughts.

 

particles are client sided and the servers worked fine for several days >_>

 

Were those several days the days before the 2.25a patch?

 

It's close but I think this started a few days after 2.25a.
No ones out to get me. Its no random mod either, its a product debuting soon on the same engine with the same genre as Empires. Its a long shot, but if its true, something ought to be done.

 

All i have to say is this...

Chopper Dave & Chopper Harry

If anyone saw THAT video.
(Just an assumption, not to sure about this prediction)

 

I think it's Blizzard, they want us to end this mod and start playing WoW.

 

HSM's server is just slow and couldn't handle ~64 players. 2 g4tc servers were attacked with weird network traffic as far as I know.