Server Settings: getting the best result with your hardware

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  1. [SEk2000]Blackhawk

    [SEk2000]Blackhawk Member

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    What could be the best settings for big servers? We are trying to evaluate different settings, but maybe someone already knows what's good.

    Server are dual 3.6 Ghz Xeon server, plenty of RAM and bandwidth, but some(!) players already start to complain about lags with about 26-28 players.

    So what settings do big servers use? Processing power shouldn't be a problem, i thin tweaking some settings might result in better player experience. Any idea?

    Systems running Windows Server 2003 atm.
     
    [SEk2000]Blackhawk, Jan 19, 2008
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  2. rampantandroid

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    Try lowering the tick rate.

    Also realize that no mod servers are multithreaded - not until the TF2 improvements are merged into SourceSDK, afaik....so a dual core is useless, for the time being.
     
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  3. Emp_Recruit

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    the rate at which the minimap updates
     
    Emp_Recruit, Jan 19, 2008
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  4. Caelo

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    tickrate 30 should be high enough for empires..
     
    Caelo, Jan 19, 2008
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  5. Jcw87

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    fixed.
     
    Jcw87, Jan 19, 2008
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  6. Caelo

    Caelo Member

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    yeah that's what I meant :P
     
    Caelo, Jan 20, 2008
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  7. Lala

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    look at this -> *where is my image?*
     

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    Lala, Jan 20, 2008
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  8. Lollum

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    Try setting the cmdrate higher
    (30000)
     
    Lollum, Jan 20, 2008
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  9. Chahk

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    [quote='[SEk2000]Systems running Windows Server 2003 atm.[/quote]

    Well, there's your problem right there :p
     
    Chahk, Jan 21, 2008
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  10. [SEk2000]Blackhawk

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    z/OS isn't supported!
     
    [SEk2000]Blackhawk, Jan 21, 2008
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  11. Lala

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    Unix is supportet! :) but i think, every server got lag at time! Its not Hardware/Hoster!

    We got at the same time CSS-Servers without lags!
     
    Lala, Jan 21, 2008
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  12. knighttemplar

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    I wasn't aware CSS had massive maps with vehicles
     
    knighttemplar, Jan 22, 2008
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  13. Lala

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    right! but that what i mean was, at the same time, all css-servers on the server runs without any lags. hope u know what i mean.

    BTT...... sometime the sek-server runs fine after a retry in console, but not every time.
     
    Lala, Jan 22, 2008
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  14. [SEk2000]Blackhawk

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    I have notices sometimes when getting out of a vehice, i lag badly until i jumped one or two times. Seems to be a bug. If a retry sometimes help, it should not be a problem with the hardware or the ISP..
     
    [SEk2000]Blackhawk, Jan 22, 2008
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  15. Solokiller

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    Empires is very CPU and bandwith-intensive compared to CSS, and CSS developers had access to the engine and a large betatesting group (the community) available to fine-tune the game.
     
    Solokiller, Jan 22, 2008
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  16. Beerdude26

    Beerdude26 OnThink(){ IsDownYet(); }

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    Yes all we have are mentally retarded people and a purple tennis ball

    Disclaimer: mentally retarded may or may not mean "sexy"

    EDIT: Wow if you assume it's "sexy" then my sentence gains a rather lubed up dimension
     
    Beerdude26, Jan 22, 2008
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  17. [SEk2000]Blackhawk

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    Heven't got a problem with that. In fact, i belive the code isn't optimized that much, but this is perfectly OK for a game mod in development. One thing i would like to see for future revisions:

    A good documented API for Sourcemod,
    and a good documented list of all CVARS.


    Nothing that hard, eh?
     
    [SEk2000]Blackhawk, Jan 23, 2008
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  18. Brutos

    Brutos Administrator Staff Member Moderator

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    http://wiki.empiresmod.com/index.php?title=Server_Cvars
    Nothing that bad, eh?

    €: Sudden death cvars are missing, ill add them later to that page.

    Edit 2:
    Found many cvars that arn't listed in the wiki:
    will look later into them and update the wiki.
     
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