On 3/6/11 6:50 AM, Dan wrote: > Easy enough to verify: Run Activity Monitor. Set it to update less > often. Display the system memory pane. Watch the size of the Inactive > list and the page in/out rates. If the inactive list is tiny, then > you're low on RAM. If the paging rates are going nutz (changing > rapidly), then the system is slowed because it's busy paging instead of > running the game.
> How much lag and latency is tolerable in this game? If Anne's 'net > service is only 1 Mbps downstream, her upstream is apt to be horribly > low. Is there a specific server she could run some traces to? Not really. There isn't one particular server that is considered 'the best', and the multiplayer code is even buggier than the single player. Plus, many servers are running 3rd party plugins for various added functions, they might be hosted on a shared server, and so on. I tried running the single player on my machine just now, and here is what I have (this is after running for a while, I really could use more memory for everything I do on my machine): Free: 962.5 MB Wired: 645 MB Active: 1.12 GB Inactive: 506.8 MB Used: 2.25 GB Page ins: 43.75 GB Page outs: 2.90 GB Swap used: 1.29GB Right after launching the game: Free: 629.1 MB Wired: 647.1 MB Active: 1.43 GB Inactive: 590.1 MB Used: 2.63 GB Page ins: 43.77 GB Page outs: 2.90 GB Swap used: 1.29 GB Right after connecting to my internal multiplayer server and playing a bit: Free: 19.2 MB Wired: 632.3 MB Active: 1.76 GB Inactive: 877.5 MB Used: 3.24 GB Page ins: 43.77 GB Page outs: 3.04 GB Swap used: 1.39 GB It's a bit of a pig. I think the problems the OP is having is a mix of low memory on the machine side and general lag from the connection and the server. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
