the orignal setting was 1 unit every 0.5second, and it wasnt causing an instant overflow.. it was taking a few mins of play before it happen
But as I was planing to change to change it to sending a percentage across when I did the hud anyways I'll make the change now and be done with it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leon Hartwig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:14 AM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Overflow problem > I don't think his problem is one message per second...Probably more like > he's trying to send tens or hundreds per second. The buffer can accept > something like 4k of data before overflowing. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Reedbeta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:06 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Overflow problem > > > > > > I think the best solution is probably to send the messages > > less often. IE, you > > don't need to regenerate 1 armour unit (or whatever) per > > second, you could just > > do 10 armour units per 10 seconds. That would reduce the net > > traffic due to > > the armour message by a factor of 10. Or you could just > > predict the armour > > regeneration on the client side, and eliminate the messaging > > entirely (except > > for when the player gets damaged or gets a powerup or > > something that affects > > his armour). > > > > --- _Phantom_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ah, yes, ta Leon and Botman.. I think I've worked it out... > > the armor > > > regenerates for the whole game, so it's probably those > > armor messages that > > > are causing the problem (100 -> 6000 takes a while) as that > > was the only > > > major change since the last test. > > > > > > So, I now need a new way around it... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > > list archives, please > > > visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
