Hey Charlie,
Are your players overflowing all the time? at random times or at one specific point in the game? Unless youre doing some really bad loops with messages being sent inside them, or youre sending big hunks of data, you shouldnt have to change the networking.. Especially with all the client stuff I know you're doing. Make sure you've fixed the bug with the voice manager that causes overflows. You should comment out the calls to UpdateMasks() in CVoiceGameMgr::ClientCommand. Also, I made a metamod dll that counts user messages. Its very basic, but if you want it gimme a shout. Mugsy >From: Charlie Cleveland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [hlcoders] Network metering source code >Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:54:38 -0400 > > > Hello everyone, > > In working on Natural Selection, I've encountered problems with players >overflowing. Yahn tells me that this is because NS is sending too much >reliable data to a player at once, causing the player to be >disconnected. He also mentions that due to the vagaries of different mods >and network data usage, the best solution is probably "meter" the network >data, ie, network messages should be queued up, and only sent out a fixed >rate, to prevent overflowage. > > I wrote a general purpose solution and it occurs to me that that other >mods could benefit from it. > > http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/uploads/cgc-NetworkMeter.zip > > The main code is NetworkMeter.* and the hooks to the HL source are >explained in NetworkMeterMisc.cpp. I'm still experimenting with values, >but right now I have the data rate set to 1000 bytes per second, and we're >seeing way less overflows, though we may still be seeing some. If this >value is set very low, you'll see delays when joining teams, receiving your >weapons list, etc. (but everything should still work). > > Feel free to use this code however you like. May your players never >overflow again! > >-Charlie >Charlie Cleveland >Game programmer and designer >http://www.natural-selection.org >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
