-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] This hldsmmtimer cant change it to 1ms, i still got 512fps..
2006/2/15, Napier, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Sounds like your default clock is 15ms (some hardware is 10ms) > > There are various ways\tricks to go about changing this on a temporary > basis, some implemented as serverside apps as this issues been brought up > hundreds of times over the last five years here. hlbooster I think is the > name of the most common plugin. If your just looking to play around with > setting the rate of the mmtimer manually to specific values for testing your > welcome to some test app(s) I threw together in a vb app a long time ago. > > I think this link to the .zip should still work. > http://girlpower.gpsites.org/downloads/hldsmmtimer.zip > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ilya Oboznyy > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [hlds] getting 1000fps on HLDS (about timers) > > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Hello! > > Firstly i will start with my hardware and software: > > CPU: Dual Xeon 3200 FU > Motherboard: Intel SE7520JR2ATAD2 > OS: Windows XP pro SP2 (Also tried Windows 2003 server, x64 editions of > XP/2003, even tried beta version of Vista/longhorn) but the problem is > still > the same. (something about NT core?) > Program: HLDS ( Half Life Dedicated Server (using sys_ticrate 10000 (limit > number of updates))). > Drivers: I am using all latest drivers, system updates and firmware. > > First of all i dont really know how to explain it technicaly, the thing i > will talk about is called Windows Multimedia timer / system timer / sleep > time. I am not sure about correct name, but you will understand it from my > future words, at least i hope so. > By default this timer is running on Windows systems with 16ms delay, when > im > running my HLDS i am getting 64updates per second, and it addes around > 16ms > in ping, i noticed that if i start media player with paused movie in same > time, i will get 512updates and around 3ms delay. That means that Windows > Media player making this timer lower. But its only 512updates, while limit > of HLDS is 1000. I was looking for a solution for a long time and finally > found! I changed ACPI driver to ACPI PC and yes! I got 100fps by default > (~5ms delay) and 1000fps and zero delay with Media Player on! It was > working > perfect on my home PC with only 1 CPU. On my server with Dual Xeon it was > working also but... But it seems that only 1 CPU was working, ACPI PC isnt > that good for Multiprossesor system, i lost a lot of hardware power with > it, > so i changed it bacl to ACPI multiprocessor and having only 512updates on > my > server atm. > The question about my problem is: > How can i get 5ms delay or 0 delay with media player on, without losing > any > hardware resources(With normal ACPI multiprocessor driver). I remember it > was good in old windows 9x times. (Maybe its possible to change timer over > regedit or over some services or get some specific driver). > > - on Linux systems this problem can be solved by changing kernel ticrate > to > 1000HZ. > > I hope to hear a solution for getting zero delay on Windows system. > Thank you! > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
