Great job isolating this Peter. Thanks so much for sharing. I hope Valve fixes it ASAP!
Take care... On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Peter Jerde <peter-h...@jerde.net> wrote: > On our Windows dedicated TF2 servers (including a freshly installed virgin > copy with no addons) we noticed that since the last update, anybody > wielding the Ap Sap causes server lag to the entire server every time > Wheatley speaks. > > The easiest way to demonstrate it is with the Ap-Sap-wielding spy to > suicide with kill in console. Reliably, there's a delay of from 1 second to > up to 5 seconds or more between issuing the kill command and when the death > actually occurs. During this time the whole server feels "lag" or > rubberbanding, and net_graph 3 shows that all activity from the server > halts briefly. > > We guessed that it might have something to do with the change from .wav > files to .mp3 for those voice lines. For giggles, I uploaded the three > tf2_sound_vo_english_00x.vpk files from my client up to the /tf directory > on the server. THAT FIXED IT! I cannot reproduce the issue with those three > vpk files installed. > > Weird bug. Easy enough workaround. Thought you'd all like to know and > curious if anyone can confirm or if we're just lucky when it comes to weird > bugs. > > Cheers! > > - Peter > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >
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