I agree with Nephyrin but also wanted to add another problem that's been ongoing for a while. When players connect, I often see lines in the form "CreateFragmentsFromFile: 'downloads/5e255ec6.dat' doesn't exist." duplicated in the server console dozens of times (seems to be correlated to the number of players connected). My guess is that it has something to do with distributing custom sprays to players. Regardless, those lines correspond to massive server pauses that players notice. With the reserved slot system I use which could lead to someone reconnecting multiple times in a short period of time, the pauses resulting from the CreateFragmentsFromFile issue become extremely disruptive.
>From a cursory search, this problem has been present since at least 2005. Is there anything that can be done about it while maintaining clients' ability to download maps? Ryan On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Nephyrin Zey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear VALVe: > > With the newest patch, my dual core 2.4GHz conroe xeon can no longer > run a server on each core. Because the game still doesn't support > multithreading, this means i can't run servers at all without maxing > out a core. With 32-players on the server the FPS drops below 100 and > while it still is smooth, I'm one patch away from not being able to > run a single 32-slot server on a dual core xeon. This is absurd. When > I started this box I was averaging like 70% per core, ~80% with > sourcetv+autorecord. Now its at like 95% and my load average is > hovering slightly above 2.0 > > Please, please, please work on server performance. There is no reason > this much power should be required. Simple tweaks like fixing the way > overuse of expensive kernel calls (gettimeofday, etc.), improving the > obscenely stupid frame/tick system scheduling, etc, would yield > massive benefits. If the next patch furthers the cpu usage increasing > trend, I *will* be taking my servers offline, as I'm not upgrading > (again) to keep up with bloat. > > Please look at this, or risk me breaking into your offices and > optimizing the engine by force. > > - Neph > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
