How to run my own Server

ve2tyj · Post by **ve2tyj** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:14 am

I have 2 computers and both are dual core and i am getting poor performance from both of them.....

Comp 1
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Win XP32 bit , 2 X 2009 mhz cores and 1 gig ram
Big hard drives

Comp 2
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Win Vista Home 32 bit 2 X 2300 mhz cores and 4 gig ram
240 gig hard drive...

There is a flashing number in the bottom right beside the version number and comp 1 reports 75 to 80 and Comp 2 reports 30 to 40.

What do those numbers represent ?

What do i have to do to get the Server running stable enough to support it actually functioning as a server

??? The Line by the CPU actually turns RED and the server reports failing....

Now i have read your server requirements and i seem to have more than needed but it seems you need those movingnumbers to be in the thousands before you can really support a few people..

Please make it clear what is needed for Server requirments so i can do this right please..

Thanks
Al

Post by **Vice** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:50 am

Which server program are you using? The numbers are the frames-per-second, 75 to 80 is ok, 30 to 40 is pretty weak. The computer getting the higher results should be fine. If you are using the 3D program, what 3D card is installed on that system? And is the 3D enabled and working on that system?

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:11 am

Hi Ve2tyj, welcome to the game and forum...Hope to see you out there some time!.....

Hope you get it working!.......

ve2tyj · Post by **ve2tyj** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:35 pm

From post: 125464, Topic: tid=8500, author=Vice wrote: Which server program are you using? The numbers are the frames-per-second, 75 to 80 is ok, 30 to 40 is pretty weak. The computer getting the higher results should be fine. If you are using the 3D program, what 3D card is installed on that system? And is the 3D enabled and working on that system?

OK now i an getting the right questions asked LOL Thanks Vice.....

3d server

OK i have no 3d card installed and does a Good video card on the server make a difference

?? ( i now presume it does ). I wouldnt have figured that the server side video card actually made a difference on the output to the client ?

Maybe thats the problem is that both machines are using on board video cards ?

Am i on the right track now Vice or completely missing it...

Al

[Edited on 1-23-2012 by ve2tyj]

ve2tyj · Post by **ve2tyj** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:17 pm

From post: 125464, Topic: tid=8500, author=Vice wrote: Which server program are you using? The numbers are the frames-per-second, 75 to 80 is ok, 30 to 40 is pretty weak. The computer getting the higher results should be fine. If you are using the 3D program, what 3D card is installed on that system? And is the 3D enabled and working on that system?

Also could you explain why the CPU meter shows 98% when my system shows it at actually 13% ? . That would help as well

Al

servili007 · Post by **servili007** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:37 pm

From post: 125616, Topic: tid=8500, author=ve2tyj wrote:
Also could you explain why the CPU meter shows 98% when my system shows it at actually 13% ? . That would help as well

Al

I'd interpret that more as a load meter than an accurate CPU meter of your system. Have you tried using the 2D server program in the folder you installed the server in? you may need to if you primarily access the server through a remote connection.

As for the 3D server program, the readme states that having a graphics card while using it offloads some of the server tasks to the GPU (GPU offloading is not new but rarely seen in most servers).

The way I've experienced it, trying to use the 3D Server through a remote desktop connection actually uses a software based graphics driver (the one giving you a remote desktop) and that could potentially strain the system/give poor performance/crash the server.

Edit - also, be sure that you have the new server build 1.808 installed, and get the new build coming out later today as indicated in Vice's post below, as opposed to the older 1.7XX. The downloads page for the game has the new link at the bottom.

[Edited on 1-23-2012 by servili007]

[Edited on 1-23-2012 by servili007]

Post by **Vice** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:40 pm

Maybe thats the problem is that both machines are using on board video cards ?

With the 3D version at least, yes. The more powerful the GPU, the more performance the 3D version of the program can provide. Doesn't have to be very new either, even a 5 year old dedicated mid-range card would likely provide good performance.

For the 2D version (which a new build should be released later today), it may not make as much of a difference, but could still help, depending on the rendering mode you select in the screemode.txt file.

Also could you explain why the CPU meter shows 98% when my system shows it at actually 13% ? . That would help as well

That merely shows how well the program is doing relative to the level of performance it needs form the CPU. If it's near 100%, then it's reaching the limit of what it can access from your system for performance and is near the range where it may encounter performance problems (the low performance alerts you mentioned).

Other factors can come into play, including memory speed and whether or not your DDR memory is properly installed to enable double-data mode.

ve2tyj · Post by **ve2tyj** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:38 pm

From post: 125653, Topic: tid=8500, author=Vice wrote:
Maybe thats the problem is that both machines are using on board video cards ?
With the 3D version at least, yes. The more powerful the GPU, the more performance the 3D version of the program can provide. Doesn't have to be very new either, even a 5 year old dedicated mid-range card would likely provide good performance.

For the 2D version (which a new build should be released later today), it may not make as much of a difference, but could still help, depending on the rendering mode you select in the screemode.txt file.

Also could you explain why the CPU meter shows 98% when my system shows it at actually 13% ? . That would help as well
That merely shows how well the program is doing relative to the level of performance it needs form the CPU. If it's near 100%, then it's reaching the limit of what it can access from your system for performance and is near the range where it may encounter performance problems (the low performance alerts you mentioned).

Other factors can come into play, including memory speed and whether or not your DDR memory is properly installed to enable double-data mode.

I Loaded a Video card and CPU went to 60 % and framerate incresed to around 400 so i am back in play . I guess its a game of words as its the GPU ( Video/audio ) processor that was maxed and not the main CPU ( although it was sharing the demand ).....

I think for the Server requirements it should be made clear that a addon Video card is recomended ( strongly ) LOL

Thanks for your time and i am running the 3d model server and is there anupdate for that as well ??

Al

Post by **Vice** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:48 pm

If you're running 1.808, then no, not currently. An update to the 2D program may be available later today.

mikkrish · Post by **mikkrish** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:52 pm

I got a question about starting a dedi server too.

I saw that there was no linux server client, well i can be wrong so tell me if i am.

Second thing is, can I increase max player capacity above 36 ? Or is technically immposible? If yes can anyone tell me why?

Grimm Liberty · Post by **Grimm Liberty** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:26 am

... hmmm, so the ever changing number next to the version on the 2D server screen is frame-rate estimate?
If so, cool, I am running between 650 and 680 most of the time...

...of course I tweaked out my exe run with a bat file to support my i7 : "@start /high /affinity 255 EvochronMercenaryServer2D.exe"
so it uses all cores. I ran your consecutive memory check exe and got to the end, so I am a happy camper right now.
[I don't use the 3D exe because I have a WoW, Aoin, and TF2 server running and never push my luck.]

-Grimm

[Edited on 2-5-2012 by Grimm Liberty]