ADMIN NOTICE: Server undergoing lag testing

[Wolfpack98]

and.. the results are.. ? :P

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[Korrd]

Results are scattered along the thread. But here is a resumen of it:

The static objects, like systems, planets, bases, and that kind of stuff does not affect lag.
What affect lag are the moving objects, and the IA. The IA is calculated on the server, so everybody sees the NPC doing the same. The moving objects are calculated on the server too. That is what I can see through the game behavior, and is the most logical course of action to take. If IA were calculated client side, then two players in the same place would see NPC doing different things. Take as example the starcraft game recordings. Every time you play a recorded game, it ends different. Because it only saves seed info, and leaves the IA to do the rest.

So, the more NPCs and players out there, the more processing power and bandwidth we need.

So:

--We might need to save for a more powerful server. Something along the lines of an A64 3500, or a Pentium D 805 overclocked to 3.6 Ghz. (the PD 805 is slow on stock speed, but quite cheap. And can OC a lot and became very fast), would be cheap and quite fast for the server. I think that processor is the cheapest Dual core money can buy, and overclocks a lot with stock cooling, so we can get a good bang for the buck.

--We can always put less NPC out there, but i don't think that would help as we still have many players on server and it's not a solution, is only a way to postpone the problem.

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[The_Laser]

Just one question/comment. To me it makes sense that the more complex and large a ship is the more recources it needs. This would explain several things: 1 NL and Cambridge are worst affected because Bretonia Cap ships are rather more complex it would seem with there destroyable wings, 2 the lag increase when people colect in the capital systems because there are always alot of capital ship patrols there. Therefore would a tempory solution to reduce the number of large complex capital ship patrols, replacing them with smaller VHF patrols and to reduce house system patrols slightly (especially NY)

This is just my two cents.

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[Dab]

I'd also like to see some MkII fighter patrols without capships around them.. And I'd like to see battleship patrols that have fighter wings defending them.. Heck, battleships can destroy them easily, add in fighters and it becomes a real fight. (especially against Templars.. *shudders*)

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[Jewguy]

Yea patrols are a really good idea, Link removed. Post anything like this again, I'll ban your account.

These ratios i think seem best for escort what do you guys think?

[marauder]

Some points everyone:-

A) it's falixx again,

B) a mod needs to remove that link ASAP,

c) DO NOT CLICK ON THAT LINK OR ANY LINK POSTED BY 'jewguy'

Not even to see what it is, wolf, heres another forum account needs to be banned.

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