The lag on this map seems to only occur when it is set to 32 max players. Since turbine is already a very dense map, I think the gameplay wouldn't be hurt by much in dropping to 26-28 players. I understand it was thought that the most recent update would cause less lag as a result of making linux servers threaded, however, the lag has been confirmed to persist when 32 players are on the server at once. Last night/early this morning there were less players on and I couldn't feel a significant amount of lag.
Yes the issue of lag is a problem when it comes to the turbine server. However, I have enjoyed the server most when it is full. Long matches, plenty of targets and you don't feel the AFK players strain on your team. The two things that brought me to the server in the first place was that i was looking for a 32 player turbine server with alltalk on. with that said, lets test it out! lets spend a month with 28 max players and see if it helps.
I think it is a bit presumptuous to assume my computer can not handle something if you haven't used it, nor know anything about it. I get over 100 fps consistently, and I assure you, this problem extends beyond merely my computer. I would invite you to join the skial ctf_turbine server right now (12:30 am 10/18/2011) and tell me that there is not server-side lag. For the record, I have 14 ms ping and I still get these problems.
Furthermore, it has been admitted that this particular turbine server is running on a box with 3 other maps. This points towards the server having insufficient resources to run the game properly.
Furthermore, it has been admitted that this particular turbine server is running on a box with 3 other maps. This points towards the server having insufficient resources to run the game properly.
Bottiger
Administrator
That server is running 13 maps. The server is running an e3-1270, which is within 17% of the speed of the fastest CPU in existence. It has 4 cores at 3.40 GHZ with hyperthreading, which bumps it up to 8 cores.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
CPU usage is always under 70%, even after an update when every single map is full. Each instance of srcds uses up to 40% of 1 core MAX (it uses 30% usually), which comes out to 5% CPU per instance of srcds.
Saying you have 14 ms ping doesn't mean much, and your 100 FPS can dip easily in large firefights.
It never dips below 100, this game is super easy to run with modern hardware. Perhaps the server isn't under unreasonable load, but claiming there is no lag since the update is untrue. Perhaps the source of the lag is undetermined, but it is not reasonable to suggest that it is a mass hallucination.
Bottiger
Administrator
I really doubt it is mass halucination.
Most of the time someone complains that everyone is complaining about lag...
I log into the server console and find out that only 2 people are complaining about lag.
There are basically 3 possibilities.
Most of the time someone complains that everyone is complaining about lag...
I log into the server console and find out that only 2 people are complaining about lag.
There are basically 3 possibilities.
- Your computer is too slow.
- Your internet is having problems.
- DOS attack
I'm starting to think the random bursts of lag I've been getting are directly related to client side crashes.
I played on a not-skial server earlier and I experience some sever lag and fps drops just before hl.exe crashed.
Also, I think I crashed out at the same time Bottiger did.
I played on a not-skial server earlier and I experience some sever lag and fps drops just before hl.exe crashed.
Also, I think I crashed out at the same time Bottiger did.
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You know, a lot of people are like "OMG!!! TEH LAGZ!!!!" and I'm like "Uh... What lag, guys? Smooth sailing here! Why don't you get Verizon FiOS?"
Suggestion...
Buy a better video card than the one that the Dell dude installed in your machine after smoking a bowl.
Buy a better video card than the one that the Dell dude installed in your machine after smoking a bowl.
