Jiszo
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Post by Jiszo on Feb 9, 2009 13:52:00 GMT -5
Yes, there is a cleanup script, but if people stay in an area to grind but leave everything behind it doesn't help since it fires when an area is left empty of players.  How long does the area need to be empty before it fires off? I don't think this is the issue, as it wasn't when I was on last night. Not sure what caused it and I didn't see a dm online last night so I would think that would rule out and event causing it. Could lag be produced by having to many players in one particular area? To be honest, I havent been on in the last 10 hours so not sure if its still going on but I was experiencing the same issues not to long ago. |
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Igaryu
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Post by Igaryu on Feb 9, 2009 13:52:51 GMT -5
I really doubt its the loot laying around that causes this lag... its just too HUGHE
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Post by DM mithari on Feb 9, 2009 13:55:26 GMT -5
I've not actually checked, but I'm guessing it executes at the same time as monsters are killed off, which is as soon as an area is empty of players. The Devs are, of course, free to correct me. |
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Post by DM Sir Carnifex on Feb 9, 2009 13:57:27 GMT -5
Yes, there is a cleanup script, but if people stay in an area to grind but leave everything behind it doesn't help since it fires when an area is left empty of players. How long does the area need to be empty before it fires off? Someone had said that leaving and coming back in a minute should do the trick. However, it appears that the cleanup script itself is not always working right. I know as a DM I've gone into an empty area before that still has loot bags in it. |
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Post by DEV Jlf2n on Feb 9, 2009 14:47:49 GMT -5
Have you tried turning down your graphics card? Maybe turning off shadows as well? The server is very well optimized at this point and lag usually only happens when...
1. Someone is logging into the server with overrides or the wrong haks.
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2. A person has the GFX set to high to handle the PW demand
Our PW is a lot more demanding than most of the PWs you will find. But our server is also about as good a server as you will find. The only other place I know of that runs one as powerful as ours is Shores of Haldun.
For me personally I only experienced minimal lag last night and I played for 2 hours.
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Post by psycho1976 on Feb 9, 2009 15:27:32 GMT -5
Have you tried turning down your graphics card? Maybe turning off shadows as well? The server is very well optimized at this point and lag usually only happens when... 1. Someone is logging into the server with overrides or the wrong haks. "or" 2. A person has the GFX set to high to handle the PW demand Our PW is a lot more demanding than most of the PWs you will find. But our server is also about as good a server as you will find. The only other place I know of that runs one as powerful as ours is Shores of Haldun. For me personally I only experienced minimal lag last night and I played for 2 hours. Personally I can say that the lag I experienced was not graphic induced, but server-related. Yes, I have the settings on "high", but my current rig eats it without any pause or problem. The troubles I experienced were like this: sudden, and long, stops mid combat. This then followed up after a very prolonged wait with the actiosn that should have taken place 30 seconds ago. Such is not the result of my machine acting up. Another thing I have noticed. The server seems to have many many NPCs wandering around. From what I have been told such is a rather heavy stress on a server. Is this not so? I did notice that when people logged out I got better connection. This might be related to what you say, about the overrides. Unfortunately I did not make a note of who logged out when I got less lag. |
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Post by His Masters Voice on Feb 9, 2009 15:42:21 GMT -5
Checked the server metrics, Baldur's Gate has yet to even surpass 60% network usage, and that's while a large file upload is occuring. CPU usually maxes out but is hardly a show stopper as it hits that normally if everyone is leveling at the same time. I'll load it up tonight with a ton of overrides and see if it's something we can detect externally. May be an issue entirely with nwserver.
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Post by His Masters Voice on Feb 9, 2009 15:51:06 GMT -5
Server Statistics - 2.6% Network Usage @16 mbps
CPU - 30% on Affinity 1
RAM - 1.07Gb Used
That's actually below the normal expectations, possibility of overrides acting up?
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Post by DM mithari on Feb 9, 2009 15:52:26 GMT -5
Very likely. Me and Carnifex were/are keeping track of players joining and leaving and it seems that it's fine now.
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Igaryu
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Post by Igaryu on Feb 9, 2009 16:00:36 GMT -5
Good to hear that, it was really horrid when I played. Really as psycho said allthough I play with lowest settings possible to avoid any lag or trouble.
But if it is ok now I am excited to play again tomorrow;)
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Post by adzling on Feb 9, 2009 16:24:59 GMT -5
I noticed the horrible lag last night as well and my gfx are set to minimal so that's not it.
here's something worth considering: will a single person with horrible ping lag the entire server?
It seems so to me as about a week ago i tried to connect from a *very* crappy wireless connection and i was lagging like crazy.
As soon as i logged on i heard people around me start complaining about lag.
I logged off and back on again and as soon as i appeared people started complaining "lagging again".
So perhaps there was one or two players with crappy connections joining last night (my regular connections are stellar).
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mrdeadman
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Post by mrdeadman on Feb 9, 2009 16:45:42 GMT -5
The lag problem occurred several times last night and this morning (the worst being around 8 am est). My ping, normally around 40-70, was steadily at near 200 with spikes up to 1200+. Then when the lag would get so bad that people would start leaving it would miraculously get better. It seemed like it would happen when certain people logged off and on. I won't mention the names as I am going to continue to examine this and see if my theory is correct.
As for drops not being picked up, the worst place is the Minotaur caves. It seems that if the clean-up script is in place there, it is not functioning. I routinely pick up 20+ extra horns in there a day from left behind loot. I know they're heavy, but look at it this way... 20 x 75 = 1500 extra gold. Not that I'm complaining, I could always use more gold.
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