Gosh, what a nonsense... Every statement that pretends to be a valuable piece of advice is so stupid that I cannot even choose the one to mock at...
On 21/08/06, kyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I almost forgot to give all you windows admins this. If you must run on windows, this will help. General tips for Windows HLDS performance --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't over-mod your server, AMX and adminmod are useful tools, but loading AMX, AM, Statsme, several of Hullu's mods, WC3 mod (both kinds!), etc, etc.. Will only add more CPU stress to your server... If your CPU becomes overworked, client pings will go up as the server loses the ability to keep calculating packet information and sending them out at a fast pace. Don't run multiple instances of HLDS unless you're running a multi-processor machine... It would be... Unwise for you to think you can do this Use a clean-install of Windows, to keep 3rd party background processes/services to a minimum If you do not have a hardware firewall, use a software firewall that runs as a background service, and can be tweaked to fit HLDS' needs without bogging down the rest of the system with unnecessary security Keep Windows updated! Unfortunately Windows has security issues, and although the auto-update feature sounds like a good idea for an HLDS server, it's really rather bothersome because you cannot choose which updates to install or ignore, and your server may decide to suddenly reboot to install critical updates. I suggest you disable/stop the auto-update service, and specify a time of the week that you will use to turn off the server and do updates/maintenance Disable unused/unnecessary services (there are so many articles on this, a good one is http://www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/ser.../servicecfg.htm) Although WinHL-Booster DOES work to some degree, it usually loses its effectiveness at 5-6 players, and in his new version, even makes use of PDH to gather performance data, which again - is more pointless DLL loading which should be avoided. Though increasing the global mmtimer resolution does help somewhat, it's sort've trivial - it's up to you. If you're not using your server for IIS/FTP, disabled those services for security and for extra resources. If you must use IIS/FTP, enable CPU throttling, and enforce a limit of 1% usage, this is still plenty for a simple webpage or FTP access, don't let IIS/FTP take focus away from HLDS. Specifying "-heapsize xxxx" at the command line seems to have lost all affect as I can specify "-heapsize 999999999" without crashing... Limiting packet rate is usually a good idea! The more packets your server receives every second, the more work it has to do, and this increases exponentially! A client updaterate of 20 packets-per-second, is more than enough for smooth gameplay, and anything over 50 is just pointless CPU use and will only increase client choke and packet-loss (unless you're on a LAN ) If you have a weaker CPU but would like to host more players, try decreasing the sv_maxupdaterate value from 100 (screw CAL, 100pps is pointless) to something lower to prevent players from overloading your CPU with packet information. Use various tweak guides to get better network performance. I am not one of those guides, there are plenty... Make the most out of your connection! I suggest looking around @ http://www.winguides.com/ -------Original Message------- From: Ook Date: 08/20/06 21:00:32 To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] HLSW stopped picking up my server I had to restart Winbloze. Linux is looking better and better every day. Turn on my primary workstation, and I says something about c:\windows\system32\config is missing or corrupt and windows won't start, thank you for using Microsoft products. I had to boot to linux ( I have 3 OSs on the box) and restore my winbloze installation, fortunately I had a backup). I find this somewhat disturbing. No messages in the event log. Restarted srcds, restarted hlsw. Won't connect. Restart winbloze and now it works. <shrug> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chorizo Omelet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:44 PM Subject: RE: [hlds] HLSW stopped picking up my server > Not this exact issue, but I did finally figure out a problem I was > having during map changes - where everyone else was connected to my > server but me! > > The problem turned out to be an older hardware firewall, which only had > half-duplex on the "wan" port! I had a dual firewall setup to create a > wireless dmz and the inner firewall was the older pos. > > Anyway, not to sure this helps you really, but you may have a similar > problem with some older network equipment? > > Good luck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ook > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:40 PM > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: [hlds] HLSW stopped picking up my server > > I'm currently running a srcds HL1 dedicated server, works fine, people > pile in all the time (not that I have much competition, LOL). Problem - > out of the blue, hlsw no longer sees the server. Connection fails. It > worked this morning, it stopped sometime during the day. Restarted > server, restarted hlsw. No config changes. Nothing in event log. Anyone > ever see this before? > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
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