DragonLight the the commands worked for us as well. Hopefully while they're pursuing these issues they'll fix up the player join thing too. Maybe we'll wind up coming out better off than we were before the issue! :)
*crosses fingers* On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:59 PM, scott biszmaier <sc...@aol.jp> wrote: > perfect! thanks for the prompt reply, got it working and the commands > are working fine now... will report shortly with results! > > > ------------------------------ > scott biszmaier > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DragonLight <ad...@ponyfortress2.com> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list < > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > Sent: Wed, May 15, 2013 2:47 pm > Subject: Re: [hlds] Who do we send netspike.txt log too? > > Had the exact same problem, had to add the quotes to get it to work. Example: > > steamcmd.exe +login "anonymous" +force_install_dir > "C:\yourserver\server1" "+app_update 232250 -beta prerelease" validate > quit > > Notice the quotes between app_update and prerelease section, thats > what I was missing. It should only download like 1 or 2 small files, > start it up and try the commands again. > > -DragonLight > > Quoting scott biszmaier <sc...@aol.jp>: > > > so i've updated my server to the pre-release version and i'm getting this > > when i try to test the new commands; > > > >> Unknown command "sv_compressfragments" > >> Unknown command "sv_compressstringtablebaselines" > > > > > > i get this when i run the version command; > > > >> Protocol version 24 > >> Exe version 1756932 (tf) > >> Exe build: 10:36:54 May 14 2013 (5287) (440) > > > > which is the pre-release version according to Peter > > this in the command line i used to update the tf2 server; > > > >> steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir > >> c:\games\tf2\test\SRCDS\orangebox +app_update 232250 -beta > >> prerelease +quit > > > > suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > scott biszmaier > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Jerde <peter-h...@jerde.net> > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > > Sent: Wed, May 15, 2013 11:26 am > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Who do we send netspike.txt log too? > > > > > > Are you sure you actually updated it? > > > > "cvarlist comp" should show you the two variables if you have the prerelease > > version. > > > > Use the version command to make sure you're actually running the prerelease > > version. My Windows test server shows this on the pre-release version: > > > >> Protocol version 24 > >> Exe version 1756932 (tf) > >> Exe build: 10:36:54 May 14 2013 (5287) (440) > > > > whereas my production servers show: > > > >> Protocol version 24 > >> Exe version 1756932 (tf) > >> Exe build: 12:02:13 May 7 2013 (5287) (440) > >> > > > > > > If you used the all-on-one-line method of invoking steamcmd, maybe you > > didn't > > quote the beta flag properly? > > > > The command line I used was: > > > >> steamcmd +login anonymous "+force_install_dir c:\path" "+app_update 232250 > > -beta prerelease" +quit > > > > - Peter > > > > On May 15, 2013, at 13:12 PM, DragonLight <ad...@ponyfortress2.com> wrote: > > > >> Updated one of my servers to the prerelease beta version but its not > > recognizing the new sv_ commands. > >> > >> Quoting Fletcher Dunn <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>: > >> > >>> These are temporary measures to help diagnose and workaround the problem. > >>> > >>> Once we confirm that this is the issue, we'll switch to Snappy or > >>> some other > > fast compression library. Our own hand-rolled LZSS compressor is known to > > be > > slow. > >>> > >>> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > >>> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > >>> <hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com?>] > > On Behalf Of D Bauhmz > >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:51 AM > >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Who do we send netspike.txt log too? > >>> > >>> I forgot to ask you Fletcher. > >>> > >>> Will sv_compressfragments and sv_compressstringtablebaselines serve as a > > permanent fix for this issue or is there more optimizations and a > > different fix > > for this on the way? Are player spawns causing a spike (Which I've always > > thought was normal, heh) something that is planned to be fixed/optimized as > > well? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Fletcher Dunn > >>> <fletch...@valvesoftware.com<mailto:fletch...@valvesoftware.com > >>> <fletch...@valvesoftware.com?>>> > > wrote: > >>> No need to send any netspike files. We have enough good data and further > > netspike files or vprof files are not likely to help right now. It anybody > > wants to send in more windows traces, however, feel free to do so. > >>> > >>> For some reason the servers are spending huge amounts of time in > >>> compression > > code. The data from the traces and vprof is very consistent. Specifically, > > compressing string tables and fragments can sometimes take a very > > large amount > > of time. The LZSS compression code has not changed in ages. The contents > > of > > the string tables, as far as I can tell, did not change significantly in the > > SteamPipe update. I am still at a loss to explain what changed in > > the SteamPipe > > update. > >>> > >>> There are also occasionally mini-spikes when a player spawns, but I don't > > think that's new. > >>> > >>> I have a new "prerelease" beta that adds two convars that can be used to > > totally disable compression: > >>> > >>> sv_compressfragments - defaults ON (existing behavior to try to > >>> compress all > > fragments by default) > >>> sv_compressstringtablebaselines - default OFF (new beahvior to turn off > > compression by default) > >>> > >>> You can switch these at any time, but sv_compressfragments is > >>> "sticky" --- it > > takes effect on a per-client basis, at the time when a client connects. > >>> > >>> You might try turning both of those off and see how performance > >>> changes or if > > any problems occur. Of course, this will increase bandwidth. But > > it would help > > to confirm that this is indeed the problem. > >>> > >>> If anybody wants to do their own data gathering to see where the time is > > going, without the data gathering itself causing spikes that might not have > > otherwise occurred, I'd recommend the following netspike / vprof settings: > >>> > >>> vprof_on > >>> vprof_dump_spikes 20 > >>> sv_netspike 0 > >>> sv_netspike_sendtime_ms 2 > >>> sv_netspike_output 2 > >>> > >>> From: > >>> hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com<mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > >>> <hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com?>> > > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com<mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > > > > <hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com%3Cmailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com?>>] > > On Behalf Of Essay Tew Phaun > >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:15 AM > >>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Who do we send netspike.txt log too? > >>> > >>> fletch...@valvesoftware.com<mailto:fletch...@valvesoftware.com > >>> <fletch...@valvesoftware.com?>> > >>> I'm not sure > > if they're still wanting logs or not. I think they've kind of found where > > the > > problem is. I don't know what it would hurt though. > >>> > >>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:59 AM, DragonLight > >>> <ad...@ponyfortress2.com<mailto:ad...@ponyfortress2.com > >>> <ad...@ponyfortress2.com?>>> > > wrote: > >>> Been catching the spikes with the new commands, should we email them to > > someone? > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>> archives, please > > visit: > >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>> archives, please > > visit: > >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, please > > visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please > > visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit:https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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