Ryan,
The warning about CreateFragmentsFromFile is just about player's sprays
being uploaded/downloaded and is normal and should have no impact on the
server or gameplay.
It is a good idea to delete all the sprays resident in 'downloads/ from time
to time to prevent lag as the server searches to see if that spray is
already present.
When the server finds a spray and has to compress it this can cause lag.
One very easy fix if you see ongoing problems with this is to just disable
sprays for a bit.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Mannion"
To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list"
<hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Linux srcds performance unacceptable
>I agree with Nephyrin but also wanted to add another problem that's
> been ongoing for a while. When players connect, I often see lines in
> the form "CreateFragmentsFromFile: 'downloads/5e255ec6.dat' doesn't
> exist." duplicated in the server console dozens of times (seems to be
> correlated to the number of players connected). My guess is that it
> has something to do with distributing custom sprays to players.
> Regardless, those lines correspond to massive server pauses that
> players notice. With the reserved slot system I use which could lead
> to someone reconnecting multiple times in a short period of time, the
> pauses resulting from the CreateFragmentsFromFile issue become
> extremely disruptive.
>
> From a cursory search, this problem has been present since at least
> 2005. Is there anything that can be done about it while maintaining
> clients' ability to download maps?
>
> Ryan
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