[bf1942] Silly Question... I anyone's server working?

[Andrew Chen]

Have you tried using Xvnc instead of Xvfb?  You might see some decrease in 
CPU usage there.  I use the TightVNC branch of it.  www.tightvnc.com 
.  Give it a try and let us know how it goes :)

At 07:51 PM 5/14/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>Well, the Linux server was simply not playable.  The bungee effect is
>just too crappy, and the mis-timing of big-gun shots vs. their
>perceived recoil or whatever was too screwy.
>
>So, I downloaded winex3.0 from cvs, compiled, and got it running
>eventually.  The machine is a dual AthlonMP 1800+, and runs 2
>20-player CS servers along with the one 30-player BF1942 server.  Xvfb
>generally eats about 4-25% of a CPU (which I think is far too high,
>personally), and the 'wineserver' thread runs around 10% of a CPU, and
>the 3 'wine BF1942.exe' threads total around 30% of a CPU.. well,
>that's current usage, and there are only 4 players on the server.
>
>Here are some more stats:
>
>http://bfb.bogleg.org/stats/index.cgi?g=h
>
>Basically, though, the feel is that the two 20-plr CS servers (running
>-pingboost 2) start lagging when the BF server reaches around 24
>players, and the BF server also lags aroune 26-27 players.
>
>Good enough for now...
>
>Don K wrote (at Wed, May 14, 2003 at 12:08:44PM -0800):
> > What kinda performance hit are we talking?  I've half considered doing 
> it since 3.x came out..
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Casey Zacek <bfb-bf at bogleg.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:42 am
> > Subject: Re: [bf1942] Silly Question...  I anyone's server working?
> >
> > >
> > > I'm running the Windows dedicated server under winex 3.0, with the
> > > display exported to Xvfb.  It burns extra CPU, but it works
> > > near-flawlessly.
> > >
> > > I'm anxiously awaiting a decently-working native Linux port. :)
> > >
> > > Don K wrote (at Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:23:25AM -0800):
> > > > I personally gave up running the server for now because of the
> > > 'bungee problems', but I got the feeling from posts that only some
> > > people's servers were affected.  Is anyone currently using the
> > > server?  Or, are the problems so widespread and fundemental that
> > > no one is running it?  If you are using it, what's your setup?
> > > I'd have to think that it must work *somewhere* given how hard a
> > > time the devs had in replicating some of our issues...
> > > >
> > > > Znapel
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > -- Casey Zacek (Zippo)                  Beer for Breakfast servers
> > >   66.111.111.66:27015 (CS multi-map)     <"
> > > target="l">http://bfb.bogleg.org/>   66.111.111.66:27016 (CS
> > > inferno/dust2/aztec/militia) Dallas, TX
> > >   66.111.111.66:14567 (BF1942)
> > >
> >
>
>--
>-- Casey Zacek (Zippo)                  Beer for Breakfast servers
>    66.111.111.66:27015 (CS multi-map)     <http://bfb.bogleg.org/>
>    66.111.111.66:27016 (CS inferno/dust2/aztec/militia) Dallas, TX
>    66.111.111.66:14567 (BF1942)