[bf1942] High CPU load in BF:V linux server

[Paul Richards]

BF:V is out? Or is it only stateside?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrei Rjeousski" <andrv at myrealbox.com>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:54 AM
Subject: [bf1942] High CPU load in BF:V linux server


> Hi,
> It is just me of BF:V server uses alot more cpu then BF1942 server?
>
> I have a dual xeon 2.0 box with 1 gig of ram, and before bfv came out, i
> used to run 2 bf1942 servers: 40 player DC and 32 player EOD server. The
> servers worked perfectly evern then both of them were fully loaded.
>
> With the release of bf:v i've removed EOD server and installed latest bfv
> server. Today was not a good day... First of I tried running 30 people on
> BFV server but people complained about the lag... so ive put it down to 24
> but people were still complaining. So ive had to reduce number of spots on
> DC server down to 24 as well. Now it seems to run alot smoother and no one
> complains, however from console, i can see that the game usually starts
with
> around 30% util, but sometimes jumps to 100% and even 200%. Fps drop down
to
> 20 and people start getting rubber skating effect.
>
> Could anyone suggest me what can be done about the lag? It is NOT a
network
> lag, since we have a full 100mbit line to the server. I know BF1942 was
> limiting server to 60fps, is there any reason why the same was removed for
> BFV?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrei (Y2BNE1)
>