[cod] 1.4 lag spikes?

luke at techfreak.org luke at techfreak.org
Mon May 10 15:55:14 EDT 2004


Interesting. Is this a cvar that has caused some problems? Why do
you recommend this to alleviate lag spikes?

thanks!

> Create a pbcl.cfg with the following line
> pb_sv_CvarWalk 0 and put this your pb folder for cod on the server.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <luke at techfreak.org>
> To: <cod at icculus.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:06 PM
> Subject: [cod] 1.4 lag spikes?
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>> ok ok...... I'm not trying to blame ALL my server issues on the
>> patch. I'm just looking for some possible explanations regarding
>> my
>> periodic lag spikes on COD 1.4 with PB enabled.
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>> an earlier post several weeks ago from another user:
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>> "I get this as well.  I don't have this trouble with a 1.1 server
>> on
>> the same
>> box, but I haven't tried disabling PB either.  It seems to play
>> fine
>> for a
>> while, then for about 30 seconds, I get lag bursts.  Both
>> green(bottom) and
>> yellow(top) bars spike to the top on the lagometer if that helps
>> any."
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>> I started getting these odd lag spikes lasting about 1-3 seconds
>> every hour or so on all my COD 1.4 servers. I naturally thought
>> the
>> Data Center was having some congestion issues, routing problems,
>> etc. So, I ran countless traceroutes, monitored ping for hours on
>> end, did file transfer tests, etc. I could find nothing that
>> indicated the usual issues that cause lag...
>>
>>  Interestingly, I also run UT2004 servers on the same machines and
>> never notice the same behavior on these..... so, I'm wondering if
>> there could be something up with PunkBuster, my COD config, etc
>> that is causing these spikes?
>>
>> Anybody still have similar issues? If so, have you identified the
>> issue? Please help - this is driving me freakin nuts (mostly cause
>> people complain).
>>
>> Luke
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