[cod] Come on guys release a fix for the CPU usage

[[TRT]TazAnimal!{*}]

We run a rifles only clan that uses jeeps only (all tanks are turned off).
Although the cpu usage is higher than the original cod, our 32 man server is
full every night and runs well even on foy with the jeeps running around.
So.... my whole point here is... maybe the issue isn't so much in
"vehicles", maybe it is more caused by the tanks.

Just a thought.

[TRT]TazAnimal{*}
Brett Stinson
TazAnimal at rifleteam.com <mailto:TazAnimal at rifleteam.com>


-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan C. Gordon [mailto:icculus at clutteredmind.org]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 10:49 PM
To: cod at icculus.org
Subject: RE: [cod] Come on guys release a fix for the CPU usage



> Please.... its a game code issue, not an admin issue. Can we just
> agree on this once and for all so I dont have to see any more of
> these 'dude, I run a 110 man server with 8% cpu usage with No prob'
> emails?

Agreed.

Look everyone, the quickest CPU fix is to turn off vehicles. It has
_NOTHING_ to do with your distro. It has everything to do with when
vehicles are moving. Since it has to do with traces through the map,
you'll get better CPU performance on smaller maps when using vehicles,
but probably not enough to make a significant difference.

I know that's not the best news, since we all know that games in 2004
are only cool when you add a jeep, but for now, it's makes the most
financial sense if your business is stacking game instances onto a
machine.

However, I'll ping GMI and see what the plan is and report back. They
are _definitely_ aware of the issue though, guys. It's not Linux
specific.

--ryan.