Warning Rant Ahead:
Has anyone else noticed how the server deals with limited resources? I've noticed that some servers with high bandwidth but not enough system resources handle too many players very badly. It would seem that (on the windows version) if the maximum player limit is set too high the server stops sending to some players. I did some more checking and found that it was dropping packets for higher player IDs, its the soldat software dropping the packets, not the operating system, hardware, routers ect.
This is a bit more than just a curiosity, it can ruin the gameplay for some. If a player has say an ID of 9 and the server can handle 10 players, but the maximum players is set to 30, this player is usually fine. They can be fine up a few extra players but say the server starts running outta resources at 12 players. Then players 1-8 are fine, players 9 and 10 are laggy and getting connection problems and players 11 and 12 are frozen. It stays like this ruining the game for players 9 and 10 until the extra players log off.
Moral of the story, dont set the player limit so high. This game doesnt work well with too many people. Most games seem to be fun upto about 15 people anyway, more than that and its just chaos. So server admins, please stop setting these unbelievibly high player limits and TEST the server to see if it can handle that many players!!
Has anyone else noticed how the server deals with limited resources? I've noticed that some servers with high bandwidth but not enough system resources handle too many players very badly. It would seem that (on the windows version) if the maximum player limit is set too high the server stops sending to some players. I did some more checking and found that it was dropping packets for higher player IDs, its the soldat software dropping the packets, not the operating system, hardware, routers ect.
This is a bit more than just a curiosity, it can ruin the gameplay for some. If a player has say an ID of 9 and the server can handle 10 players, but the maximum players is set to 30, this player is usually fine. They can be fine up a few extra players but say the server starts running outta resources at 12 players. Then players 1-8 are fine, players 9 and 10 are laggy and getting connection problems and players 11 and 12 are frozen. It stays like this ruining the game for players 9 and 10 until the extra players log off.
Moral of the story, dont set the player limit so high. This game doesnt work well with too many people. Most games seem to be fun upto about 15 people anyway, more than that and its just chaos. So server admins, please stop setting these unbelievibly high player limits and TEST the server to see if it can handle that many players!!