 swarming bots, help my bots are out of control |
  |
| thunder_storm996 |
 Apr 25 2005, 12:29 AM
Post
#1
|
|
Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 25-April 05 Member No.: 548  |
hey i need some help on how to limit how many bots are on my server i tried the min_bot = 0 max_bots = 4 but when i launch the server the server fills up with bot and my ping is above 650
 can any one help me with this  |
   |
 
|
| Cheeseh |
Apr 25 2005, 11:30 AM
Post
#2
|
 Admin Group: Admin Posts: 3,066 Joined: 11-September 03 From: uk Member No.: 1 |
I don't understand, how can the ping go high if you are a listenserver, are you? What exactly is the problem, too many bots getting addeed or a high ping, what?
|
|
|
|
| LordSkitch |
Apr 25 2005, 10:16 PM
Post
#3
|
 I cuddle with my bots. Group: Moderator Posts: 980 Joined: 16-April 04 From: Alvin, Texas Member No.: 291 |
If you're running a dedicated server on the same machine, you need to put it in a higher priority than HL, otherwise when you start it up and try to play, all the processor cycles will go to the game and not the server, and cause lag that way..
|
|
|
|
| Sandman[SA] |
Apr 27 2005, 06:59 AM
Post
#4
|
 RCBot Waypointer Group: Moderator Posts: 987 Joined: 15-September 03 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 19 |
Either reduce the size of your listenserver ( aka: maxplayer limit ) or get a faster processor.
See, when you max out your available cpu cycles, your system then devolops what's called "choke" which in turn causes what appears to be lag. |
|
|
|
| thunder_storm996 |
Apr 27 2005, 09:54 PM
Post
#5
|
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 25-April 05 Member No.: 548 |
i fixed it
the problem was that my dedicated server wasn't readning the bots_config.ini file and was useing defaults values it's a pentuim 233mhz mmx comp so it has alot of problems |
|
|
|
| LordSkitch |
Apr 27 2005, 10:11 PM
Post
#6
|
||
|
I cuddle with my bots. Group: Moderator Posts: 980 Joined: 16-April 04 From: Alvin, Texas Member No.: 291 |
Choke's actually lost packets from the client to the server, Loss is lost packets from the server to the client, both of which will make you skip around and jump backwards in a map though.. |
||
|
|
|
||
| Sandman[SA] |
Apr 28 2005, 01:19 AM
Post
#7
|
||
|
RCBot Waypointer Group: Moderator Posts: 987 Joined: 15-September 03 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 19 |
Choke or loss, It doesn't really matter what you call it, the resulting effect is still lag. But needless to say, I think we found the heart of the problem.
I would have thought that old of a machine would be in a museum by now. I was sorely mistaken. |
||
|
|
|
||
| LordSkitch |
Apr 28 2005, 05:12 AM
Post
#8
|
|
I cuddle with my bots. Group: Moderator Posts: 980 Joined: 16-April 04 From: Alvin, Texas Member No.: 291 |
LOL Good call Sandy.. I just recently had to upgrade my server to an Athlon XP Barton 3000+ due to the high CPU usage..
|
|
|
|
| Sandman[SA] |
Apr 28 2005, 05:25 AM
Post
#9
|
|
RCBot Waypointer Group: Moderator Posts: 987 Joined: 15-September 03 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 19 |
I believe steam's minimum system requirements are...
Pentium 2 @ 400mhz or faster 64mb ram or more Dx7 compatable video card How someone can bare to play on steam even at that level, let alone, anything less, is beyond me. |
|
|
|
| LordSkitch |
Apr 28 2005, 06:25 AM
Post
#10
|
|
I cuddle with my bots. Group: Moderator Posts: 980 Joined: 16-April 04 From: Alvin, Texas Member No.: 291 |
Haha, a friend of mine played and beat HL1 on a P1 133MHz, with a 4 meg video card... That was painful.
|
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 12th August 2025 - 03:02 PM |
Invision Power Board
© 2025 IPS, Inc.