Server Maintenance

[Mana 3,867]

Hi all,

 

Some servers will be down today while I performance some maintenance tasks/move them around.

 

They should be back later this afternoon.

 

This is now completed.

 

I have added Pinion Tournament System. It's currently in beta.

I'll have more info on that in the future.

But in short what it does is allow you to get points in a global tournament system by simply playing as you always did before.

[D-Bee 3,448]

Are you changing something?

[Mana 3,867]

Are you changing something?

Yes but it shouldn't really be noticeable in the end once it's all back up and running.

[D-Bee 3,448]

Did you decide on what the new donor benefits are going to be? Or is this unrelated maintenance? Sorry I'm full of questions.

[Mana 3,867]

Did you decide on what the new donor benefits are going to be? Or is this unrelated maintenance? Sorry I'm full of questions.

Donor benefits are entirely unrelated to this server maintenance.

[D-Bee 3,448]

Donor benefits are entirely unrelated to this server maintenance.

I want to ask what you're doing, but I feel like you aren't going to tell me.

[luop90 4,400]

I want to ask what you're doing, but I feel like you aren't going to tell me.

He's adding a new hack that allows him to take over the world one player at a time via mind control.

[fever 9,884]

adding more trees to sawmill

[Mana 3,867]

This is now completed.

 

I have added Pinion Tournament System. It's currently in beta.

 

Hopefully if all works out then we'll replace gameme with this on all servers.

And apart from having stats on all the servers we'll also get points that will lead to prizes for some players.

[Se7en 10,762]

This is now completed.

 

I have added Pinion Tournament System. It's currently in beta.

 

Hopefully if all works out then we'll replace gameme with this on all servers.

And apart from having stats on all the servers we'll also get points that will lead to prizes for some players.

I got the weirdest boner right now.

[luop90 4,400]

I got the weirdest boner right now.

 

T....M...I....

[D-Bee 3,448]

This is now completed.

 

I have added Pinion Tournament System. It's currently in beta.

 

Hopefully if all works out then we'll replace gameme with this on all servers.

And apart from having stats on all the servers we'll also get points that will lead to prizes for some players.

Magical. Lotus just gets better and better.

[Kerberos 3,170]

I got the weirdest boner right now.

Proof or lie

[Se7en 10,762]

Proof or lie

NSFW

[fever 9,884]

This is now completed.

 

I have added Pinion Tournament System. It's currently in beta.

 

Hopefully if all works out then we'll replace gameme with this on all servers.

And apart from having stats on all the servers we'll also get points that will lead to prizes for some players.

 

Awesome...Mana, you've made me proud...in the trouser department

[luop90 4,400]

Im 200% certain this new update is causing horrible lag issues on the servers. The 10 I have been too that have this update (points on kills) are horribly laggy. Like you'll switch weapons 20 times when you only scroll once. Ping hasn't changed, but all the players have been talking about unbearable lag.

[Mana 3,867]

Im 200% certain this new update is causing horrible lag issues on the servers. The 10 I have been too that have this update (points on kills) are horribly laggy. Like you'll switch weapons 20 times when you only scroll once. Ping hasn't changed, but all the players have been talking about unbearable lag.

I didn't experience any lag myself when testing. Nor did the players I asked. But it is possible there's something like that going on.

 

Anyone else experiencing lag?

[luop90 4,400]

I didn't experience any lag myself when testing. Nor did the players I asked. But it is possible there's something like that going on.

 

Anyone else experiencing lag?

 

Maybe it was just the servers I was on-

 

East Coast | 24/7 2Fort #2

Texas | 24/7 2Fort

West Coast | 24/7 Goldrush (Was the worst here)

West Coast | 24/7 2Fort

West Coast | 24/7 Hightower

 

Actually it seems more widespread. Everything will be going fine and than randomly all the movements get real jerky and nothing is fluid. Ping and FPS don't change at all, but randomly it will just get all jerky. Its almost like when a certain someone slowed everyone down in practice, only way more jerky and unsmooth.

[luop90 4,400]

I think I finally figured what this was.

 

It happened today, about 2 minutes ago, on the Texas x33 Dustbowl Server.

 

Everything started to get really laggy, but ping and FPS never changed. However this is what happened-

 

I had net_graph set to 1, so it constantly showed all the connection status'.

 

During this lag, the lerp, which was at 100 ms (Its always been that, Its never changed for me) started to flash yellow. The second this started, everyone on the server immediately started complaining about lag. It was so laggy, that I killed a medic 4 times (not joking, it did the kill sound and attack 4 times in a row) before it finally counted it, and this happened for about 30 seconds before it went away.

 

Is this at all connected to the plugin, or was something just up with the server? Because I have never seen this happen before, on any server that I've ever played. Lerp has always been 100ms and been in normal color.

[D-Bee 3,448]

Yikes. I can't say that I've seen something that extreme on a server that wasn't overseas. Luop, could this possibly be related to a plug-in you have installed? Or maybe just a random connectivity issue?

[luop90 4,400]

Yikes. I can't say that I've seen something that extreme on a server that wasn't overseas. Luop, could this possibly be related to a plug-in you have installed? Or maybe just a random connectivity issue?

I asked Mana about it, and he linked me to a source engine server connectivity page. Essentially lerp is what Valve uses to handle lag spikes a client has, and still keep FPS and game play smooth. 100 ms of lerp is default, which means it can keep FPS smooth up until a lag spike of 100 ms. When it flashes yellow, it means the server isn't sending the client a high enough frame rate for the lerp to cover, and almost instantly, you'll notice that it's literally unplayable, as there's such low communication between the server and the client. I think the frame rate and ping froze when this happened, and literally for 30 seconds nothing happened on the server. All clients connected had the same issue I did.

[D-Bee 3,448]

So basically, it's either our server or Lerp derped.