Author Topic: My server is laggy for no reason (Read 1352 times)

Heitmeyer� · October 11, 2015, 09:48:29 AM

About 3 days ago, I started up my server like normal. When I spawned, the server was laggy, the type of laggy you get when you face a direction with a stuffload of bricks. However, there were no bricks when I spawned, and it was still this laggy. Since then, whenever I've hosted, it has been this way. Why is this?

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phflack · October 11, 2015, 10:16:05 AM

could be a GPU problem, or an addon could be causing it

if you're using two GPUs (ie intel + NVidia), make sure the stronger one is being used to run BL

as for addons, try with defaults only or on a clean install

and does this only happen with your server or when you join others?
if it's only yours, it's more likely it's an addon and not a GPU problem

Heitmeyer� · October 11, 2015, 10:23:04 AM

Quote from: phflack on October 11, 2015, 10:16:05 AM

could be a GPU problem, or an addon could be causing it

if you're using two GPUs (ie intel + NVidia), make sure the stronger one is being used to run BL

as for addons, try with defaults only or on a clean install

and does this only happen with your server or when you join others?
if it's only yours, it's more likely it's an addon and not a GPU problem

It only happens with my server. Also, it just occurred to me that my Nvidia graphics card has an update, so I'll install that soon. That might be the reason.

Heitmeyer� · October 11, 2015, 10:26:06 AM

Quote from: phflack on October 11, 2015, 10:16:05 AM

if it's only yours, it's more likely it's an addon and not a GPU problem

What add-on could it be though?

phflack · October 11, 2015, 10:35:33 AM

Quote from: Heitmeyer� on October 11, 2015, 10:26:06 AM

What add-on could it be though?

any server sided addon that is doing a lot

ie, what used to give people major FPS issues in the past is the speedometer
it would loop through all the datablocks clientsided and find the players to find their speeds
when there were ~10k bricks people using the addon would lag terribly

but just anything running in the background doing a lot of processing/using a while true loop instead of schedules, would be making you have FPS issues

Shift Kitty · October 11, 2015, 10:44:37 AM

console.log may help, will help more if trace(1); 'd

Heitmeyer� · October 11, 2015, 10:59:39 AM

Here is the console.log.

phflack · October 11, 2015, 07:38:07 PM

I see a ton of addons

does it happen without addons enabled?

Darth C3P0 · October 11, 2015, 08:33:05 PM

Try setting the advanced settings to default. They might be too high for whatever reason

Shift Kitty · October 11, 2015, 11:14:05 PM

It appears you've just enabled every single add-on you have, including ones that cannot even be used in custom. I recommend going through the list and disabling anything you don't absolutely need and then seeing if the problem persists, and if it does, then we have something better to work with.

Heitmeyer� · October 12, 2015, 08:16:23 PM

I'm running my server now with no add-ons enabled, and the server is running very smoothly. I half-way suspect that Blockland Glass is the issue, so I will try disabling that.

Heitmeyer� · October 12, 2015, 08:31:16 PM

Quote from: Darth C3P0 on October 11, 2015, 08:33:05 PM

Try setting the advanced settings to default. They might be too high for whatever reason

How do I set them to default?

phflack · October 12, 2015, 09:37:49 PM

Quote from: Heitmeyer� on October 12, 2015, 08:31:16 PM

How do I set them to default?

that should not be the issue, it sounds like an addon is causing the issue

Heitmeyer� · October 13, 2015, 03:52:51 PM

Quote from: phflack on October 12, 2015, 09:37:49 PM

that should not be the issue, it sounds like an addon is causing the issue

How should I go about this without testing every single one of them individually?

phflack · October 13, 2015, 06:51:31 PM

Quote from: Heitmeyer� on October 13, 2015, 03:52:51 PM

How should I go about this without testing every single one of them individually?

the problem is gone without addons enabled, right?

enable half and see if the problem returns, if it doesn't test the other half
then test half of the half and so on, it's a binary search and should be ln(addon count) instead of addon count attempts