Very Strange Lag.

[fetz]

I am hosting a Garry's Mod TTT Server on Linux (SteamCMD). Throughout playing player(s) walking will be choppy and going up/down ladders is really choppy. You can also walk through props.

My server is using 30% CPU usage and 50% RAM. Everyone has 40-120 ping. The servers upspeed is about 200 mb/s.


I am guessing it is something I am doing wrong starting the server?

I am only running pointshop addon plus some custom player models.



Thanks in advanced, Fetz


P.S. I hear a bunch about "Server FPS Lag"... how can I tell how much FPS my server is getting? Also here is the specs:
1024 MB of Guaranteed RAM
1024 MB of Swap
3 CPU @ 2.0+ Ghz
1 IPv4 Address
50 GB of Disk
2 TB of Bandwidth

[Neku]

Install CSS.
Or...
Get better host.

One of those will work.

[Neku]

Actually, where is the server physically located?

[fetz]

Is located in New York. My host is fine.

I app_update'd CSS.


It still didn't fix it. Do I have to app_update CSS in a certain directory?

[Neku]

Do your players live near New York?

I manually upload CSS to the addon folder.
app_update isn't reliable.

[MrPresident]

Using app_update is fine as long as you make sure to set up your mount.cfg properly.

Here is what mine looks like:

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//
// Use this file to mount additional paths to the filesystem
// DO NOT add a slash to the end of the filename
//

"mountcfg"
{
"cstrike" "C:\gameservers\garrysmod\gmstranded\cstrike"
}


While I'm not 100% sure on this, I would imagine it is far more efficient to load an entire game's worth of content as a mount than through the addons folder.

[Neku]

Well...it's more of a preference thing. 

[Bytewave]

Using app_update is fine as long as you make sure to set up your mount.cfg properly.

Here is what mine looks like:

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//
// Use this file to mount additional paths to the filesystem
// DO NOT add a slash to the end of the filename
//

"mountcfg"
{
"cstrike" "C:\gameservers\garrysmod\gmstranded\cstrike"
}


While I'm not 100% sure on this, I would imagine it is far more efficient to load an entire game's worth of content as a mount than through the addons folder.

Make sure to alert him of the need of changing the directory.

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//
// Use this file to mount additional paths to the filesystem
// DO NOT add a slash to the end of the filename
//

"mountcfg"
{
"cstrike" "<INSTALL PATH FOR CSTRIKE>"
}:p

[fetz]

Using app_update is fine as long as you make sure to set up your mount.cfg properly.

Here is what mine looks like:

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//
// Use this file to mount additional paths to the filesystem
// DO NOT add a slash to the end of the filename
//

"mountcfg"
{
"cstrike" "C:\gameservers\garrysmod\gmstranded\cstrike"
}


While I'm not 100% sure on this, I would imagine it is far more efficient to load an entire game's worth of content as a mount than through the addons folder.

And I should add this to lua/autorun?

[Bytewave]

And I should add this to lua/autorun?

No. This should go to your server's /cfg/ directory.
Sorry, shoulda pointed that out as well.

[fetz]

Alright. Sounds easier to just drag cstrike folder into addons? This should work too right?

[Neku]

Alright. Sounds easier to just drag cstrike folder into addons? This should work too right?

Yeah, pretty much.

[fetz]

Installed htop to moniter the CPU and RAM... they never go over 60% and yet I am still getting lag on the server. Everyones ping is below 100.

[Neku]

You realize low ping is a good thing, right?

[Bytewave]

You realize low ping is a good thing, right?

If he doesn't...
*facehoof*
Ping is the time (in milliseconds) it takes for your client to respond to a request sent out by a server. The lower, the better.