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The twin brother
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last night in my campaign lag attacked us.
it wasn't gamespy cause it was only my server.
at first I thought it was the scripts which some stayed open but seems not.
if the lag was because NPCs who stays at a place from the start then I clean them now.
my module is 101 areas when 6 areas are bigger than 16x16 is this what causes the lag?
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Lazybones
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I have noticed that the following things cause lag on my machine. These comments are for NWN1:
- Large areas, especially greater than 16x16; I try to keep them to 14x14 or less if possible. Remember that a 32x32 area has four times as many tiles as a 16x16 area, and ten times as many tiles as a 10x10 area.
- Lots of placeables, especially if placed on the border lines connecting tiles.
- Lots of NPCs, especially those with busy scripts (heartbeats, etc.). I find I can handle about 15 creatures/NPCs "on screen" at once, assuming a full group of players (i.e. 5-7). Sometimes this requires tricks to create an illusion of a big city or large enemy encampment.
- Having a lot of dead bodies and unclaimed loot lying around your areas. There are trash cleaning scripts out there that can help with this.
- Lots of high-overhead scripts (like heartbeats that fire every six seconds). There are tricks to handling heartbeats, like putting them on a placeable and only spawning them in when needed. You can also cache some scripts for extra speed, but that becomes a diminishing return the larger that cache gets.
- Lots of graphic effects on screen at once. This includes the VFX that accompany buff spells. I have known some DMs that have actually changed the module scripts to remove buff VFX for this reason. I don't consider it enough of a problem to take this step.
- ISP problems (I use SBC/AT&T DSL, and sometimes I get connection issues, though those tend to be disconnects rather than lag most times).
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The twin brother
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thanks.
the larger areas I have between those 6 specific areas is only 18X18 (even lower) so I don't think that's the main problem.
so I think the only two options from what you wrote are the placeables (lots of things in locked rooms which players not suppose to enter. I don't know why I did this actualy. maybe I thought it will be with a need) and the unlooted things which don't go away. from where do I get the trash cleaning scripts?
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on Apr 21, 2007, 4:00 PM, The twin brother wrote:| from where do I get the trash cleaning scripts? |
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http://nwvault.ign.com/
Search for "Trash" and look under NWN1 Scripts. There are lots to choose from; I have not used them specifically so I cannot give a recommendation. I prefer to limit loot drops to avoid the problem, plus I only run my server for two hours at a stretch, so excess loot doesn't pile up.
Maybe someone else can recommend a good script that's worked for them.
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That's a good list. The only thing I'd add is large PC inventories, though it has to be pretty bad to have an effect (lots of bags full of items).
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Yeah, large PC files will do it.
Most servers have a strict rule about the number of bags of holding etc... each player can have in their possession as a result.
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