X Server Tremulous

Some quick lag reduction techniques, by popular request. (thanks Dulcimer Cannon for writing) For more info or questions please refer to our tech support forums @ www.xserverx.com/forums

1) Check how much bandwidth your using: Often times you experience lag because many people are using your internet at the same time. Despite how may seem, your internet is not doing everything at once. If for example you are downloading a youtube video while loading a web page and talking on AIM, even though it seems it is all happening at the same time, it is really only doing one of these activities at a time, it just switches which activity it is doing really fast. What this means, is if you are doing too much stuff at the same time on the internet, it has to switch to do more stuff each second, and it has less time to spend on sending packets and receiving packets from/to our server, making your connection laggy. To fix this, get other people to stop using your internet, and shut down applications that are using your internet (other than trem of course).

2) Check to see how many applications you have open: LIke your internet, your computer can only do one thing at a time (technically it can do more depending on how many CPU’s/cores you have… but thats another story). So, if you have 100 applications open, and they are all actively doing something, your computer is only going to be spending 1% of its time working on trem! To fix this, close your applications when you aren’t using them!

3) Living far away from our servers: If your computer is far away from our servers, it takes longer for your computer to talk to the server’s computers, and will cause lag. sadly, there isn’t really much we can do to fix this problem, other then trying to get a connection that is closer to us (Our servers are located in the US [Texas to be precise]).

4) Random 999ing: If you randomly 999 it almost always means you need to reset your router. If you are still randomly 999ing, try resetting your computer.

5) 999ing but still able to see people move: This is also a fairly common problem (depending on how good your router is), where you 999, but you can still see people move fine. This means that your uplink (the part of your router that sends information) is freezing. To fix this, just reset your router, if that doesn’t work, reset your computer.

6) Low frame-rate: Low framerate will also often times effect your ping. If you have a low framerate, try lowering your graphical settings (I explain how to do this in a section below).

FAQ:

Can there be lag from the server? Yes, but in-general the dev team fixes any server-lag pretty fast, and its fairly unlikely that the server is the cause of your lag

My lag didn’t fall into the 6 common lag problems – what do I do? Reset your computer, reset your router, then lower your graphical settings.

Will my ping go up if I have a low framerate? Quite often, yes. Lower your graphical settings, and try resetting your computer!

Are the X servers (X, A and V) unlagged? Yes.

What does unlagged mean? Unlagged means that we save an array of player states/positions, and then access the correct state/position for the time when you originally shot your weapon for the hit test —— Basically, you don’t have to adjust your aim for lag.

Will having a bad router increase lag? Yes, low quality routers won’t operate as quickly as higher quality routers, and will thus cause more lag for you.

Will having a bad computer increase lag? Yes, a slow computer/low quality computer will not be able to process data as quickly, and will not be able to output data as quickly, which will increase your lag.

Can HUD’s increase lag? Yes, certain HUD’s lag more than others.

Is there any ways to get faster internet without getting a new router/computer? Yes, you can try either upgrading your internet package with your ISP (Internet Service Provider [The company that gives you your internet]), or you can switch ISPs altogether.

Lowering your graphical settings:
While in-game, press the esc key. Then hit the options button, then hit the System button. From there hit GfxHardware. From there you set the following:
Video Mode <- the higher this is, the longer it takes to render, the more lag you will get
Color Depth <- I use default, it doesn’t make too much difference
Fullscreen <- if this is enabled Video Mode doesn’t matter, and it will use maximum resolution
Lighting <- use the lightmap medium/high setting
Geometric Detail <- Lower this
Texture Detail <- Unless you have a small amount of RAM, this doesn’t matter much
Texture Quality <- Unless you have a small amount of RAM, this doesn’t matter much
Texture Filter <- Change to bilinear

Hit apply.

Open up the GfxSoftware tab and set the following:
Marks On Walls <- no
Dynamic Lights <- hell no
Low Quality Sky <- no (Unless you have an abnormally small amount of RAM, in which case chose yes)
Sync Every Frame <- no
Depth Sort Particles <- yes
Particle Physics <- low quality
Light Flares <- off

Apply.

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The blog is still alive yes, we post most of our updates on the forum – www.xserverx.com/forum

You may of noticed you have seen a new server ^5V on your list, well the Developer team are finally done with version one. V server which you can probably notice is a PURE (vanilla) server. Unlike most of the other pure servers, this server won’t have constant down time, as well as we will have better servers hosting this server than most other vanilla servers have in general. Enjoy!

Any questions? leave a comment or REGISTER on our community forum!. www.xserverx.com/forum (Please ensure you use a correct email address) so you can activate your account.

Tremulous

Hi,

In case any of you are looking at the Gametracker banners on this page and wondering what exactly is going on with X server’s rank, fear not. Game tracker classifies Tremulous as a Quake 3 server, which means that actual Quake 3 servers are included in the ranking along with all the Tremulous servers.

So, while the tracker shows us sliding from 1st to 4th lately we have actually never been more popular. We have an average of 21.6 players on X, while the next most popular tremulous servers are consistently lower. (thats not to say that they aren’t awesome servers themselves)

Also. We’ve been up here at #1 for a few months now, and its much thanks to our new Dev team and admin staff who have been helping to make this server awesome to play on. (and dont forget Xspectator, and Sex who have been contributing a lot of help with the more technical server admin issues) I think we have come a long way since the changeover, and its all thanks to you guys.

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Good news, A is back online.

Have fun

-ManBearPig@SRM

-XEyekey

Tremulous

Hi,

I’ve had a few people ask about donations, and with the changeover i have updated the Donations “button” so that the money will go into a new Xserver hosting fund. Although i am responsible for the +100$/month hosting fees, donations are certainly appreciated. If anyone wants to donate some extra cash, Here is the new link to use.

Here is a list of up to date (might be missing a few) donors so from the last year or so.

Donators:

$100.00 USD dvehovinka Tuesday March 15th, 2010 Thanks!

$15.00 USD AMX Sat, Feb 14 2010

$200.00 USD HUMAHATER Sat, Feb, 6 2010 (wow! thanks!)

$10.00 USD Bob Samuel Sat, Jan 2, 2010

$20.00 USD Zordos Thu, Dec 31, 2009

$50.00 USD ManBearPig@SRM Wed, Dec 16, 2009

$20.00 USD Zordos Mon, Dec 14, 2009

$20.00 USD Zordos Mon, Nov 30, 2009

Let’s keep it up and make ‘X’ the best Trem server!

$20.00 USD Zordos Sun, Nov 15, 2009

$15.00 USD Guzza Thu, Nov 12, 2009

$40.00 USD ManBearPig@SRM Tue, Nov 3, 2009

$20.00 USD Zordos Sat, Oct 31, 2009

$20.00 USD Zordos Wed, Oct 14, 2009

$20.00 USD Zordos Wed, Sep 30, 2009

$20.00 USD Zordos Tue, Sep 15, 2009

$30.00 USD AMX Fri, Sep 11, 2009

$20.00 USD Zordos Sun, Aug 30, 2009

$15.00 USD Zordos Mon, Aug 17, 2009

$40.00 USD ManBearPig@SRM Tue, Aug 11, 2009

$25.00 USD Zordos Mon, Aug 10, 2009

To help out with such a fine and enjoyable server!

$40.00 USD ManBearPig@SRM
$20.00 USD Guzza
$15.00 USD GreenBandit
$40 Banjo
$36 Sex
$25 DocYoung
$23.40 H4×0r
$20 ManBearPig@SRM
$20 a torret
$10 Green Bandit
$8 Donskov

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Just a quick update for everyone. Xserver is not going away, its merely changing hands. No one should really notice any difference as there aren’t going to be any big dramatic changes, just the same awesome gameplay you guys keep coming back for. Take a look at the forums for more details. See you in-game!

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Emergency Data Center Maintenance
Date: Monday, November 30, 2009 (11/30/2009)
Start time (CST): 01:00
End time (CST): 02:00
Duration: 1 hour

Start Time: 01:00 CST (07:00 UTC)
End Time: 02:00 CST (08:00 UTC)

-xspectator

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Instructions:

Put the phead.pk3 file in your base folder and restart tremulous.

Where is your base folder?

Windows Xp: C:\Program Files\Tremulous\base\

Mac: /Applications/Tremulous/base/

Linux/Bsd: /home/USERNAME/.tremulous/base/

Windows Vista: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Tremulous\base\

Without Helmet

Helmet

It can be used on Xserver or any server with sv_pure 0

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Hello

You guys may of noticed I wasnt playing in game from the last couple of weeks, because of PC issues, and it messed up my life, and I became inactive. I have returned now, and I mean it this time, and I’ve contacted the admins to tell them.

I hope to see you in-game soon!

XEyekey

Tremulous, Uncategorized

I decided to remove alot of sql inserts and querys, so we can reduce the damn server crash’s.

For those who dont know whats going on on A server here is a little feature list.

Commands:

!bank – Show your banked evos and credits
!d – Deposite credits or evos
!w – Withdraw credits or evos

!rtd – Can be used every 30 seconds
Gives any of those randomnly

• God
• Invisible
• Credits
• +20 percent hp
• +10 percent hp
• Hyper speed

one time u get this one cant get more 20 hp bonus.

Taco.

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