PA Demo hosting problem

[mudvayniandevil]

Hey guys-

When I host a PA server, Every time someone is preparing for deployment, Everyone else on the server pings out. I have no firewall and all the ports enabled so I am pretty stumped. Any suggestions?

[SNYPE]

Sounds like you are exceeding your server connection's bandwidth. Keep in mind that most residential internet connections such as cable and dsl, probably wont support more than a few players, 5 or 6 at the most.

[Flea-DnC]

mudvayniandevil

Could also be your cpu spiking on the loadup of these clients..
check this out...

Our clan has it's own dedicated server. I ran the MoH:PA mp demo as a dedicated server, 16 slot server, completly empty... cpu was @ 25%... I honestly hope this can be fixed... whats to say when the server actually gets full will it take up 100% of the cpu.or worse yet a map change. heck CoD Uo only takes up 25% on a full 32 man server... If they don't fix this, server rental prices are going to be outrageous.. 15$/slot...lol


BTW server specs... dual Xeon 2.4 , 2gigs ram..on Win 2k3

[GaSplat]

Dual Xeon with hyperthreading means the OS sees 4 CPUs. The game can only use one and maxed it out - which looks like 25% utilization (one CPU maxed and 3 idling). It appears the game absorbs all the cycles for the CPU its using - even when not doing anything. It may still perform ok under load. THe problem is whether it can share a CPU. I am beginning to think it cant, but have not set anything up to test it. That could seriously effect server rental prices.