Fight the Lag! - with metrics

[titansfan]

It's those focking aliens again! Git 'um, git 'um!

[Karieith]

it is 1:38 AM EST right now, and it is currently taking me minutes to send an emote. I have just tried reconnecting and am now sitting here staring at the screen as it struggles to connect to host.

Anyone else? Or is this me?

[jstorrie]

Everyone else, Karleith.

[drunkendwarf]

Yup, I'm just trying to get in so I can quit out and not get eaten for my bootz. I just want to go to sleep. 

[Akaramu]

Kind of wish we'd get a server reboot so the people who need to quit can do so without needing to fear getting pwned while linkdead.

[Namino]

Not to be ignorant, but uh... I don't see anyone with the sole exception of A Large Bag dropping packets enroute to the server, and she dropped her packets on the second hip-hop (the hippie the hippie). There's no one even showing any major upticks in ping between hops that would imply a connectivity issue.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I'm translating that information is that there's no issue with the routes we're hitting the server at (IE, the host).

Are we sure there aren't like.... 30,000 carru in one room somewhere?

[Gunnerblaster]

Kind of wish we'd get a server reboot so the people who need to quit can do so without needing to fear getting pwned while linkdead.

Note that we are back up, but even after completely rebooting our entire server, it doesn't seem to have done anything.  I'm opening a trouble ticket with our host to see if they can see/do anything about it.

I apologize, but you may want to find something else to do if you can't handle the lag.

[Akaramu]

Kind of wish we'd get a server reboot so the people who need to quit can do so without needing to fear getting pwned while linkdead.

Note that we are back up, but even after completely rebooting our entire server, it doesn't seem to have done anything.  I'm opening a trouble ticket with our host to see if they can see/do anything about it.

I apologize, but you may want to find something else to do if you can't handle the lag.

I don't care if the lag persists after the reboot, I just want to be able to leave the house without my character dying of hunger and thirst in the meantime. 

Just to be logged out of the game yanno?

[Gunnerblaster]

Well, if I remember correctly - Staff set it up to where if a PC is idle/disconnected/etc. for over a certain period of time - They'll stop getting hungry/thirsty.

[BadSkeelz]

When was that? Must of been in the last two months or so.

[Akaramu]

Not sure that works with me trying to reconnect every minute.  

[Eurynomos]

Take a deep breath, relax, go read a book and do something else while the problem's figured out. Your PC will be fine, and we'll figure out what's up.

[Karieith]

Are we sure there aren't like.... 30,000 carru in one room somewhere?

There's a huge Gith Orgy going on off the shield wall. Sorry you weren't invited but you're welcome to show up.

[Cind]

Nevermind. I feel a little stupid now.

[Jeshin]

There's a myriad of stuff that could be causing the issue. Anything from a runaway script, memory leaks, or some rogue process. That would be server side and something the staff could address directly once they understood the issue causing it. Then we have stuff that the staff can't fix like an issue with the hardware which is hosting the virtual server, latency between users and server via hops, and the virtual server provider/source having their own difficulties.

It kind of feels like it might be a memory leak issue or something, but with a game as old as Armageddon it's pretty unlikely unless it's a new issue.

[Maso]

Is it still going on?

[Maso]

Take a deep breath, relax, go read a book and do something else while the problem's figured out. Your PC will be fine, and we'll figure out what's up.

That's like telling junkies to go take a paracetemol. :p

[Namino]

Lag's been gone for a little bit now.

There are 2 players currently in the world, other than yourself.

I hope you two are enjoying it!

[Maso]

Lies. It's still lagging.

[Cind]

Naw, it was actually okay for a while. I can vouch for that.

[Nyr]

Well, if I remember correctly - Staff set it up to where if a PC is idle/disconnected/etc. for over a certain period of time - They'll stop getting hungry/thirsty.

People over 60 minutes idle no longer get hunger/thirsty.  Yep.

[Maso]

Now even the GDB is lagging. Nyr....why haven't you fixed it with your super powers?

[Barsook]

Well, if I remember correctly - Staff set it up to where if a PC is idle/disconnected/etc. for over a certain period of time - They'll stop getting hungry/thirsty.

People over 60 minutes idle no longer get hunger/thirsty.  Yep.

Since when?

[Nyr]

November 27, 2008.  It went live in the next reboot.

Full people can eat tablets after next reboot -- Nessalin.
People over 1hr idle will no longer lose hunger/thirst (treated as linkdead) -- Nessalin.

[titansfan]

Has the lag been fixed up and all that?