Server Questions.. Pay.. Load.. Bandwidth..

(saqmaster) #1

Hi all

I’m contemplating setting up one (or more) dedicated ET servers… have a couple of questions for opinions really…

So…

  • 32 or 64 players?

  • Bandwidth? (I believe its 128kbit/player)

  • CPU Load? (Will a 2ghz box support 32/64 players)

And the most important question…

  • Would a pay-membership system work? Eg, $5/month to be a member of the server(s), to gain fast, dedicated, centralized (network-wise) playing?

I personally would be happy to pay five bux a month to play on a fast and reliable 32/64 server… thoughts?

Thanks

Stu
lost|st00

(SCDS_reyalP) #2

Doubt it. There are plenty of free empty servers 24/7.

Max Outgoing bandwidth is controlled by the minimum of sv_maxrate and the players maxrate. Usually 10000-25000 for players on broadband. 10k is a bit on the low end, especially if you plan to have a large server. The units are kilobytes if I remember correctly.

(saqmaster) #3

saqmaster wrote:

  • Would a pay-membership system work? Eg, $5/month to be a member of the server(s), to gain fast, dedicated, centralized (network-wise) playing?

Doubt it. There are plenty of free empty servers 24/7.

Max Outgoing bandwidth is controlled by the minimum of sv_maxrate and the players maxrate. Usually 10000-25000 for players on broadband. 10k is a bit on the low end, especially if you plan to have a large server. The units are kilobytes if I remember correctly.

Well… My particular point was regarding 64 player servers, which would probably chug along using 8mbit/sec… Cant be too many free ones about?..

(Kendle) #4

I can’t imagine the sort of people that would play on a 64-slot server are the sort of people who’d pay anything for it. The quality of the game experience on 64 player must be attrocious (wouldn’t know personally, I avoid them like the plague, even 24-slot is too much spam and mayhem for me). I can’t imagine anyone that’s even remotely “serious” about ET would use a 64-slot server.

(pgh) #5

Idd but i’d be happy enough paying for servers for use of clan games :wink: Spose at least its organised spam…

Also, your looking at around 15000 min rate per players. Anything less is actually quite noticeable…