Does bone wall cause server lag?

ritualsacrificeritualsacrifice Join Date: 2012-11-14 Member: 171148Members, Reinforced - Shadow
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Was just in a server that was running fine while we played aliens, then when teams switched the tickrate dropped down to 15. The only thing I can think of that would've caused it is the other team used bone wall a lot... anyone know if that can cause the tickrate to drop?
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    Unfortunately, a number of things can cause the server performance to drop and trying to figure out what would require more info about the server and conditions in question.
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  • FrothybeverageFrothybeverage Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13593Members
    Bonewall has a 30 second cooldown.

    More likely the alien commander actually placed structures, as opposed to not spending any res like many alien coms.
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  • AfterhoursAfterhours Join Date: 2012-09-18 Member: 159869Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    4 Hives worth of Drifters.
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    Afterhours wrote: »
    4 Hives worth of Drifters.
    Pretty much any mass AI units (drifters, MACs, ARCs, whips) will cause the server to tank. However, that's hard to do in practice unless the game has lasted for over an hour (or your a troll comm).

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  • thefonzthefonz Join Date: 2011-06-22 Member: 105847Members
    edited February 2013
    ScardyBob wrote: »
    Afterhours wrote: »
    4 Hives worth of Drifters.
    Pretty much any mass AI units (drifters, MACs, ARCs, whips) will cause the server to tank. However, that's hard to do in practice unless the game has lasted for over an hour (or your a troll comm).

    Nothing ends a turtle like a drifter rush. Rush 2423 drifters with your players. Fire enzymes. Attack marines, especially exos to block the guns. Just move the drifters as a giant bullet blocking blob.

    Countered by one GL though.
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  • GamerkatzeGamerkatze Join Date: 2012-06-27 Member: 153711Members
    also everything that uses physx can cause server lag when done in huge amounts. spamming ~200 meds/ammopacks, killing 10 hives in 5 seconds (or in general: kill a huge amount of structures in a few secondes [arcs], especially ragdoll can cause server lag [ you would have to kill ~50 onos though] )
    most of them dont happen usually but sometimes the server is under heavy load and the next big thing can cause a huge lag ( mostly server "choke" )
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  • shonanshonan Join Date: 2013-01-28 Member: 182562Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Gamerkatze wrote: »
    also everything that uses physx can cause server lag when done in huge amounts. spamming ~200 meds/ammopacks, killing 10 hives in 5 seconds (or in general: kill a huge amount of structures in a few secondes [arcs], especially ragdoll can cause server lag [ you would have to kill ~50 onos though] )
    most of them dont happen usually but sometimes the server is under heavy load and the next big thing can cause a huge lag ( mostly server "choke" )
    Arent ragdolls calculated on the client instead of servers? At least thats what games usually do.
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