Dual Cpu Server Setup Questions

EnuoEnuo Join Date: 2003-02-01 Member: 12964Members
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Im having trouble setting up a half life dedicated server on a dual cpu board , is there a setting somewhere in half life in configuration files to allow half life to use dual cpu setup? Otherwise hl server starts but people cant join the game. It still shows up in games list though.

If i set affinity of hl.exe to one cpu or the other cpu it runs fine, but id like to take advantage of dual cpu setup to allow for many more players on my server.
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  • DraugluinDraugluin Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1824Members, Constellation
    <ul>
    <li>As far as I know, Half-Life does not support dual CPUS
    <li>However, this should have nothing to do with people unable to connect. Look at your firewall/router. Make sure 27015 is open and, if needed, forwarded to the correct local machine.
    </ul>
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  • DashelDashel Join Date: 2003-03-24 Member: 14847Members
    You can split two servers, one to each proc. but one server will only use one cpu.
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  • EnuoEnuo Join Date: 2003-02-01 Member: 12964Members
    Would a single 1700xp be better than a dual 1.3 duron for a 32 person server?
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  • SuperflySuperfly Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3485Members, Constellation
    HLDS does not support SMP processing. However, Windows 200 Windows XP and any of Microsoft servers will utilize dual processors for any program running.

    I have HLDS running on Dual PIII 800 MHZ board with no issues, and the HLDS process runs on both processes.

    The following program might also be of use to you. It allows you to move process around between processors. It can be of great use when trying to load balance.

    <a href='http://www.mlin.net/SMPSeesaw.shtml' target='_blank'>http://www.mlin.net/SMPSeesaw.shtml</a>
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  • verboseverbose Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9968Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--|FIRM|Superfly+Aug 3 2003, 08:25 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (|FIRM|Superfly @ Aug 3 2003, 08:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> HLDS does not support SMP processing. However, Windows 200 Windows XP and any of Microsoft servers will utilize dual processors for any program running.

    I have HLDS running on Dual PIII 800 MHZ board with no issues, and the HLDS process runs on both processes. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is not entirely accurate, if one reads that as "more performance than one cpu". It will juggle the process between multiple processors, but at no time is the program running on more than one simultaneously. That's standard SMP behavior, so windows isn't doing anything special.

    Windows cannot magically make a single-threaded program multi-threaded.
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  • VadakillVadakill The Almighty BSO Join Date: 2002-04-02 Member: 373Members, NS1 Playtester
    This has been discussed on the Valve Half-Life admin mailing list about 100 times. Basically the performance return for multithreading the HL server is negligable vs the time and cost of reprograming it. Instead of running one server on two processors, run two servers each on their own "home" cpu.

    Remember, HL only supports up to 32 players. There's hardly a server out there that needs dualie CPUs to handle the load when one powerful CPU could do the trick.
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  • The_MAzTerThe_MAzTer Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11784Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Enuo+Aug 3 2003, 05:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Enuo @ Aug 3 2003, 05:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Would a single 1700xp be better than a dual 1.3 duron for a 32 person server? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    u cannt run a 32 server on any of them <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    u can try 2x 12 on the dual 1.3 duron
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