[REL] dedicated server for Windows with no GPU
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I refuse to accept that the 3D .dll wrapper causes crash when shutting down an in-binary voice server. There must be something you’re missing, whether a .cfg knob, wrong mod, or some other widget. I’ll investigate if there’s more info.
As for qemu GPU emulation it’s not true passthrough as-is. It’s a Linux driver for the GPU. Porting the driver to Windows would be a separate and a big effort, at that. For true passthrough VT-d is required which is only present on CPUs with locked multipliers.
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I’m also certain the dll is not the cause. I reported the crash in the Tech Support forum, but so far there hasn’t been a response.
The installation is plain 4.33, no mods, no additional theaters, nothing.
If there’s any other info I can provide to help debug the issue, please let me know.
Cheers, Uwe
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PS: I just tried disabling IVC on the server, but the “Leaving Aircraft” crash still happens.
All the best, Uwe
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Hi Uwe,
I had the same problem.
I solved it by adding a virtual audio device. This way the server does not crash on exit. -
Does it help to delete particlesys.ini at all? If not, this is a regression for 4.33. It worked with no audio in 4.32.
If this is the case please link to free virtual audio device software so I can put it into the first post.
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Removing or renaming (tried both) made sure I could launch BMS. No influence on the 3D exit crash though.
I’ve been using this free (donationware) virtual audio driver with success on Windows Server 2012 R2: VB-CABLE Virtual Audio Device
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Does it help to delete particlesys.ini at all? If not, this is a regression for 4.33. It worked with no audio in 4.32.
If this is the case please link to free virtual audio device software so I can put it into the first post.
I deleted the .ini file as per the installation instructions before I launched the server for the first time.
KVM offers ac97 and ensoniq I think, would either be ok?
Uwe
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Thanks for the heads-up w/r to the missing sound device, I can now exit 3d without a crash. Yay!
I installed the ICH6 sound device in my KVM server which is apparently supported out of the box by win7.
Uwe
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I’ve updated instructions with the requirement for any sound card, whether real or not. Thanks.
Hi,
Can you summarise everything that you did to get it running on Linux?
thanks in advance
How’d you get that low load average? Is it right after starting the server?
Also press “1” in top(1) to see if individual Falcon threads stick nicely to CPUs, rather than jumping around. When running it natively on Linux it works fine, and there’s none of this immense cache waste.
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CPU usage is never higher than 60% I think (in the HUD), even during an MP campaign we tried yesterday.
I’ll check top & htop the next time around.
Uwe
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CPU usage is never higher than 60% I think (in the HUD), even during an MP campaign we tried yesterday.
I’ll check top & htop the next time around.
Uwe
Can you compare the second version as per https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ivyryqu1rl34pu/falcon-bms-windows-dedicated-server-20151125.7z ? thanks.
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Hi sthalik, I have installed your edit to start the bms 4.33 sun one server without video card, I had tested negative, the Simulator crashes, I am attaching the file of the crash waiting for your reply thanks.
Taio
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Do you have a soundcard in that system?
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Hi scorpion … has already been removed the particlesys file but still the Simulator crash …
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You need a virtual soundcard regardless of particlesys.ini existence.
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I’ve updated the first post with the 20151125 version. Please report any new issues. This one ignores any and all anisotropic filtering requests.
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Hi scorpion … has already been removed the particlesys file but still the Simulator crash …
Reading comprehension. Install a virtual sound card.
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I could run the sim without sound card, by removing the particlesys.ini. The sound card only avoids the CTD when I try to exit the 3D world.
I have no problems and smooth fps (+/- 60 with 30-35% cpu usage) but I’ll try the -25 version this week.
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The 20151125 gives the same performance for me.
I did notice to gain another 20-30 fps by going to Satellite Camera view.
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Nice! Is that the “0” key view?
Cheers, Uwe