[REL] dedicated server for Windows with no GPU
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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
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Cool! What’s the default keybinding? I don’t play Falcon. Please share it so I can update the first post.
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Falcon is not a game, its not to be played
PS: Sat view is the “`” key.
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Thanks. I’ve updated the first post.
A game. A nerdy game one can’t talk about to passing friends or ever meet anyone playing it. /rant
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Sadly after removing dx9display.dsp “setup” still crashes.
Any other ideas what could be causing this? I guess most of the options available using the “setup” menu would also be configurable in Falcon BMS.cfg, right?
Cheers, Uwe
EDIT: “Setup” now works after forcing rdp to connect using a 32bit desktop.I’ve assigned 2 VCPUs to the instance, would 4 help a lot with performance?
Hi Hoover. We have the same problem with the setup menu. Bms crashes every time we click on it.
Can you explain bettet us how do you solved the setup problem? We use team viewer for accessing the server.
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Hi Hoover. We have the same problem with the setup menu. Bms crashes every time we click on it.
Can you explain bettet us how do you solved the setup problem? We use team viewer for accessing the server.
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We solved the bad view by setting a 1024x768 display resolution.Hello BlackGlo,
I access the server using the Linux rdp client from the command line. You can force 32bit colour depth using the parameter
-a 32
Which windows version are you using? Is there a special reason for using teamviewer instead of RDP?
Uwe
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Thankyou for the answer Hoover, my mistake, we don’t use team viewer, we use VNC. Can you suggest us a better way to access the server?? Windows version is Windows server 2008 r2 standard.