Its not what you've got its how you use it!
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Its not what you've got its how you use it!
Both seem to struggle a bit, server wise, so I'm wondering if AWS is the common denominator. New World has it's problems too I believe.
Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your post?
As I understand, the main problem was simply launch day and the servers struggling with the load, forcing people to queue.
True. Seems like they’re pulling off 2,000 player servers though, with that more forgiving headroom.
Will be interesting to see how performance is once everything settles down.
(The thing I don’t really get is: If it’s an Amazon game, on Amazon servers, how the hell are they unable to allocate enough of them? Just totally caught off balance by the numbers or what?)
Yeah, that does sounds weird - but I did see something talking about how they wouldn't charge you for changing servers for 2 weeks because of the issues, so maybe it's people queueing to get on specific servers with friends? Ah, seems that is the case - ppl are trying to get on servers with specific streamers https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-world-server-queue/
Edit: Well, partially down to ppl anyway
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The person in charge says we need numpty number of servers. They get allocated numpty number of servers. Apparently numpty number of servers is not enough.
Numpty is never enough. Numpteen should do.
Amazon servers are fine if you are ordering say, a hand grinder from Prime to do a bit of diy (it arrived today. Thanks Jeff) but not much good for flying spaceships or exploring new worlds.
It's a bit of a puzzle.
It isn't THAT much of a puzzle. AWS servers are just general-purpose servers for basic operations. Dedicated game servers are configured differently than, say, a database storage server, so that's one possibility for performance issues in games. Resource allocation by geographic location could be causing some headaches too, if the game servers aren't being given any kind of routing priority,
What are the options? It sounds like EDO is on these too. Would things be better on more dedicated servers or something?
As a Prime member I don't mind my stuff coming the next day, but I wouldn't wait that long for my Cobra Mk IV (that will trigger someone
) to turn up.
Npcs undeferentiable from humans. Quantum servers to house the ai.
He's a bit like Spartacus...but a bit less buff.
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You can tailor your own servers (operating system, libraries, etc.) much better and have (almost) full control over the network topology or their location. This can always improve things, provided that you want to invest in these capabilities as core to your business (people, skills). If not, you will be better off in a cloud environment, but your game will have to deal with certain lack of control over the underlying infrastructure.
It is a balancing act - for example, if you would like to make sure that you do not wait too long for the next server instance to spin up, you can reserve them or just keep some "empty" ones constantly running. But this is going to cost.
Generally, where quick reaction to the changes in the number of players are required or where the density of network communication is through the roof, companies build their own infrastructure (Planetside 2). Where not - they offload to a cloud provider. ED is, I would imagine, in the second group. Small player groups, no really massive battles. SC, at least the dream.txt version, is definitely a game of the first type - it will require something bespoke.
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Death of a Space Junkie.