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- sladex706
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is anyone having speed problems i have windows xp can someone tell me how to increase speed of game and no lagging it keeps making me have 3-6 and 10 fps.
Last edited by sladex706 on Wed Jun 19, 2013 01:05, edited 1 time in total.
Some suggestions:
- remove any software surplus to requirement - if you dont need it remove it
- reset windows firewall back to basic and open only what you need
- minetest uses a udp port for connecting clients
- exclude minetest from antivirus scanning
- create a batch file to start your server example
C:\Shared\minetest\bin\minetest.exe --server --config "C:\Shared\minetest\worlds\Deasanta 2\minetest.conf" --worldname "Deasanta 2"
- you will need a minetest.conf file (copied and modified from minetest root folder) that is specific to that world.
running with --server means no gui thus pure minetest server
- when using a batch file you can use task scheduler to start it automatically when the server (pc) restarts - linux users may call this a cron job
- use taskmanager (ctrl alt del) to work out the best config. you can set the affinity of the process to run on a sinlgle cpu core while leaving the operating system and other processes to run other or the remaining cores.
- when you have figured out the best cpu / core / affinity / priority you can modify your batch file to run minetest that way using the start command line option
see http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntstart.php
finetuning tcp/udp in windows is a complicated trial and error process can be done but can make run as fast as a small dedicated linux box
alternate option where lots of help would be available is to create a virtual machine in xp using virtualbox with a lean distro on it like debian
see website virtualbox.org
- remove any software surplus to requirement - if you dont need it remove it
- reset windows firewall back to basic and open only what you need
- minetest uses a udp port for connecting clients
- exclude minetest from antivirus scanning
- create a batch file to start your server example
C:\Shared\minetest\bin\minetest.exe --server --config "C:\Shared\minetest\worlds\Deasanta 2\minetest.conf" --worldname "Deasanta 2"
- you will need a minetest.conf file (copied and modified from minetest root folder) that is specific to that world.
running with --server means no gui thus pure minetest server
- when using a batch file you can use task scheduler to start it automatically when the server (pc) restarts - linux users may call this a cron job
- use taskmanager (ctrl alt del) to work out the best config. you can set the affinity of the process to run on a sinlgle cpu core while leaving the operating system and other processes to run other or the remaining cores.
- when you have figured out the best cpu / core / affinity / priority you can modify your batch file to run minetest that way using the start command line option
see http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntstart.php
finetuning tcp/udp in windows is a complicated trial and error process can be done but can make run as fast as a small dedicated linux box
alternate option where lots of help would be available is to create a virtual machine in xp using virtualbox with a lean distro on it like debian
see website virtualbox.org
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Dopium - Member
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What gains the most performance on my rigs is set affinity process, i use XP most the time for alot of different reasons however it was never designed for multicore processors.
So i find with playing games on a XP rig is best to manually assign programs to use selected cores. As i have a 6 core processor i dedicate 3 cores to minetest and let XP ect run off the other 3. By doing this i get no stutter or frame lag and a healthy 60fps
So i find with playing games on a XP rig is best to manually assign programs to use selected cores. As i have a 6 core processor i dedicate 3 cores to minetest and let XP ect run off the other 3. By doing this i get no stutter or frame lag and a healthy 60fps
Running @1.19 MHz, 128 bytes of RAM and interchangeable 4kb ROM carts!
sladex706 wrote:is anyone having speed problems i have windows xp can someone tell me how to increase speed of game and no lagging it keeps making me have 3-6 and 10 fps.
Get better hardware. The end.
- tinoesroho
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... uh, the whole point of minetest is that it runs better on older hardware than Minecraft. Such a statement is counterproductive.
@OP:
Turn off the shaders. In fact, you might want to open minetest.conf with Wordpad and change video_driver = opengl to video_driver = direct3d9
Should be much better afterwards.
@OP:
Turn off the shaders. In fact, you might want to open minetest.conf with Wordpad and change video_driver = opengl to video_driver = direct3d9
Should be much better afterwards.
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My github:
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I tinker and occasionally make (lousy) mods. Currently building an MMO subgame and updating mods. Pirate Party of Canada member. Sporadic author. 21 years old.
My github:
https://github.com/tinoesroho/
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