Areanodes

[mh]

[frag.machine]

Does this have any influence on the PVS calculation and/or network traffic ? Because if you manage to significantly reduce the number of updated entities per packet the effect is more positive than a simple reduction of server CPU usage.

[mh]

[frag.machine]

[mh]

Not a problem.

I don't think you're going to see improvements with a clean Fitz because that's already very significantly CPU-bound elsewhere.

[revelator]

"600 monster meat-grinder" surviving that sounds easy...

[frag.machine]

[Spike]

there's two sorts of map that come to mind... and an issue with areanodes in general.
1) helm18... 10000 knights all crammed into a small space. such maps will generally require more nodes...
2) maaaaasive terrain-based maps with so much empty space combined with areas of densely packed entities...
3) maps that place a whole load of entities that cross the top-level boundary and thus all fill up the root areanode and are clipped against in every single trace anywhere on the map...