Player Cap, Lag, Bandwidth and Donations

[Zunath]

Most of you have noticed that there's been a good degree of lag during our busy nights. I've done the best I can to reduce the lag, but the bottom line is I don't have the upload speed once we get past about 16 players.

I was thinking about paying a professional hosting service so that we wouldn't have to worry about lag. I could also increase the player cap if we went with this method.

On the downside, this would cost money. I can put up some of the cash needed each month but I wouldn't be able to pay for it all. For this to work, there would need to be donations coming in so that I can keep paying the hosting service.

I don't like asking for money but I thought I'd mention this option just in case there were some kind souls out there willing to help out.

If you're interested in this or have an alternative solution please post here to let me know!

Thanks all!

[firemagic125]

How much would it even cost monthly?

[Zunath]

I was looking around at various sites. Typical price for a 16 player server was around 30-40 bucks each month. I'll keep looking around and if anyone has host suggestions please let me know.

[firemagic125]

I don't mind paying as long as other players do also, i think this server could be huge if the lag was not so bad! i love it even though i stay in safe places and don't move it just i don't think people who died through lag should stay there its not fair, too many of my characters have died through it and alot of my friends characters too and i know dms are trying to keep it fair but how is it fair that due to lag your characters one place then a second later getting slaughtered by undead yet you was no where near them?

[Zunath]

I'm looking at a few different sites, but the prices are a little outrageous. 30 bucks/month for 256mb RAM and 10GB disk space? No thanks!

I'm open to suggestions - I can't find many sites that offer NWN hosting.

[firemagic125]

im no good with all the technical stuff no idea what any of that means aha XD

[Silvercrown]

iweb.com/dedicated/smart-deals?gclid=CI2AyOXcxKYCFUbf4AodoTtSGA

If you manage to get a bunch of people to chip in monthly, or have some extra way to supplement income, the 99/month is pretty much no-lag, or, well, anything. So. Idk. It's REALLY pricey, but it's certainly an option.

[Zunath]

Not a bad site. Problem is they only offer Linux servers. Would require a considerable amount of time to rework ROTD's code to make it Linux-compatible. Thanks for the link nonetheless.