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General => Common Topic Symposium => Topic started by: Particle on February 28, 2006 11:54 am CST

Title: [News Discussion] This Period in PCRPG, Episode 2
Post by: Particle on February 28, 2006 11:54 am CST

Episode two is out.  Here's a copy of the news article:

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Today I recorded the second episode of This Period in PCRPG, covering topics that have come up in this last week. Since Episode 1 officially covers until the end of today, Epsiode 2 is technically a supplement to the previous installment. In this episode, I cover three big topics from this last week including the lag problem and tent restrictions. If you're interested, give it a download:

This Period in PCRPG
Episode: 2
Duration: 7:49
Size: 4.34MB (MP3)

Download Now (http://http://downloads.pcrpg.org/tpipcrpg_ep2.mp3)

This thread is for any questions regarding the broadcast and the content within it.  I'll be happy to answer what I can.

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Post by: NFY on February 28, 2006 02:58 pm CST

less sighing in this one which is good...the last one was a bit depressing  

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Post by: villman420 on February 28, 2006 03:06 pm CST

sounds alot better than the first one. the echo was getting annoying

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Post by: KoRo on February 28, 2006 06:32 pm CST

4700 characters? o.O
How big is a character file anyway?

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Post by: Razore on February 28, 2006 11:47 pm CST

How 'bout restoring me

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Post by: Particle on February 28, 2006 11:55 pm CST

You've been restored.  You last played on August 30, 2005.

A character file is between 3-5KB.

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Post by: KoRo on March 1, 2006 12:08 am CST

So getting rid of 4700 character files freed up about 18.8mb of space...
And would that 18.8mb really affect the server so much as to make it lag? You said so yourself that the host machine was a beast, so...=\

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Post by: Dirk on March 1, 2006 12:42 am CST

Any server machine running tribes nowadays can easily run it. It's probably not about the host machine, but about the aging game itself and that game trying to handle the sheer number of files.

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Post by: KoRo on March 1, 2006 01:48 am CST

Now that's what I call a theory........What if particle moved to a Tribes 2 server? Granted almost no one seems to have Tribes 2 and considering the gameplay...well...sucked horribly....I dunno. What was the other game he hosts in? UT2K4?

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Post by: Lidge Farkley on March 1, 2006 04:53 am CST

Reminds me of those linux news guys... thanks for the updates!

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Post by: Particle on March 1, 2006 12:16 pm CST

It isn't the space that's important.  It's the number of files in the Temp folder.  Lots of files in a directory causing delays isn't a theory, it's a fact.  That's why I clear it out.  It's really not for discussion.  I was just explaining it so users who come to find their character missing will know why and what they can do about it.

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Post by: Darwin on March 1, 2006 02:52 pm CST

Ever thought about working at a volunteer radio station or NPR?

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Post by: HUBBA on March 1, 2006 04:34 pm CST

Quote from: "Razore"

How 'bout restoring me

Good try Razore!!

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Post by: Particle on March 1, 2006 04:38 pm CST

Quote from: "Darwin"

Ever thought about working at a volunteer radio station or NPR?

Are you trying to make fun of me? heh

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Post by: KoRo on March 1, 2006 06:34 pm CST

This week on the Particle's Custom PCRPG Show...

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Post by: Particle on March 1, 2006 07:52 pm CST

Would you rather I quit making these?  I thought it would be a good way to talk about what's going on with the server in more detail than my news posts.

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Post by: KoRo on March 1, 2006 08:58 pm CST

I never said anything o.O Personally I think it's great that you're keeping us up to date on everything. Hell, it even got me to start playing a little bit again

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Post by: Vi on March 2, 2006 06:25 pm CST

Quote from: "KoRo"

I never said anything o.O Personally I think it's great that you're keeping us up to date on everything. Hell, it even got me to start playing a little bit again

Damn't!