Kosmo111 said:
i run dedicated servers for most of the hl mods out there with no problem, but for some reason ESF lags tremendously in my dedicated server. However if i make a listen server, i can support about 8 people with no lag, am i doing something wrong???
edit......using Steam
You aren't doing anything wrong, and I have experienced the same thing as well. The fact is that Steam just uses up much more system/cpu resources as compared to WON. Firstly, you are running the basic Steam application in the background - fully equipped with taskbar icon, a background process and multiple GUI. And
then - you start up the Steam Dedicated Server to host a server, which is another process and also has a GUI with graphs, etc. included.
Compare this to WON's hlds.exe - a DOS interface for running a dedicated server, and very light on your system's resources. My guess is that running a dedicated server on Steam just takes more out of yours system.
But then again, I'm not sure why your normal listen server doesn't lag just like the dedicated one does. :|