A few months ago I've tried to host an Ace of Spades server on a raspberry pi 4. It kinda worked and there was no lag during the game, but map loading took too much time, so players got disconnected between rounds.
I stopped trying to solve that issue and forgot about it.
In the mean time, I dropped my laptop a few times. The display broke, so it wasn't comfortable to use. I decided to buy a new one and repurpose the old one as a server for self hosting. It now hosts pretty much everything I have, including this blog.
Considering the laptop is a lot more powerful than a raspberry pi 4, I decided to try and host a game server again.
Most of the popular servers are hosted in the US, so I have pretty bad ping (e.g. 190ms to aloha.pk).
I also noticed when spectating other players their camera moves are jerky. Turns out Piqueserver has an update rate of just 10Hz for movement. That is very low! I decided to try and raise it a bit (up to 20Hz). Not all clients support that, but they just fall back to 10Hz.
The file you wanna edit to change the network update rate is pyspades/constants.py.
I don't have a static IP, so sometimes server IP lease time ends and everyone gets disconnected. That shouldn't happen more than once every 24h. Yes, MY SERVER SUCKS!
There isn't a lot of rules: just don't hack, don't votekick for no reason and be nice to each other.
Sadly, I don't have a lot of time to maintain the server. You can leave a comment here if someone is hacking or PM me on telegram.
My discord is Ilya_MZP#6990.
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Detank2002
2021-04-24T13:35:20Zheyo i was just wondering im a moderator over at the hallway, aloha.pk, cryptoclover, ohio2 and ns(nightstalkers) and I was wondering if you was maybe looking for some other staff to keep your server clean especially as its been getting more players recently
Detank2002
2021-04-24T13:37:22Zbtw hacker on ur server rn called flaco
Detank2002
2021-04-24T14:35:13Zur gonna need some form of either staff or quick an easy communication Im admin of a lot of servers meaning when i ban someone they get banned quickly everywhere which leaves them to go onto yours and it becomes a hacker haven essentially
VierEck
2021-04-24T19:04:42ZI like your server. its very nice though.
Ilya_MZP Author Reply
2021-04-24T20:14:14ZDetank2002:
ur gonna need some form of either staff or quick an easy communication Im admin of a lot of servers meaning when i ban someone they get banned quickly everywhere which leaves them to go onto yours and it becomes a hacker haven essentially
I wonder if public ban lists exist on any of the servers. Would be awesome to set up an automated script to sync them up. One person contacted me and I made them a moderator. If you want, I can give you mod permissions. Just tell me what's the best way to send you a message.
Ilya_MZP Author Reply
2021-04-24T20:15:52ZDetank2002:
btw hacker on ur server rn called flaco
Ok, I banned him. Didn't spectate him enough to notice, my bad.
VierEck
2021-04-25T00:42:30ZHuge respect for server owners providing us all with an environment designed by them to spark fun. Sadly a lot of players, aka cheaters, take this for granted. Maybe the people from CryptoClover, The Hallway and AOSG would be willing to share their banlist with you.
VierEck
2021-04-25T00:47:54Zsup Detank you already become staff here lol
Detank2002
2021-04-25T14:17:32Zdoesnt look like my last message went through but best way to contact me would be dm through discord at Detank2002#3480 :)
Tron
2021-05-01T22:44:07ZWe have big problems with admin " . " 3 min. ago he, one way or another, dispersed all the players from the server. Its task is to make the server empty?
Tron
2021-05-01T22:47:08ZI was banned only because I entered into a dialogue with him about the correctness of his actions. Detank, what do U think about it?
Ilya_MZP Author Reply
2021-05-02T10:13:20ZTron:
We have big problems with admin " . " 3 min. ago he, one way or another, dispersed all the players from the server. Its task is to make the server empty?
I replied to you in private messages. Hopefully the situation is rectified. You said "we", but I haven't seen anyone else besides you having issues with him. He's a good person, who helped me set up the server.