pTweaks
Hello,
Unfortunately, I have long lost interest in Minecraft and have no plans to update this plugin any further, so I highly suggest finding a replacement. It was a good run, but I think it's time to call it quits. We appreciate all the support over the years, and are truly grateful for it. Best of luck,
Cheers.
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pTweaks is a server optimization tool. This plugin will redefine how your server loads, stores and manages chunks. pTweaks will prioritize chunk loading so the ones that need loaded get done first. When a large number of chunks are being loaded consecutively the plugin will start to unload unused chunks at a higher rate to keep performance on the server higher. pTweaks has a smart chunk loading algorithm so that chunks in a players surroundings stay loaded while under normal use so never again will you take a few steps and all the chunks start to unload behind you. pTweaks stops your server from using resources it doesn't have to use. pTweaks also adds mob handling. You are able to set limits of Monsters and Animals in each world. When things get out of hand pTweaks also offers a kill command to kill all living entities. pTweaks also offers a command to check your ram limits, performance, and allocations. pTweaks is an anti lag plugin.
Your server will be able to run longer, and smoother without the need of a restart. This being pTweaks already clears all unused data that would normally be removed with a server restart. Java dumps are already cleared and Chunks have a longer life span, meaning ram usage and CPU intensity will drop. Mob handling is now a possibility, enable or set the amount of mobs/animals spawning in your world(s) to massively drop resource usage, Limiting mobs is like turning down view distance improvement wise. Helps reduce performance therefor stopping lag.
The lifetime is how long the chunk is loaded into memory, and the prune is the cycle rate. Depending on your server size and CPU power you may want to customize these settings. Larger servers with more free ram may want to make prune higher to keep chunk loading and unloading from happening less often, while smaller servers may want to keep the default settings or make prune lower. The prune is the cycle of when all the unused chunks get unloaded. So having this higher makes more chunks stay loaded longer, while having it lower makes them unload faster. Both have benefits but generally i don't suggest editing it. SpawnChunkRadius is the static (initial) loading of chunks when a player joins your server, so the amount of chunks loaded around him, don't suggest editing this.
ChunkEdits:
ChunkEdits is a 100% customized chunk loading algorithm to enable quicker loading of chunks, and priority packets. So chunks load in a fashion better fitted for the player and the server. This algorithm isn't perfect, and currently being recoded.
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Monster Limiter:
This is a fully custom feature. You can enable or disable this in the config. Limit the amount of Mobs or Animals spawning in your world, or disable spawning all together. Change if you want spawning in one world and not the other, you can also simply use the kill command to butcher all living mobs/animals in the current or all worlds. You can see all commands by typing /pTweaks in game.
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Chunk Persistance:
This is a fully custom feature, that can be turned off in the config. This does a whole lot and is the main backbone of the plugin. Change how many chunks are loaded on player join or how long chunks stay loaded after people leave them. Makes chunks with no activity loaded at certain intervals to save tons of CPU power. The clear cycle is changed to make less disc writing. Chunks with lots of visitors will stay loaded longer, and not have to render again and again. This adding lots of performance to your server.
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Ram Check:
Check the amount of ram being used, the free ram, and currently loaded ram. This gives you the ability to check server performance and debug bad plugins by seeing which are taking up the most resources by adding one and testing, adding another and using the command again. This command will soon also have TPS and other performance tracking abilities.
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Packet Auto Save:
Instead of writing every chunk to the disc every 2 seconds. This changes it to a custom time that you want, Default is 50ms This saves the server from writing about 14KBps to the disc (10 writes, 3 reads per chunk, on a 3 person server). As well as saves about 2 calls to deflate every 2 seconds. (per chunk)
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TNT Edit: (Suggested)
Basically all this does is after the first explosion, shadows the rest of them by duplicating the same explosion so the effects of say 500 TNT are the same as the effects of a single tnt block going off. This is not bullet proof, and it will still be possible to cause server lag by making the server render too many packets, but this is not possible unless doing thousands of blocks with a plugin like WorldEdit.
- Download pTweaks
- Stop your server
- Put pTweaks.jar in your Plugins directory
- Start Your Server
- Edit Config's to your liking or leave default
- Reload
- Done!
/pTweaks
Permission: pTweaks.pTweaks
This command will bring up most ingame settings, and information. You can also enable or disable mob spawning from ingame.
/ram
Permission: pTweaks.ram
This will show current ram usable, and information
VIDEOS:
Thanks too @Torrent for the video
Thanks too @BrandonHopkins for the video
Lag Test 3,000 TNT / With and Without pTweaks (356MB server)
Please consider donating to help support development of this plugin!
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@TWSSYesterday
Can you tell me how this error occurred?
Somehow something is null, did you unload a world or something like that?
I can add another security check in the next release.
Btw, Spigot or Craftbukkit?
@Shelmak
I quickly tested it, no issues.
I won't guarantee it with Orebfuscator, I might test it later a bit more.
@Sodak1337
I'm sad that I'm not allowed to post a link to the unapproved file.
However, if you look at the link to the file v6.0.4, you will see that there is a number right before the filename, you might want to increase it by 1 ;)
@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
I'm so excited for the fixes :) good work
@xGh0sTkiLLeRx Wow, both the errors had to do with spelling. That's a huge derp.
@Shelmak Plugin should be fully compatible with spigot, no testing has been done about orebfuscator.
Is this plugin compatible with orebfuscator? I'm using Spigot that has Orebfuscator integrated to his code, and this plugin manages chunks... Thanks
Hello, let me introduce me shortly!
@mrchasez added me as a Maintainer, as he is currently very busy with work and his rl.
I'll try my best to keep this plugin updated.
Version 6.0.5 is coming tonight! (already awaiting approval!)
Expected changes:
Cheers,
xGhOsTkiLLeRx
@wade69 @crehop @Thainification @ChaoticTrack
Yes, i understand. I am currently in the middle of a stressful move, and dretax isn't available.
@mrmag518
Thanks, i didn't have time to go over this, i don't know i would have caught it anyway.
@Everyone Sorry for the delays, i just don't have a lot of time right now, and will be looking for someone to maintain the plugin again. I could push an update right now that fixes the disable issue, but there is more to be done.
yea 6.0.3 is disabled the 3 as well just like 6.0.4 did<sub>,</sub>
AutoSaveStopper is disabled!
ChunkPersistance is disabled!
MonsterLimiter is disabled!
I seem to have the same issue everyone else here has with 6.0.4, everything is disabled.
It would be nice to see a fix soon, maybe just a typo in the code?
Edit, found the code typo:
"if (this.autoSaveStopper.getBoolean("enable")) {...."
It should be, "if (this.autoSaveStopper.getBoolean("Enabled")) {...."
As the config node is "Enabled", not "enable". =)
v6.0.3 does this for me also
12:24:21 [INFO] [PTweaks] Enabling PTweaks v6.0.3 12:24:21 [INFO] [PTweaks] AutoSaveStopper is disabled! 12:24:21[INFO] [PTweaks] ChunkPersistance is disabled! 12:24:21 [INFO] [PTweaks] MonsterLimiter is disabled!
Please fix this NullPointer Errors <.<
@0dayRUDE
Revert back to 6.0.3. Not sure whats going on with Dretax. Ill see about getting this fixed today.
Getting the exact same console long as "ChaoticTrack"
I'm getting the same thing as @Wreyth . :/ I checked the config and all are set to true, but it still says in the console...
1.5.1 R0.2 Made the lag worse. Gonna have to downgrade to 1.5.1...
i'm still getting error messages :/ http://nopaste.info/241a538776_nl.html
yea im having same thing as Wreyth is having, same version to
@dretax You were the one who told said we should use it. So you should start using it asap so i can work on bugs when i have time aswell.
2013-04-24 01:04:46 [INFO] [PTweaks] Enabling PTweaks v6.0.4
2013-04-24 01:04:46 [INFO] [PTweaks] AutoSaveStopper is disabled!
2013-04-24 01:04:46 [INFO] [PTweaks] ChunkPersistance is disabled!
2013-04-24 01:04:46 [INFO] [PTweaks] MonsterLimiter is disabled!
i can't get it to load and all the configs are default set to enabled: true i have not touched any settings
@dretax
Yes, dretax, that's all I am seeing.
EDIT- Today I started getting this message instead.
[WARNING] Task of 'PTweaks' generated an exception