PlasmaRifle

Doh! You are quite right. Maths not being my strong point obviously! right, that all makes sense now! Thanks guys.

Wow!! I didn't know it went so high. What's the most you've ever seen on a server in reality though? Has anyone ever been in a match anywhere close to that busy? I was trying to find out how much kb/s bandwidth you need on the server per player too, but couldn't find any info. Is this kind of info in any of the server manuals? I tried doing some simple maths for like 0.25k/s (a low guess on my part, since a 28k modem is about 3.5k/s) and the figures were nuts. 1 player at full 0.25 k/s for a month is: 0.25 * 60* 60 *24 *30 = 648000 k or 633 meg. For 100 players that's 61 terabytes!! Far more than any webserver has ever offered me. I guess there's somehting else going on I don't know about, but that seemed like some crazy multiplication! Anyway, thanks for the hints so far, I have some stuff to go on if I want to have a go.

So, up to 300 players? I've never seen a max size on subspace games, so... Thanks for the info on the SSCC server. I'm guessing you can't just rent any old machine else the hosting company gets annoyed? or is the bandwidth generated managable? any recommended hosts? I've set up similar linux dedicated machines before, but nothing running a game server.

Right... but, in a theoretical situation, what would I need? does a subspace server use more bandwidth than say a Wolfenstein ET server? (more players?) How many players can you actually get on a subspace server reliably?

Hi everyone. I've had a long search about the net for the answer to this, but to no avail. I was wondering a few things about running my own subspace server: *How many people can you get on a subspace server? *What spec of server do I need to run the game well? *What sort of bandwidth do I need to pay for? Really appreciate any help on this, it's been somehting I've been thinking about for a while. Feel free to point me at any reference info I may have missed.