Oxide - What is the entity limit?

Whis

Hey

i just wanna know whats the Limit of Entities ?
Dont know if there a same thread :>

Because my Server laggs as hell we had about 270 K Entities i dont know why .
Player cant Build anymore there was a message like can't place: failed check: sphere test

Whis, May 5, 2015

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Wulf Community Admin

Pretty sure 50k was the recommended limit from Facepunch, but that may have changed.

Wulf, May 5, 2015

#2

Whis

That is weird -.-*.
This sucks at my Server...
So there is no chance to change it higher ?
Because players bitching around they cant build anymore haha

Whis, May 5, 2015

#3

Wulf Community Admin

Whis said: ↑

That is weird -.-*.
This sucks at my Server...
So there is no chance to change it higher ?
Because players bitching around they cant build anymore haha

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I'm sure you can go higher, I just have no idea what sort of stability the server has after that.

Wulf, May 5, 2015

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Whis

Wulf said: ↑

I'm sure you can go higher, I just have no idea what sort of stability the server has after that.

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Haha , Stability like Universe maybe

Whis, May 5, 2015

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OandC

I have heard from sites like Rustafied that they typically reset their servers at around 150K to 200K colliders. See below:

Entity limits
For the past several weeks, one of the biggest pain points for server owners has been wipes due to hitting the entity limit. Originally defined at 150,000, the actual limit of entities appears to vary from server to server and wipe to wipe. Once this limit is hit, gameplay goes to shit in the form of being unable to build, spawning in the air, and overall performance drops.

Our main server is currently at 174,000 entities. Normally, I would have wiped by now, however, given it’s been a few weeks since we really tested this, I’m pushing the limits to see what the effects are. This will give us further insight into the state of entity limits and ideally allow us to make it to the Thursday update before we have to wipe. I’ll keep you up to date with how the server holds up over the next day or two. In the mean time, if you’re not running a beast of a computer, you may want to play on the development branch for improved performance.

4:52pm EST - Clarification on colliders and entities

There’s been some confusion about this so called 150k entity limit, so I wanted to clarify further. First, the difference between entities and colliders:

An entity is an object, like a player, animal, building block, etc. A collider is a component of an entity used for collision. If an entity doesn't need to collide with anything (bushes for example) it doesn't need a collider.

Unity 5 officially has a 270k collider limit, however, as of the other week, physics on servers started going nuts at the 150k collider limit. Here’s where I fucked up; I kept saying entities. The reason being entity count is always on the server console where as I didn't even know how to find the collider count till Helk just told me (see below). As it turns out, the numbers are pretty close anyway. Using our main server as an example: it’s currently at 177k entities and 185k colliders.

Long and short: I’m still not sure if this physics issue from the other week is still in play, that is why I’m testing it now and potentially sacrificing optimal gameplay for a couple days. As of now, I’m not seeing any complaints of weird shit happening with the physics yet. That is good. I’ll keep you posted as we breach 200k.

How to find your collider count (server owners only)

Type ‘dump’ in console.

Starting at your rust_dedicated.exe folder, go to diagnostics\Physics.txt

Your total colliders is right at the top, like so:

Physics Information

Total Colliders:185,352
Total RigidBodys:2,448

Mesh Colliders:135,006
Box Colliders:25,963
Sphere Colliders:2,247
Capsule Colliders:22,135

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OandC, May 5, 2015

#6

Chas

I think i have the same issue, our server has 250K entities http://oxidemod.org/threads/what-does-this-mean-server-building-issue.8238/

Chas, May 6, 2015

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Whis

I fixed it but still a bit laggy.I downloaded the map and put it in to my Local Host Server and and deleted some abonded,raided houses.
Fixed over 100K Entities then ....And i set our Decay higher now...

Whis, May 7, 2015

#8

PaiN

Whis said: ↑

I fixed it but still a bit laggy.I downloaded the map and put it in to my Local Host Server and and deleted some abonded,raided houses.
Fixed over 100K Entities then ....And i set our Decay higher now...

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You can use Twigs Remover
http://oxidemod.org/threads/twig-remover.7461/
in Twigs Remover thread you can find edited remover by me for stone and wood

PaiN, May 7, 2015

#9

Whis

i useing TwigsDecay from dcode

Whis, May 7, 2015

#10

cenk

OandC said: ↑

I have heard from sites like Rustafied that they typically reset their servers at around 150K to 200K colliders. See below:

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dump command is not working use colliders command instead of it

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cenk, May 9, 2015

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CHR

Well I confirm u can run the game with 220k without problems. After that stability breaks and people can't build anymore. On 240k I tried to twigremove some stuff. The remover did remove 150k ^^ complete destroy of the server. ^^ means nothing works after 220k. Cheers

CHR, May 10, 2015

#12

cenk

When i type "report", getting full report with tons of entitiy info but i am not sure exactly which one is important. Can you pls advise with which command you can see ttl entity and exactly which one i should look about

cenk, May 10, 2015

#13

CHR

Well i dont use the commands, the entities and colliders are almost the same amount at least mostly maybe 5k diffrent that dosnt matter.
Im checking the savestats. Means ur Server is running with a save.intervall command maybe 500 for save every 5 mins just check the amount there (server.log or console) and try not to raise 220k entities, but im sure u can go a bit higher now cuz the last update fixed alot of lagg Problems.

CHR, May 10, 2015

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