Plutonium

RedxSkull Fair enough - but w/ 8GB of RAM I should be able to host a single server of 18 players w/o lag. Let's start there. Further, I could spend more if I could see the value in it. Lastly, I haven't seen very many threads that provide more than a cursory reference to potential hosts, and getting a bit deeper on this topic might help increase the number of high-quality servers.

I guess I'm just saying, don't let my $20 be a limiting factor, let's talk options and what one can expect from those options.

I'm currently running with iportal.host (WinServer2019) on their $19/month plan. When I run speedtest.net I get a 2ms ping, and 398 down/543 up. Plan is 3 core vCPU, 8 GB Ram and 85 GB space.

Works great until we get to about 14 players and then everything starts lagging. Definitely not the experience I want for anyone. Additionally, now that I've gotten hosting setup and executions figured out, I want to add more game types as well as more games. I feel like I'm going to need to find a better provider to get it where I want it to be.

I was playing on a ~ Maniacos (sp?) server (which I think Kalitos runs) and its smooth as butter. Does anyone know who they host with? I really don't want to spend more that $20/month on a server (preferably less), but where I'm at isn't getting me what I want.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

As an addendum, I work best with Windows environments, but if forced to I can make things work in Linux)

Resxt That's because people abandon all common sense and ability to read instructions the second they start posting in a forum... With my guilt fully admitted, I submit my discord name:

DetroitLionsPodcast#6702

Sorry about that....

Late to the party, but absolutely love Plutonium and the ability to host/play some of my favorite games ever. I own and host (via a VPS):

[DLP] TDM Rotating Maps (Dallas Server)

Really excited to learn from others about best practices and who everyone is using for a VPS host. Looking to create the best experience possible for players and to have a nice comfy place to call home where I can play as well. As I learn about delivering a great experience I plan on adding more servers/gametypes/games and hopefully helping the community.

Would love to join the conversation!

@SayKo_ Neat - how?