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[JiggyPeppertheBadger]

So my Minecraft server was fine until It just stopped working. First off, I'm using the most recent version of Java, IM NOT buying a new PC for one friggin computer game, I have 4 gigz of ram. Please help, It might be the time isn't caught up on the server, but I don't know how to fix that.

[jmgh4]

You might want to check how much ram is allocated to your server, you might have 4 gigs but only a half gig is being used.

[JiggyPeppertheBadger]

jmgh4, on 11 November 2011 - 03:12 AM, said:

You might want to check how much ram is allocated to your server, you might have 4 gigs but only a half gig is being used.

howhowpleasehow ;_;

[JiggyPeppertheBadger]

bunp

[Kill2Blit]

JiggyPeppertheBadger, on 11 November 2011 - 03:45 AM, said:

howhowpleasehow ;_;

to allocate more RAM, open up notepad and type this:

@Echo off
SET BINDIR=%~dp0
CD /D "%BINDIR%"
"%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe" -Xms4096M -Xmx16384M -jar craftbukkit-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
PAUSE

notice the different parts of the code. "%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe". This is the path to your java. Just open up your program files and work your way down to the java.exe. when u find it, select the properties of the folder it's in and you should see its location. Next is -Xms4096M -Xmx16384M. you see the numbers 4096 and 16384? this is how much RAM you are allocating. you can increase and decrease the numbers as you like, BUT NOTE: You cannot just pick any random number, you must either multiply or divide the current number by 2, 4 or whatever, and when you change one you must change the other proportionately. the numbers i have there should work for you, so u shouldnt have to mess with them. lastly, the craftbukkit-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar. if you're running a bukkit server, don't bother changing this. otherwise, you must replace this part with the name of your server software. Once this is done, save the thing as "Server.bat" and place it in the folder that has your server software. Then you should be good!

the server software is buggy too. even if you allocate more RAM, you might get the "cant keep up message" while you're server's running fine.

[Defakto227]

This is not a RAM capacity issue.

This is a processing power issue.

The minecraft server and client are both horribly CPU intensive. Some computers can run both, some cannot. I have some untested theories I'm working on to verify this but I'm fairly sure it's Java related.

[JiggyPeppertheBadger]

Kill2Blit, on 11 November 2011 - 04:10 AM, said:

to allocate more RAM, open up notepad and type this:

@Echo off
SET BINDIR=%~dp0
CD /D "%BINDIR%"
"%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe" -Xms4096M -Xmx16384M -jar craftbukkit-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
PAUSE

notice the different parts of the code. "%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe". This is the path to your java. Just open up your program files and work your way down to the java.exe. when u find it, select the properties of the folder it's in and you should see its location. Next is -Xms4096M -Xmx16384M. you see the numbers 4096 and 16384? this is how much RAM you are allocating. you can increase and decrease the numbers as you like, BUT NOTE: You cannot just pick any random number, you must either multiply or divide the current number by 2, 4 or whatever, and when you change one you must change the other proportionately. the numbers i have there should work for you, so u shouldnt have to mess with them. lastly, the craftbukkit-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar. if you're running a bukkit server, don't bother changing this. otherwise, you must replace this part with the name of your server software. Once this is done, save the thing as "Server.bat" and place it in the folder that has your server software. Then you should be good!

the server software is buggy too. even if you allocate more RAM, you might get the "cant keep up message" while you're server's running fine.

What.

[keeper1796]

Defakto227, on 11 November 2011 - 04:42 AM, said:

This is not a RAM capacity issue.

This is a processing power issue.

The minecraft server and client are both horribly CPU intensive. Some computers can run both, some cannot. I have some untested theories I'm working on to verify this but I'm fairly sure it's Java related.

really because i have three gigz of ram and can run both together with 5 people maybe more at Max FPS fancy grafics and far distance with zero lag.

[p00smack]

keeper1796, on 08 January 2012 - 04:36 AM, said:

really because i have three gigz of ram and can run both together with 5 people maybe more at Max FPS fancy grafics and far distance with zero lag.

Really? Because I have 8GB of ram and an i5 2500k running at 4.5Ghz but still get the error with ZERO people on the server. Riddle me dat.

It's just crappy programming... wait for an updated server client and the issues will be gone with no word on why/how it was happening.

[darkor568]

Help me with that to My server keeps on spamming that

[saphira93]

im having the same issue, except i was also getting the internal java error time out message... although updating my java seemed to fix it. Now i have 3GB of RAM (only 2.75 of which is usable) with a 2GHz processor. i am CONSTANTLY being spammed with the damn message, even when im the only one on my server! i have tried adjusting the RAM several times and it isnt working