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[donttort]

I've tried to make many 512x512 maps but when i try to run them on my server, everything just freezes up. Is there a size limit on maps? And if there is, will it ever be raised?

[Zuriki]

512x512x256 Is the max I think.

[Snowman]

I've been on a map that was 1024x1024x64 though.

[EmpiresBane]

The limit is your computers RAM.

[donttort]

you'd think i'd be good, i have four gigs of ram

[EmpiresBane]

Bandwidth is also a problem.

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you'd think i'd be good, i have four gigs of ram

How much RAM is the server allowed to use?

[osici]

512MB by default. It's in the start_server.bat file. Change -Xmx512M to something else to give it more, e.g -Xmx2048M.

[Phygar]

I did 512x512x512, it worked fine.

[Zuriki]

512x512x256 = 67108864(bytes of map data) = 4MB = server_level.dat (when decompressed)
1024x1024x64 = 67108864 = Same as above.

As you can see any combination that of bit numbers that total no more than 67108864 is acceptable (1024 is the largest accepted number since no combination of 2048x?x? would total the stated number).

The minimum accepted number is 16, since each sector is divided into 16x16x16 blocks.

@Phygar: In theory that shouldn't work...

[EmpiresBane]

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@Phygar: In theory that shouldn't work...

I find the odd thing about theories and computers is that they seem to scheme with eachother. They seem to contradict eachother untill you wake up one morning, all sweaty, and realize you were just stupid and read the numbers wrong. (i'm not saying you read the numbers wrong, Zuriki. I'm implying someone else did...)

[Phygar]

I have no idea how it worked, but it did, just tested now, and it worked.

[donttort]

i changed the thing in startserver.bat, when i start the server with ServerOpConsole.exe it starts but not with bigger maps. but even on smaller maps the startserver.bat says something that leads me to think it cannot get enough memory.

[virus32]

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512x512x256 = 67108864(bytes of map data) = 4MB = server_level.dat (when decompressed)
1024x1024x64 = 67108864 = Same as above.

As you can see any combination that of bit numbers that total no more than 67108864 is acceptable (1024 is the largest accepted number since no combination of 2048x?x? would total the stated number).

Is it possible then to make a map that is 256x256x512? It would only be 33554432 bytes, but I feel like it doesn't work or I might have seen one already.

[Zuriki]

It's less than 4MB so yes.

[virus32]

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i changed the thing in startserver.bat, when i start the server with ServerOpConsole.exe it starts but not with bigger maps. but even on smaller maps the startserver.bat says something that leads me to think it cannot get enough memory.

Are you talking about a buffer overflow by any chance? That's what I keep getting, but adjusting the ram in startserver.bat doesn't seem to work.

[Sambo]

what do the xms and xmx in the batch mean? also should i be setting the same amount of memory to both?

[osici]

No, Xmx is the maximum heap size the Java virtual machine can address, and Xms is the minimum. You can set them to be the same if you want.

[Shadaez]

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512x512x256 = 67108864(bytes of map data) = 4MB = server_level.dat (when decompressed)
1024x1024x64 = 67108864 = Same as above.

As you can see any combination that of bit numbers that total no more than 67108864 is acceptable (1024 is the largest accepted number since no combination of 2048x?x? would total the stated number).

The minimum accepted number is 16, since each sector is divided into 16x16x16 blocks.

@Phygar: In theory that shouldn't work...

Is this guy telling the truth? Someone just said they did 512x512x512. I want to run a 1024x1024x128 map on a VPS, would it work?

[Snowman]

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512x512x256 = 67108864(bytes of map data) = 4MB = server_level.dat (when decompressed)
1024x1024x64 = 67108864 = Same as above.

As you can see any combination that of bit numbers that total no more than 67108864 is acceptable (1024 is the largest accepted number since no combination of 2048x?x? would total the stated number).

The minimum accepted number is 16, since each sector is divided into 16x16x16 blocks.

@Phygar: In theory that shouldn't work...

Is this guy telling the truth? Someone just said they did 512x512x512. I want to run a 1024x1024x128 map on a VPS, would it work?

Yay for bumping dead threads...

He is true, 1024x1024x64 is the biggest you can get, bigger than that will give you some serious problems.

[Shadaez]

Nothing wrong with bumping a thread instead of making a new one. And I don't think it's true, because that guy said 512^3 worked.