pTweaks

Hello,
Unfortunately, I have long lost interest in Minecraft and have no plans to update this plugin any further, so I highly suggest finding a replacement. It was a good run, but I think it's time to call it quits. We appreciate all the support over the years, and are truly grateful for it. Best of luck,
Cheers.
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pTweaks is a server optimization tool. This plugin will redefine how your server loads, stores and manages chunks. pTweaks will prioritize chunk loading so the ones that need loaded get done first. When a large number of chunks are being loaded consecutively the plugin will start to unload unused chunks at a higher rate to keep performance on the server higher. pTweaks has a smart chunk loading algorithm so that chunks in a players surroundings stay loaded while under normal use so never again will you take a few steps and all the chunks start to unload behind you. pTweaks stops your server from using resources it doesn't have to use. pTweaks also adds mob handling. You are able to set limits of Monsters and Animals in each world. When things get out of hand pTweaks also offers a kill command to kill all living entities. pTweaks also offers a command to check your ram limits, performance, and allocations. pTweaks is an anti lag plugin.

Your server will be able to run longer, and smoother without the need of a restart. This being pTweaks already clears all unused data that would normally be removed with a server restart. Java dumps are already cleared and Chunks have a longer life span, meaning ram usage and CPU intensity will drop. Mob handling is now a possibility, enable or set the amount of mobs/animals spawning in your world(s) to massively drop resource usage, Limiting mobs is like turning down view distance improvement wise. Helps reduce performance therefor stopping lag.

The lifetime is how long the chunk is loaded into memory, and the prune is the cycle rate. Depending on your server size and CPU power you may want to customize these settings. Larger servers with more free ram may want to make prune higher to keep chunk loading and unloading from happening less often, while smaller servers may want to keep the default settings or make prune lower. The prune is the cycle of when all the unused chunks get unloaded. So having this higher makes more chunks stay loaded longer, while having it lower makes them unload faster. Both have benefits but generally i don't suggest editing it. SpawnChunkRadius is the static (initial) loading of chunks when a player joins your server, so the amount of chunks loaded around him, don't suggest editing this.

ChunkEdits:
ChunkEdits is a 100% customized chunk loading algorithm to enable quicker loading of chunks, and priority packets. So chunks load in a fashion better fitted for the player and the server. This algorithm isn't perfect, and currently being recoded.
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Monster Limiter:
This is a fully custom feature. You can enable or disable this in the config. Limit the amount of Mobs or Animals spawning in your world, or disable spawning all together. Change if you want spawning in one world and not the other, you can also simply use the kill command to butcher all living mobs/animals in the current or all worlds. You can see all commands by typing /pTweaks in game.
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Chunk Persistance:
This is a fully custom feature, that can be turned off in the config. This does a whole lot and is the main backbone of the plugin. Change how many chunks are loaded on player join or how long chunks stay loaded after people leave them. Makes chunks with no activity loaded at certain intervals to save tons of CPU power. The clear cycle is changed to make less disc writing. Chunks with lots of visitors will stay loaded longer, and not have to render again and again. This adding lots of performance to your server.
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Ram Check:
Check the amount of ram being used, the free ram, and currently loaded ram. This gives you the ability to check server performance and debug bad plugins by seeing which are taking up the most resources by adding one and testing, adding another and using the command again. This command will soon also have TPS and other performance tracking abilities.
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Packet Auto Save:
Instead of writing every chunk to the disc every 2 seconds. This changes it to a custom time that you want, Default is 50ms This saves the server from writing about 14KBps to the disc (10 writes, 3 reads per chunk, on a 3 person server). As well as saves about 2 calls to deflate every 2 seconds. (per chunk)
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TNT Edit: (Suggested)
Basically all this does is after the first explosion, shadows the rest of them by duplicating the same explosion so the effects of say 500 TNT are the same as the effects of a single tnt block going off. This is not bullet proof, and it will still be possible to cause server lag by making the server render too many packets, but this is not possible unless doing thousands of blocks with a plugin like WorldEdit.


- Download pTweaks
- Stop your server
- Put pTweaks.jar in your Plugins directory
- Start Your Server
- Edit Config's to your liking or leave default
- Reload
- Done!


/pTweaks
Permission: pTweaks.pTweaks
This command will bring up most ingame settings, and information. You can also enable or disable mob spawning from ingame.
/ram
Permission: pTweaks.ram
This will show current ram usable, and information

VIDEOS:
Thanks too @Torrent for the video
Thanks too @BrandonHopkins for the video
Lag Test 3,000 TNT / With and Without pTweaks (356MB server)

Please consider donating to help support development of this plugin!
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Posted Sep 6, 2012I'm gonna lose my mind!!! (been refreshing every 10 minutes too!)
Sooooo excited!
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Posted Sep 6, 2012I can't wait either. This is awesome! WOOOOOOO
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Posted Sep 6, 2012awesome can wait xD
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Posted Sep 5, 2012I have redone the entire page, so it is drastically improved, and has major explanations of everything. Update in the morning, almost finished. ChunkEdits algorithm is being recoded.
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Posted Sep 5, 2012So waiting for it :p
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Posted Sep 4, 2012You guys are awesome, I can't wait xD
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Posted Sep 4, 2012Lots of progress has been made, but there is still a few chunk loading and querying issues. @Thidox is working on. I am working on a new loading algorithm for ChunkEdits and ram output can't be started until everything else is finished. If its not 100% ready, ill put together a dev build tomorrow for you guys to use until the full one is finished.
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Posted Sep 4, 2012I agree. It's a must have.
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Posted Sep 4, 2012Yes it's an awesome plugin, nothing like it, there isn't a single plugin which removes lag from your server the way this one does. I would really recommend this to any and everyone who owns a server, be it a server they run from their own home, or a server they rent. It's the best plugin of its kind, nothing comes close to it, not even nolagg.
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Posted Sep 4, 2012Ive never tried this plugin, but i can tell that its a good plugin because of all the nice comments :)
cant wait till it updates!
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Posted Sep 4, 2012<<reply 930360="">>
You are awesome. I can't even put words together to describe how much I appreciate your work. Same goes to Mr. Chasez :)
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Posted Sep 4, 2012@bknysnake
Not a problem! :) (Yes, I would be @Giant xD)
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Posted Sep 4, 2012I would like to thank both mr.chasez and @Giant for working towards releasing a update soon, you guys are doing alot of us a huge favor, thanks again.
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Posted Sep 4, 2012@mrchasez YESSS I LOVE YOU! No homo :)
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Posted Sep 4, 2012@mrchasez
@mrchasez. You're really helping us out with this hurried update. On behalf of everyone who runs a server on non-premium hardware, I would like to say THANK YOU.
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Posted Sep 3, 20122 Days top til update. I may release a dev build. I have to recode chunk loading algorithms , change mob handling, and redo ram outputs because they are coded horribly currently.
Huge thanks to @Giant for the brilliant work he has done with me. Without his help this update would have taken a lot longer. Really brilliant developer.
We are still working on finishing up.
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Posted Sep 3, 2012Guys cmon! ur preasureing him! Hes obviously not inactive he was on 2hrs ago. The more stress u put on him the longer it will take. use nolagg for now(i know it sucks but deal with it) and he will have it soon
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Posted Sep 3, 2012MrChasez, do you have any idea when you think it might be updated?
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Posted Sep 3, 2012I feel the same. This one was the absolute best!