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, 2012[INFO] ============================= [INFO] All memory is listed in MB's [INFO] Free Memory: 547 [INFO] Max Useable Memory: 6371 [INFO] Total Memory: 2357 [INFO] =============================
I'm wondering chase, do you know why there's such little memory free or what might be causing that to be the case.
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Posted Sep 6, 2012Awesome it's here! In game it's amazing but when I stop my server I get errors like these...
http://pastebin.com/nGzvwQXA
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Posted Sep 6, 2012Hey Mr. Chasez, I need your opinion on something. My server is 3G, usually there's 30 players online, 40 plugins and the world size is little over 2G.
What do you recommend for
Lifetime=?
Prune=?
Thanks in advance bro. I donated to you for your amazing work btw :)
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Posted Sep 6, 2012PtTweaks chunkpersisting setting
I have 4GB server with typical 60 slots 43 plug ins (majority dynmap and its add on), we usually have around 15-45 player get on same time. what setting should I set it @ because current setting I have doesn't reduce memory some reason.
Current Seting: lifetime=50000 prune=3000 enable=True
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Posted Sep 6, 2012its here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my weeks of checking this page are over =D thank you mr chasez ptweaks is by far the best plugin ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted Sep 6, 2012@mrchasez
thanks :3
BTW ptweaks is amazing! I wish i can donate!!
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Posted Sep 6, 2012Ok this issue has been fixed. A link to the always current latest added to page. Download the Latest Version Here: [V4.0]
Download Latest Stable
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Posted Sep 6, 2012@Thidox
Not yet, Will be done in a few mins. Just got back.
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Posted Sep 6, 2012You should now have the fix for the issue mrchasez! :)
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Posted Sep 6, 2012@DaPandaStare
Mm, Yeah we will look into this now. I am not sure by just looking at it, but i was able to recreate it. Will work on this now.
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Posted Sep 6, 2012ok i got an error when i stop the server,BTW ptweaks is amazing! Better then nolagg :D
but anyway i got this error when stopping the server, i shouldve put it in the tickets section but im typing allready :D here is the error:
http://pastie.org/4676283
PS: im running a beta build 1.3.2 R 0.1
any help?
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Posted Sep 6, 2012Working nicely so far :) Already getting a few "thank god"s from our members :D
We're currently using both ptweaks and nolagg. The only part of nolagg we use now is the item buffer.
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Posted Sep 6, 2012@mrchasez
Ok, i will try this, been using nolag for a while but i like to try new things :3
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Posted Sep 6, 2012@Curtis4321
Really depends on the server, and your preference. I suggest you try both, and see which you prefer.
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Posted Sep 6, 2012I just donated. You seriously deserve it for all your astonishing work.
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Posted Sep 6, 2012This over nolagg?
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Posted Sep 6, 2012@mrchasez
HELELLLLLLL YEAAAAA
:D My server is complete now 8-)
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Posted Sep 6, 2012Donation incoming!
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Posted Sep 6, 2012OK, PTweaks V4.0 is updated and uploaded. You need to wait for approval though.
However you can download it here:
http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/ptweaks-remove-all-server-lag/files/13-ptweaks-v4-0/
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Posted Sep 6, 2012@bknysnake
@GuildMasterLelo
@tubajedimaster
Starting to upload in 5 mins after writing changelog.