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)

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Posted Nov 3, 2012@netherfoam
Yes please do. Those times are a lot higher then they should be.
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Posted Nov 3, 2012@Adrenalineq
Timings, use bukkit.yml and set plugin-profiling: true, then do /timings merged and look for timings folder in the server folder
@mrchasez
I don't run NoLagg, strangely enough (I've developed a hate for its way of breaking things).
I can run a nolagg exam if you still want me to, but I don't see where that's going to give any more info than timings.
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Posted Nov 3, 2012@netherfoam
Can you send me a NoLagg examine of your server.
I ran four tests, the average i got was 5ms.
As you see here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/40465785/ptweaks.exam
I can assure you those times are not from PTweaks. Try disabling everything in NoLagg
except exam, and then upload (and check) those stats.
@Adrenalineq That must be wrong, as you can see my examine above.
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Posted Nov 3, 2012@netherfoam
Where you got informations like this ? ;o this is nolagg? o_O
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Posted Nov 3, 2012This is causing me lag, it seems (Timings.txt):
vs e.g. WorldGuard 28s, NoCheatPlus 54s.
Can you do something about this?
Also typo in MonsterLimiter.yml says max monsters that can spawn on the SERVER at any time. But in /ptml info, it displays it on a per-world basis.
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Posted Nov 3, 2012Small typo: /ptml em shows "Enabled Mosnters on World: <worldname"
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Posted Nov 3, 2012@Adrenalineq
Already been some good responses! No errors or bugs reported. One person posted an error, but he was using CB:1.3 with V5.0 which is for CB:1.4
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Posted Nov 3, 2012@mrchasez
I mean opinion :P hehe about new update :)
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Posted Nov 2, 2012@netherfoam
It is milliseconds. /facepalm thanks for telling me, ill change that next update.
Thanks!
Edit: Changed description.
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Posted Nov 2, 2012AutoSaveStopper.yml
interval=50000
Is that 50 seconds or is that 50000 ticks? Because 50000 ticks is 41 minutes... Which is unreasonable... And the header comment says its ticks.
And when you do /ptml em, you've spelt monsters wrong
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Posted Nov 2, 2012@Adrenalineq
What raitings ;P?
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Posted Nov 2, 2012Waiting for ratings :) before i install this plugin :P
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Posted Nov 2, 2012@DerDarcion Yes, some important changes happened. If you need a 1.3.2 version use V4.2
@GuildMasterLelo Thanks a lot!
@Zilacon @Slaand
No problem, and thanks again.
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Posted Nov 1, 2012Love your plugin, mrchasez
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Posted Nov 1, 2012THANK YOU!
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Posted Nov 1, 2012hm you have made lots of improvements but the error is not gone with 5.0... is it only compatible with 1.4.2?
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Posted Nov 1, 2012@mrchasez
WOOOOOOOOOT you're fucking AWESOME!
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Posted Nov 1, 2012File has been approved and ready to download!
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Posted Nov 1, 2012PTweaks V5.0 Released for MC:1.4.2
Download the Latest Version Here: [V5.0][1.4.2]
Download Latest Stable
Will submit the upload for review, but it will take some time to be approved. Enjoy
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Posted Nov 1, 2012@levisn1
You can leave the lifetime there or go higher to 150k or 200k if you so wish.
@1337minecrafer
Not the best place to ask, sorry. I am still learning everyday myself.