In the process I discovered it lags.
HORRIBLY.
As my Linux server decided to sulk and fail to boot, I'm using a late model Mac Mini as a server.
The clients are late model iMacs.
This is OBVIOUSLY SUB-OPTIMAL.
I'm organising a replacement linux server which I will use in our upcoming videos.
So I did a metric shit ton of digging and finally found a series of settings for the server and client that reduce that lag considerably.
So...
Yeah...
You keep getting:
"Can't keep up! Did the system time change"
Messages?
Then do this.
On your servers LaunchServer.sh:
#!/bin/bash
set -x
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home
export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
opts="-server -XX:+TieredCompilation \
-XX:-DontCompileHugeMethods \
-XX:+UseCodeCacheFlushing \
-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m \
-XX:+UseBiasedLocking \
-XX:BiasedLockingStartupDelay=0 \
-XX:NewRatio=3 \
-XX:+UseParNewGC \
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC \
-XX:+DisableExplicitGC \
-XX:+CMSIncrementalMode \
-XX:+CMSIncrementalPacing \
-XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled \
-XX:+UseCompressedOops \
-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=30 \
-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly"
java -Xmx2G -XX:MaxPermSize=256M $opts -jar forge-1.7.10-10.13.2.1291-universal.jar nogui
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Of course this assumes you're using Java 1.7 update 71.
I tried JDK 1.8 and it gave me a whole bunch of grief.
So I decided to switch back to JDK 1.7 and see if that helped.
It did.
Suddenly the Mac Mini used all 4 cores instead of just 2 and the client side (iMac) sped up considerably.
Ok. Now client side.
In the ATLauncher settings, choose 'Settings' and:
For the Java path use: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_67.jdk/Contents/Home
(Again assuming you have 1.7 update 67 - change to suit)
And for the Java parameters:
-server -XX:+TieredCompilation \ -XX:CompileThreshold=1500 \ -XX:-DontCompileHugeMethods \ -XX:+UseCodeCacheFlushing \ -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m \ -XX:+UseBiasedLocking \ -XX:BiasedLockingStartupDelay=0 \ -XX:NewRatio=3 \ -XX:+UseParNewGC \ -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC \ -XX:+DisableExplicitGC \ -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode \ -XX:+CMSIncrementalPacing \ -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled \ -XX:+UseCompressedOops \ -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=30 \ -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly
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MANY THANKS TO https://plus.google.com/+JohnPaulAlcala/posts/FUKJ3QhZJ8w !
YMMV.
I'm still hunting for "The Perfect Seed" for videos, and will get back to making videos as soon as my current IRL workload decreases.
