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05-08-2018, 10:42 AM

AligatoR Wrote: Good idea but not if your looking to run a server will lots of people on it. Certain scripts (Mainly billy's scripts) don't work on local hosts and it will drive you electricity bill through the roof, you also need a private internet source just for the local host to run a server with 20+ people on it.

Out of curiosity, how much bandwidth does a gmod server typically use?

06-08-2018, 04:51 AM

Bassdrop Wrote: Out of curiosity, how much bandwidth does a gmod server typically use?

I don't have an exact number but generally decently high. You have to account for all the props, maps, effects and players that are on the server all at once. For a server with just one person on it, little to nothing. But when you get into larger servers with everything including players, pretty high, not your average Wifi connection for sure.

ive been using Nitrous Networks and ive never experienced anything like that. However i think you can ask for some type of compensation. YOu should try it tho.

05-08-2018, 10:42 AM

AligatoR Wrote: Good idea but not if your looking to run a server will lots of people on it. Certain scripts (Mainly billy's scripts) don't work on local hosts and it will drive you electricity bill through the roof, you also need a private internet source just for the local host to run a server with 20+ people on it.

By Linux instance I mean I literally rent a virtual machine with two cores dedicated to me. With just two gigabytes of RAM I've noticed it's overkill for a 32-slot server with many scripts and plugins. The Linux vps is built with anti-ddos and thorough security meant to handle a lot more than a Source game server. When I test the server I run srcds locally and connect to it with the Garry's mod client, no script can tell the difference between that and a dedicated host, since srcds is literally the server software every host must use to authenticate with Steam.

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06-08-2018, 04:51 AM

Bassdrop Wrote: Out of curiosity, how much bandwidth does a gmod server typically use?

In the last thirty days my server itself, Bove's Prophunt, used up 29.4 GB of bandwidth. Most of my addons are automatically downloaded through Steam workshop, however, voice traffic always goes through the server. The web server hosting the music for the loading screens seems to average 500mb-1gb per day which is very dependent on traffic. Edit: Here's some statistics on how much traffic my server has been getting