Playing on my own server?

[Andy200]

k, i just got my server up with some help from Skeletor, thx!
The next problem is tho, that if i play on the server with this computer(the one i'm hosting the server on) the ping is fine, but it kinda lag's(it's wierd, becouse of the ping is neat). For example: if i run some steps forward i get to the place i started walking. Kinda like lag, even tho the ping is low :S
So well, i'm kinda confused. And with my newbie skills i don't know how to fix it. So any help would be appreciated! thx
-Andy

[Stealth]

You cannot play the game on the same machine your running a server.

[Andy200]

Stealth Wrote:You cannot play the game on the same machine your running a server.

How that? a friend of mine plays on his own server with the same comp he uses for the server. Edit: He don't get any "lag"
-thx

[hexitnow]

You can if you have a robust enough pc. I play on the same box I host a server and mine runs fine. Mine did that also but I changed the priority of srcds.exe under windows task manager (ctrl-alt-delete) to high and that fixed it. Try it and post back your results.

[Andy200]

hexitnow Wrote:You can if you have a robust enough pc. I play on the same box I host a server and mine runs fine. Mine did that also but I changed the priority of srcds.exe under windows task manager (ctrl-alt-delete) to high and that fixed it. Try it and post back your results.

It worked! thx alot, even tho the ping goes a a little high it fixed the problem. I don't know why tho, my specs are: Amd athlon 64 3700+,Hiper HPU-4B580 power suply,Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO DDR 2048MB RAM,Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250 GB S-ATA,DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-D motherboard.

I got one suggestion tho, maybe trying this guide here: http://cpnclan.home.comcast.net/guide.html (tweaking xp) that is.

[Stealth]

yeah cos the power supply makes all the difference

[skeletor]

hey a weak psu will kill the performance of a computer, lol.. but yea. my guess is your computer is rittled with spyware, and ad ware robbing system resources making it so you can not host a server and play at the same time without raising the priority of the server.

it is always the best choice to run the server on another computer though

[Josh]

Stealth Wrote:You cannot play the game on the same machine your running a server.

Stealth Wrote:yeah cos the power supply makes all the difference

Dam, you are a crap mod if you say that.

Of course you can play the Game on the same machine as you have running your server on, I do it fine with an AMD Athlon 2400+ (2.0GHz), 1GB Kingston RAM, ATI Sapphire Radeon 9250, 1MB Connection, 500w PSU perfectly fine with 19 other players with no lag whatsoever even with 66/100 TickRate.

And a good branded Power Supply can decide if your Computer is dead or alive, a crap PSU can fry your PC if it's not powerful enough or not have the right amount of volts and rails.

[yazid]

i play on my own server i just join through LAN

[Hollanda]

@Josh: keep on dreaming :p

But it is possible to run the server on the same computer, don't expect a steady tickrate 100 server for 20 players though.