fuzziqersoftware
Caching patch server file metadata serverside
As of right now it seems that every time newserv starts it needs to reprocess the entire patch server data directory (which usually hasn't changed), making it take around a minute for the server to start. It would be great if it could cache the contents of the folder so startup doesn't take as long on subsequent runs.
Are you using the latest version of phosg? I updated phosg's crc32 function today to make it quite a bit faster for exactly this reason. I also considered implementing a metadata cache in newserv; if it's still too slow to start with the latest phosg version, let me know on this ticket and I'll figure out some solution.
I'm using the latest version of it, yes. The problem is most likely a weak processor as I'm currently running newserv on a VPS.
I've added a checksum cache which hopefully will make startup faster (after the first time). Beware, though: this adds a new potential source of bugs since patch files now may not be loaded until they're actually needed by a patch client. So, it's now inadvisable to modify the patch files while the server is running.