Server LAG / Rubber Banding Issues

I have noticed since installing Skin Controller, some SERIOUS lag issues every once in awhile... like crazy rubber banding that comes and goes sporadically at no set interval but happens enough to notice.

I have 32GB of dedicated memory on this server  host, premium setup... it should not be having issues like this with a lower population of around 10 - 15 players, medium qnty of plugins. Plus I have never had this issue until I unloaded and removed Skinner and installed Skin Controller.

t's almost like there is a memory leak, or something is happening at set intervals that slaps a huge drain on server resources. This isn't just on my server, it is the exact same sort of rubber banding you guys have over on RustMania so I'm sure you know what I am talking about. You can play anywhere between 1 - 4  hours just fine and then BAM rubber banding galore until it goes away or I manually reload the plugin as that is the only way I can get it correct itself quicker. Love the plugin man, but the rubber banding is a real drag, what's causing this?

The odds of this plugin causing any sort of performance issues on the server is very low. The only time that the plugin might cause any noticeable increased usage is when the skins list is first generated.

There are a few servers with larger populations that don't have any issues. RustManias lag that happens every so often is due to our data dumps that we do and have been going on for much longer than we've had this plugin.

I don't believe Skin Controller is the cause of any lag on your server.

Don't know what to say Amino, I was crossing my fingers that it wasn't this plugin either but I'm not a complete server noob. lol 

I didn't have issues until I loaded this plugin. I unloaded skinner properly, and all traces of skinner. I loaded Skin Controller ... pretty straight forward, easy, very nice. Proper permissions are set, the configuration super simple.

Immediately after that, started getting the rubber banding issues sporadically. Giving this plugin the benefit of the doubt I started down the process of elimination. I started to literally unload every other plugin in the hopes the banding issues would go away and figure out which one was having issues, it wasn't until I unloaded Skin Controller that it went away. But sure, maybe a coincidence, never know... right.

I reloaded all plugins, even restarted the server... made sure server, oxide were 100% up to date. Even removed some older plugins, replaced with premiums thinking ok maybe a conflict somewhere even though very unlikely, but that didn't fix the issue ... every time it happens, all I have to do is oxide.reload SkinController and BAM 2 seconds later no more rubberbanding. I literally just had to do it again 20 minutes ago.

Does that not sound little too coincidental, that when I reload this 1 plugin the banding issues stop?

I've played on RustMania long enough to see hundreds of data dumps and very rare do they cause or coincide with the rubber banding issues I see on your 10x, and its not player count because it does it when there are 20 players, and 80+ players. Yes I've seen lag on those data dumps / saves but not the rubber banding where you run, get set back, run, get set back, run, get set back for literally what feels like minutes. But I could see how you would think that its your guys data dumps as your 10x has a lot of entities to backup.

Are you aware of your plugin having any issues with any other plugins, maybe even just guestimate as to whether any other plugin MAY have issues or conflicts?

Amino,

My server host believes there could potentially be a server issue, and its just noticeable with spikes which might be caused by your plugin, and others processing to much or something... but not directly related to your plugin. They're moving me to a new server, will continue testing on my end. For now you can close this ticket, if there is an issue still I'll let you know. I will only be installing the very basics for admin tools, then this skin controller for few days, if nothing during that time... all resolved and was host. My apologies for the confusion, fingers crossed this new server resolves the issue as I love your skin controller and so do my players.

Edited October 18, 2023 by HighOnTek

Changed Status from Pending to Not a Bug