Always run a dedicated server instead of shared single player.

[physixtential]

Opening up your single player game to friends forces one cpu core to do all of the work. If you set up a dedicated server on the same machine but select just one core which is not the one you are running the main game on, and set it to high priority, it is just as good as running it on a separate computer because nothing utilizes multiple cores in SE.

Thanks to VanGoghComplex for correcting my previous comment about always running dedicated even for single player. I still think it has some performance advantages, but maybe not as many as I originally thought.

[VanGoghComplex]

If SE's dedicated server was a real dedicated server, yes this would make a difference.

Unfortunately it's not. Your suggestion more or less amounts to running the game on your computer in two concurrent sessions.

Both server and client in SE take on the full physics calculation load, and synchronize over the network when able.

[physixtential]

Publicado originalmente por VanGoghComplex:

If SE's dedicated server was a real dedicated server, yes this would make a difference.

Unfortunately it's not. Your suggestion more or less amounts to running the game on your computer in two concurrent sessions.

Both server and client in SE take on the full physics calculation load, and synchronize over the network when able.

Damn. It does seem like some things are separate. I get better fps running dedicated on a separate core as opposed to regular single player, and since the server computes the surrounding, load time is significantly reduced.

At very least, running a dedicated server on a separate core on the same machine is just as good as running it on a separate computer, which is great news for anyone wanting to play with their friends with less lag than trying to just open your single player game up to friends.