Why Hytale Treasure Hunt Servers Throttle at 100 Players (And How We Fixed It)
The article discusses the challenges faced by Hytale Treasure Hunt servers when player counts exceeded 100, leading to latency issues and packet loss. The author details the attempts to optimize the server's performance using Go and ultimately switching to Rust for better latency management. The results showed significant improvements in latency and resource allocation after the transition to Rust.
- ▪The initial server setup experienced latency spikes and packet loss when player counts exceeded 100.
- ▪Attempts to optimize the server using Go led to improvements but ultimately fell short due to the limitations of the Go scheduler.
- ▪Switching to Rust with Tokio resulted in a dramatic reduction in latency and resource usage, allowing the server to handle more players effectively.
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