Very bad performance with HLDS (SRCDS maybe too)
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Hi, I'm trying to run svencoop dedicated server on my Ampere A1 server, which is running under Kubernetes with Talos Linux ARM64 build.
```
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: fex-deployment
namespace: kube-system
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: fex
strategy:
type: Recreate
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: fex
spec:
# Node selector for ARM64 architecture
nodeSelector:
kubernetes.io/arch: arm64
# Toleration for control plane scheduling
tolerations:
- key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
operator: Exists
effect: NoSchedule
hostNetwork: true
containers:
- args:
- >-
cd '/home/fex/Steam/steamapps/common/Sven Co-op Dedicated Server' && mkdir -p /home/fex/.steam/sdk32/ && ln steamclient.so /home/fex/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so && FEX ./svends_run +map osprey -pingboost 3 -reuse -sys_ticrate 1000 -netthread -num_edicts 8192
command:
- sh
- "-c"
env:
# [... all your environment variables remain unchanged ...]
- name: FEX_MULTIBLOCK
value: "'true'"
# - name: FEX_MAXINST
# value: "50000"
# - name: FEX_ENABLECODECACHINGWIP
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_HOSTFEATURES
# value: enableatomics,enablecrypto,enablepmull128
# - name: FEX_SMALLTSCSCALE
# value: "'false'"
- name: FEX_CPUFEATUREREGISTERS
- name: FEX_ROOTFS
value: /opt/.fex-emu/RootFS/Ubuntu_24_04.sqsh
- name: FEX_THUNKHOSTLIBS
value: /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/fex-emu/HostThunks
- name: FEX_THUNKGUESTLIBS
value: /usr/share/fex-emu/GuestThunks
- name: FEX_THUNKCONFIG
- name: FEX_ENV
- name: FEX_HOSTENV
# - name: FEX_DISABLEL2CACHE
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_DYNAMICL1CACHE
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_DYNAMICL1CACHEINCREASECOUNTHEURISTIC
# value: "250"
# - name: FEX_DYNAMICL1CACHEDECREASECOUNTHEURISTIC
# value: "50"
- name: FEX_SINGLESTEP
value: "'false'"
- name: FEX_GDBSERVER
value: "'false'"
- name: FEX_DUMPIR
value: "'no'"
- name: FEX_PASSMANAGERDUMPIR
value: "'off'"
- name: FEX_DUMPGPRS
value: "'false'"
- name: FEX_O0
value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_GLOBALJITNAMING
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_LIBRARYJITNAMING
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_BLOCKJITNAMING
# value: "'false'"
- name: FEX_GDBSYMBOLS
value: "'false'"
- name: FEX_INJECTLIBSEGFAULT
value: "'false'"
- name: FEX_DISASSEMBLE
value: "'off'"
# - name: FEX_FORCESVEWIDTH
# value: "0"
- name: FEX_DISABLETELEMETRY
value: "'true'"
- name: FEX_SILENTLOG
value: "'true'"
# - name: FEX_OUTPUTLOG
# value: server
# - name: FEX_TELEMETRYDIRECTORY
# - name: FEX_PROFILESTATS
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_ENABLEGPUVISPROFILING
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_SMCCHECKS
# value: mtrack
# - name: FEX_TSOENABLED
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_VECTORTSOENABLED
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_MEMCPYSETTSOENABLED
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_HALFBARRIERTSOENABLED
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_STRICTINPROCESSSPLITLOCKS
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_KERNELUNALIGNEDATOMICBACKPATCHING
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_VOLATILEMETADATA
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_X87REDUCEDPRECISION
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_STALLPROCESS
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_HIDEHYPERVISORBIT
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_STARTUPSLEEP
# value: "0"
# - name: FEX_STARTUPSLEEPPROCNAME
# - name: FEX_MONOHACKS
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_SERVERSOCKETPATH
# - name: FEX_NEEDSSECCOMP
# value: "'false'"
# - name: FEX_EXTENDEDVOLATILEMETADATA
# - name: FEX_APP_CONFIG_LOCATION
# - name: FEX_APP_CONFIG
# - name: FEX_APP_DATA_LOCATION
# - name: FEX_PORTABLE
image: stevenlafl/fex:svends
imagePullPolicy: Always
name: fex
securityContext:
privileged: true
stdin: true
tty: true
```
It runs but the performance is insanely terrible. Time to load the map is also very long and I also have to wait 3 minutes to wait for the game to finally be able to connect, but whenever something is trying to move, the server is half freezing. I replicated this on another ARM server I own in Tokyo, but it has the same problem. I tried to run stadium4 and spawn some monsters, but it is surprisingly working well. I have no idea how to debug it.
I also mixed the K8S cluster with x86 nodes in the same network region, and ran the same map, but it is not lagging at all, so it should be a FEX problem
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