More lag than expected

I'm not sure if anyone else has thought this, but lag seems a bit more of an issue than I first thought it would be. Maybe I've just been out of the game too long - I mean, the server runs lovely for the most part.

Basically, post here if you can think of any bad sources of lag. Me first:

When I activate barbarian rage, I seem to get a spike. It can be incredibly minor and I'm possibly imagining it, but I'm convinced my clicking rage has coincided with anything from barely noticeable things to 1-2 second lag spikes. Perhaps activating any ability causes this sort of strain, but I've not had the opportunity to test. Just a heads up - loving it so far!

Hm, it's been smooth for me, though I've heard occasional reports of minor lag.

On the "to do" list for the next few days are a few optimizations that should improve server performance slightly. With any luck, corpse objects will also not be sticking around on the server by then (which is no doubt also a contributor to lag!)

Hopefully these minor hiccups will clear up for you after that.

All right, I've played a bit more, and it's mostly smooth but there is the occasional lag spike.

Which tells me that there's a resource heavy script somewhere causing the problem.

There are a couple major culprits here, which I'll take a look at and review for optimization.

I'm fairly optimistic that things will improve after that's done.

I just logged and yes, it's a bit laggy, but I guess that could be because of no reboot for....a half day?
Everything was fine before.

IT mitght also have something todo with the current DM online

The Creator list is so big, when he opens it it creates a small Lag spike.
So if a Dm have to open the creator, Know what you want so you dont have to open it several times...

Or Just keep it open

Runs fine for me, so far.

So I ran off the Ranzington and something caught my attention...forest was SWARMING with ancient animals...it was pretty hard to move, but I tell you, this was quickest gained level since I played here.
Of course I done it to improve server maintenance. Yup!

bottom line: Might be some bug in spawns

Cool. Thanks. I'd heard a rumor there might be a bug now (as of yesterday's boot), but was unable to confirm it.

I'll check it out!

Edit: I've made a small change to the spawn code to close up might be the cause of this bug, but as this one is really, really hard to reproduce offline, I can't be certain whether that fixed it. Can I count on you to keep me informed and continue your awesome maintenance of the server?