FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

Hello. I have too many models and sounds precached on my server, but I haven't warning of the 512 limit. It is possible reason of this problem?

Re: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

AFAIK that's because of too many entities on the map.

Re: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

Too many players on a map with too few spawn points will do it real easy.

Re: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

Try to increase server's -num_edicts launch option.

Re: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

@E1, this won't work. Max entities was hardcoded inside code, something like 2048 entities, not sure. Also not sure how you created that big amount of entities in your server.

Besides, can be due the amount of entities you spawned at same or low delay of time .

Re: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

IDK if it works, i don't use it. But:
I think 2048 is a default value.
I saw people use -num_edicts 4096.

Re: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

The maximun number of entities is client-side and hardcoded.

You may find more details here

Re: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

04-18-07 , 07:28 AM Re: Changing the max entity limit?
Originally Posted by Alfred Reynold
Alrighty, I have added a "-num_edicts <x>" command line option to the HL1 engine.

Quote:

alfred-valve commented on Feb 18, 2013 I added support for an "edicts" key in the liblist.gam, mods can use that to make sure both the client and server are in sync. For server side only mods you need to keep the entity count the same as the default client you are trying to use.

-num_edicts <variable>

- Sets the entity limit for map/game entities (not temporary entities, which is still locked to 500). 900 is default. 4096 is a good limit, beyond that seems to cause hunk_alloc errors[confirm]. Both clients and servers need matching values for best compatibility[confirm].


Good luck getting all the flybynight type clients to conform! I haven't played with EntMod for years! Server *cough* passwords.

Re: FATAL ERROR (shutting down): ED_Alloc: no free edicts
 

2048 is the maximum number of entities, the networking system can't handle more than that and the client will crash. Note that the server can raise the limit and still work as long as no entities are networked with an entity index higher than the default (900).