[aron9forever]

I'm looking for some method of creating CPU usage on a hlds server, via amxx if possible.

I came up with a way to make a 99% load , and it wasn't hard at all (lol) but I would like to be able to set my own percentage, aka tweak the values used to achieve different cpu usages, not 3.0% or 99%.

Is dis possible?

[meTaLiCroSS]

Purpose?

[claudiuhks]

Originally Posted by aron9forever I'm looking for some method of creating CPU usage on a hlds server, via amxx if possible. I came up with a way to make a 99% load , and it wasn't hard at all (lol) but I would like to be able to set my own percentage, aka tweak the values used to achieve different cpu usages, not 3.0% or 99%. Is dis possible?

No idea what you mean but you can try

PHP Code:

new bool:True = true;

while (True)
{

} 


[aron9forever]

Originally Posted by meTaLiCroSS Purpose?

what purpose do you suppose stress testing has?
testing the system to see if it can handle the pressure
testing how hlds works in an environment where it has limits on cpu usage
seeing how it reacts to being limited to less than it needs

@claudiuhks
a while loop like that would eat 99.9%
I needed a way to create controllable usage, have 30%, 60%, 90%, whatever I want

I found my solution in PODbot, by tweaking the danger factor / number of bots I can achieve any usage I want, but I was wondering if I could do it in amxx

[Arkshine]

Hook a forward called very often, like AddToFullPack and do some retards things with entities ; and the more entities you create the more often the function will be called.

Use natives which deals a lot things with the game.

[claudiuhks]

Originally Posted by aron9forever a while loop like that would eat 99.9%

Well on Intel Core i7, that while loop seems to eat 13%. But yeah, to get random CPU usage, call functions very often. You can call some

PHP Code:

#include <amxmodx>
#include <engine>

public server_frame() {
  for (new Float:i = -999999.0; i < 999999.0; i += 0.1) {
  }
} 


[Jhob94]

Originally Posted by claudiuhks Well on Intel Core i7, that while loop seems to eat 13%. But yeah, to get random CPU usage, call functions very often. You can call some PHP Code: #include <amxmodx> #include <engine> public server_frame() {   for (new Float:i = -999999.0; i < 999999.0; i += 0.1) {   } }

Do you want to burn the machine?

[aron9forever]

Originally Posted by claudiuhks Well on Intel Core i7, that while loop seems to eat 13%. But yeah, to get random CPU usage, call functions very often. You can call some PHP Code: #include <amxmodx> #include <engine> public server_frame() {   for (new Float:i = -999999.0; i < 999999.0; i += 0.1) {   } }

that's because HLDS is single threaded and your consumption on windows shows out of total clock time, not per core as it does on linux

[claudiuhks]

Originally Posted by aron9forever that's because HLDS is single threaded and your consumption on windows shows out of total clock time, not per core as it does on linux

I don't know what to say, but the computer still works really OK when and after hlds.exe reaches the infinite loop.