yeah, i mean java is from the days of 486s and supersparcs… but yeah, its crazy how much it demands resource wise.

Id almost want to see it with 20 users but im not much into it, and since ive wrapped mine in ssl, i dont think anyone will bother.

I think there is at least one way you can control the server’s memory footprint, and its network usage, which is to reduce the radius of the world around each player that is kept in memory and hence sent to that player. Obviously there are playability tradeoffs there.

Hmm.. I think I’ll have to see what the bandwidth of something that compresses all the traffic, vs nothing offeres… or if something like stunnel is worth whatever overhead it may incur.