So I’ve been playing Icarus with the wife and the optimization is hot garbage. Wife is hosting and pulling 10 fps with a Nvidia 3070TI

We enjoy the game so I start doing research. Turns out once you’ve played enough the database on the host just gets too big and chokes out the CPU threads since it can’t use more than 2 cores.

Answer is to migrate your world to a sepf hosted dedicated server. Say no more.

So now I got an excuse (wife approved) to setup a computer as a server and keep it running. I have an old HP SFF i5 16GB RAM with an SSD I’ve reimagined a few times for a home server.

Flashed it with Debian and setup the Icarus server in docker. Runs like a champ.

Bonus points. I hooked up a wattage meter and it idles at 1~2 watts!
I used to run an old gaming computer as a home server and it felt like $30 a month in electricity.

Edit: System idles at 19 watts. I had the meter plugged into the wrong device…

Now I can start throwing more stuff on there once I figure out backup for the game world incase I bork it.

  • adeoxymus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    22 days ago

    Have you thought about running proxmox rather than Debian? I found it to be useful for managing/tracking/backups of containers.

    • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      22 days ago

      I tried Proxmox but found it way overkill for home use. I run ~50 Docker containers and I love Docker for its ease of use. Proxmox is an order of magnitude more complicated.

      • Landless2029@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        22 days ago

        50 containers…

        I hope I don’t go that crazy.

        I’d need a WebUI at that point I can monitor from a Workstation.

      • adeoxymus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        22 days ago

        Hehe tbh I only run 5 😅 I found it useful when I had to diagnose some cpu hogging off one of the containers and the ease of backups. Even though have not needed it yet.

    • Landless2029@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      41·
      22 days ago

      I eventually intend to start some funny stuff I wanted a full OS for.

      If I shift my end goal to run in a container then that would make more sense.

      I initially went for Debian because I had a deadline for us to get back to gaming together.

      I’ve seen loads of people use proxmax. As a windows admin I wanted a OS as a stepping stone.

      I run Brazzite on my gaming rig and mint on my daily driver laptop now. Getting there.

      • Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        22 days ago

        Honestly I left proxmox/virtualization OSes a while back for simple RHEL. I have Docker for most everything and the few things I need full virt for the features Cockpit provides are more than enough. If I ever get back into clustering I’ll look at proxmox again.

      • adeoxymus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        22 days ago

        Totally fair. I also started with Debian for a Minecraft server, at the request of my partner. I might try out Icarus, is it cross platform?

        • Landless2029@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          22 days ago

          Not sure if it’s cross platform. We’ve been having lots of fun with it.

          Its interesting in the sense that one person can buy all the content and additional players can just buy the base game and join a “unlocked” server to enjoy everything.

          I’ve seen similar pricing models and it’s kind of expensive but evens out the more people play with you.

          I find it funny that advanced tech is explained away by you getting support from outer space. Vs games like Ark where you just magically know how to mess with electrical systems.

          Starting with stone weapons is annoying but you can earn credits in game to start with 3D printed weapons/tools as you hop maps.