Best practices

Tweaks and tricks to improve both your experience in hosting and others' in playing on your server

The GitBook based NorthstarWiki has been replaced in favour of the NorthstarDocs where this wiki has been integrated.

Check it out here: https://docs.northstar.tf/Wiki/

The same page on the new wiki should be located here: https://docs.northstar.tf/Wiki/hosting-a-server-with-northstar/dedicated-server/best-practices

Best practices

TODO: If you have experience in hosting Northstar servers and want to share your knowledge, please open a pull request.

Optimization Commands (Optional)

Command	Description
net_compresspackets 1	Enable compress packets
net_compresspackets_minsize 64	Decrease usage from ~12-16 mbps to ~6-8 mbps on 20 player PVP server and ~9-12mbps to ~5-7 mbps on 12 player gun game server
sv_maxrate 127000	Sets the maximum bandwidth rate allowed (both incoming/outcoming) per second (in bytes)

Note: The effect is dependent on your network, system, etc. Therefore, you should really add the command one by one and test it to see if there is any benefit for your server.