Great mod, but unfortunately can't use it anymore, cause ping goes up to 5000

Used to love this mod but I recently got a server set up for some friends and this mod TANKS ping, BEWARE.

Update?

Will I have a ping problem if I use this in a singleplayer?

Ping went skyrocket after set it up, getting a constant lag every 5-10 second.

is there a way where I ca define the times when lights go on/off?... it should be 1900 to 0700 ... during dusk/dawn times it could be quite dark...

What @Dragonfire967 says. We were getting constant lag with frequent spikes as high as 600ish, and some rubber banding. Removed mod, back to normal, below 60ms most of the time. Also, settings don't persist through server restarts. Can't recommend, very cool and immersive, but the lag issues in particular are unacceptable.

So I have been running into high ping on my server non-stop since I set it up of over 200ms steady.

After doing troubleshooting, the ping immediately dropped to a steady 56-60ms upon removing this mod. Not sure why it is causing the ping to skyrocket (This was tested in a controlled small base with only 6 light sources (most actual bases would have a lot more than this) In much larger bases with a lot more light sources, ping can peak between 300-500ms until you move out of render range of the lights.

If you can look into what is causing this if it is something with the mod, it would be appreciated as I do enjoy the mod, just not the ping.

Hello, any chance for a possible way to change the auto off/on time coming in the future via console or a mod interface? :)

@IdeaPoet I really like this mod and what it does! Is there a way to change the default, for all lights, from "Auto" to one of the other options? Always On, Always Off, 20M. Thanks!

Man, good modification!!!
Could you do something about the door too?
Using various modifications where slaves patrol and determine their route, they always get blocked in doors, so you have to specially create a route for them where there are no doors

Admin only Settings would be nice.

Works just fine for me.

Still working?

HI! @IdeaPoet Are you going to update your mod at the near time with the age of war?

How do you keep the lights set on the mode you want after you close the game, every time I close it the mod resets the options that I chose.

People having issues with this mod should drop their mod list

So far no issues on our smaller private server.

same issues, this has killed my server performances. Server went from 50ms to 500ms, full lag.

Any cchance to add the sorcery sacrefice altar to this mod too ? (It has a bright torch on it)

Hello, have a same issues, sfps is very very bad with this mod...

doesnt seem to work with radium torches

I never experienced these issues.

Confirm bug that reported @The Chad just below my post.

Mod lagging the server, SFPS going down even on clean server.

I have spent all day figuring out mods, server performance etc with my host. This 1 tiny 1MB Mod brings my Server from a strong 60 Server FPS to a hard 3 FPS.
Avoid this mod.

Is there a way to make it so that a setting interacts with all players? For example the 20m radius only works for the clan of the player who places them. Which isn't that helpful.

Perhaps a setting to allow it to be auto 20m but also during the day as well?

Very good

Hiya, thanks for the mod, is there a mod for lightning effects that you'd recommend? (so that for example a light on an upper floor doesn't brighten entire floor below)

what position should it be in the mod load order? I have it in the lowest position and it doesn't seem to be working. I can manually still turn the lights on and it does cycle between the modes, but the lights don't seem to come on as I approach or when the time changes to the appropriate times you listed.

Thank you, :) Great mod. But it seems like not working with candles, it won't turn on at night, always be off. Am i the olny one have this problem

Lamplighters are a Thrall you can place down, they have a area around them . Within that Area they will turn off and turn on lights " Torches " that you have placed. They turn them on at dusk, and shut them off at dawn. This is what I do. I just go into admin mode and spawn them around the base to control the lights in the base. This also works but I will try the mod. The mod would work better but the lamplighter thrall would be obsolete.

Thank you all for all the kind comments and suggestions.

@Melekaiah, thank you. Will put all that into consideration. Still think it will be too much work for the users. Maybe I'll make another mod just for that. But everything will be on pause until next update. I have no HDD space left to install test live, among other things.

@ideapoet.
the day/night/both/none
none: works as original always off.
in combination with distance always off this coudl be used to turn off lights when someone is close, (say use in a dungeon area/trap/etc)
both: like always on, but since you seperate the distance toggle, you can have distance toggle light sources even in day, reason for this is, that day time during rain, storms, and especially on siptah can get really dark inside, forcing you to click always on during day, and switch back if you want the distance things working.
day / night is kind of similar. allows

the distance toggles, are so you can set auto on / off in smaller larger rooms, allowing you to fill / adapt to the size of the room. - more reasons but text heavy.

The Mod I needed, thank you! :)

@IdeaPoet It may have been a one time issue. I don't recall hearing it again after the first time. Then again perhaps I just became used to it and I don't notice it anymore. I'm going to log in now and take a look. I'll let you know if it still happens or if it was a one time issue. Thanks for responding to my question. :)

@johndraugr, I will look into it when I can. But what this mod does is just calling the activate function that runs will a player clicked on a light source. There should not be side effects unless it is intended. If can you specify the light source you are having the issue with, I could check if there is a special case.

@Melekaiah, thank you for the comments and suggestions. Whenever I want to add something to a mod, I like to weight on how useful the new features would be versus the added complexity it brings. Can you give me a use case for those multiple toggles?

Could we have an always on 20m above?

I absolutely love this mod because it allows us on the server to make seen our builds from afar with limited lights, and illuminte the inside without these massive performance hits!

that being said.
one button toggle distance 10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100
one button toggle time day/night/both/none ?

or perhaps a configureable window

This mod adds such a simple feature that seems like it can be so powerful

Is it normal to still hear the flickering torches even when they are off?

It was perfect! Perfect! Everything. Down to the last minute details.

thanks for the update. Works great, notifications are sending properly now.

@CogniVision, great catch! Thank you. Very good, detailed info on the bug that helps me tremendously.

The mod works great. There is one issue though I stumbled across testing with someone...

The notifications of light switches "Always On" - "Always Off" - "Auto" only show up for the first person to login to the server, and they see EVERYONE switching lights spammed to them. If the first person to login, later logs off, those notification rights get handed to the next person who was logged in.
If you get handed the notifications you, and only you, see all light changes being spammed to you, from any player of any clan that makes a change to their light.

No one else sees these notifications and how they're changing their own lights.

@Kelesh, sure it is possible. Auto-close for players, auto open for guild mates and owners. I don't know if it is really useful for players. I'll think on it.

@IdeaPoet automatic closing and opening of the doors or at 20m

@Kelesh, how you mean? A door for lights around 20m?

A similar thing is possible for opening and closing doors?

@Krappatzz, it works on single player, multi-player, and dedicated server. Everything this mod runs on is server-side. It could work for you, never hurts to try.

Does the addon also work when I use it on a multiplayer server alone?

A awesome mod works with alot of other mods of course:) Thank you and kudos again:)

@Thanks to all for the kind comments. @LoSser that made me laugh.
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