I have difficulty understanding this server "tick rate" thingy. All I can find out it's something of Valves way of defining server/client refresh cycle. Because I plan to host a non valve game server, how does the 66 or 100 tick rate correspond to my game server requirements in bandwidth/CPU cycle terms?

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A higher tick rate basically means the server polls more often for data which results in supposedly better accuracy and responsiveness.

66 ticks as far as I know means they are polling 66 times a second.

Generally the increase in CPU and bandwidth is proportional to the tickrate increase. For example, a 100 tick rate server will consume about 33% more CPU and 33% more bandwidth.

In our experience, the difference between 66 and 100 tick is very minimal and to me at least, unnoticeable especially over internet play.

There's a huge difference between 33 and 66 however.

Taken from KINGJ.NET




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