[GlaD-slackin]

hey, so I have a shitty computer and need to borrow some cpu time, I figure its a major pain in da you know what to ask you to compile my map every time i need it, so I was wonder if anyone would maybe gimme a user account with ftp and ssh with access to q3map2? If you can help, hit me up, you know who I am! (EMAIL: slackin@att.blackberry.com) (IM yahoo/aim: slackin35 msn: slackin@live.com)

NOTE: only smokin computers(dual/quad core x64 machines basicly) with linux need respond.

[Rambetter]

Hey dude.  I may be able to hook you up if nobody else can, but this would be a workstation at home (meaning not in a data center).  Also I'd have to leave it on 24/7 I guess, which isn't too much of a problem.  So, if someone gave you access to a server machine that would be more convenient.  I have a quad-core Xeon 2.7GHz machine with 8 gigs of RAM running Debian Lenny amd64.  Another problem is that I had NVIDIA driver stability issues until recently, so I may have to reboot the machine from time to time if the issues have not yet been sorted out (trying the latest beta drivers from NVIDIA now).

Why do you need such a beefy machine to compile a map?  Only Icy Jumps needs that, no other map should. 

What kind of compile settings do you have?  How much RAM will your process take?  Will it be running on all 4 cores for the lighting stage?  (The other stages, BSP and VIS, aren't able to use more than one core as far as I know).  How many hours will your compile take each time?

[GlaD-slackin]

well its not that i need a machine THAT bad ass(nice machine bro!) my machine is just old n crappy n slow as all heck, this map isnt taking too long to compile yet, but its still a minute, and as it gets bigger its gonna start to be a pain, cause i havent even started to add much detail yet. like so far, got teh buildings, but no lighting anywhere, just using ambient and lightmap stage goes nice n quick. its the vis but i think i found where a problem might be with that.....  idk, I'll let you know if this gets worse, as it is right now, i can deal with it, but if it starts taking much longer, jesus!

[O.O|Rinsmaster]

That's not very bad... I'm used to 5+ minute test(!) compiles, just use the time to do something else
_{*cough* http://xkcd.com/303/ *cough*}

[GlaD-slackin]

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That's not very bad... I'm used to 5+ minute test(!) compiles, just use the time to do something else
_{*cough* http://xkcd.com/303/ *cough*}

when i say a "minute" i mean like 60-180minutes

[O.O|Rinsmaster]

Ahh, yea that's quite bad :/

[GlaD-slackin]

i loved that little cartoon you posted

[rfx]

Have you considered using Amazon EC2 cloud? List of instance type prices is here: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#pricing .

I don't think you will benefit much from multi-core machines unless q3map2 is targeted at it (which I doubt, I'ld like to be corrected though!).

You can just grab a small existing image like Debian, install your binary, create your own new image and upload it to S3.

I've been using those services on demand at work and in private and never have been disappointed. Granted, the initial learning curve can be steep, but meanwhile there are plentyof  Google results out there to get started.

I almost starting working on an automated build and deploy/start server system. Just didn't saw the real value in the end

YMMV

[GlaD-slackin]

you know, I'm not positive, but that looks REALLY fucking cheap, I mean for what I would be doing it would only take minutes, possibly seconds on a machine like that. and at a dime n hour, shiznit, I might check in to that further.

[6th|illogical]

I have a quad Xeon 3.GHz with 6GB RAM.  I can make you an account and you can install what you need in the home directory.