Redstone Lighting Updating

Hi, So, I have a server that has some players, but the players are building a lot of redstone clocks and such. I was wondering if there's a way to still update the redstone/redstone wire but not the lighting on it. I have noticed it drops my fps when I look at it. Here is an example of what I mean.

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Is there a way where possibly I can still update the redstone but not the lighting? Thanks

~YogurtSmudge

 

@YogurtSmudge It'll be really complicated and hard to do. It'll require using NMS, if not, modding the server code itself. You could also see if there is a client mod to help with this but that pretty much it.

 

@YogurtSmudge
If your problem is simply with FPS, you need to download a mod. If the problem is that the clocks are slowing your server, you will need to develop something to stop, slowdown or break the redstone clocks.

 

Spam torches around everywhere, that nullifies the problem

 

This actually quite a problem for bigger servers... Is there really no other way to disable this on the server, without changing the code?

 

@Ligachamp

The lighting updates are done client side. Unless you mean not changing the torch states at all, and rendering the torches useless, that is possible.

 

Uhm... AFAIR the server does some calculations on the lightning too, or at least saves some lighting informations. But I could be wrong too, so I would be happy if you could tell me what exactly gets handled by the server (except logic calculations)?

 

@timtower Can you put @YogurtSmudge 's picture in a spoiler please? (flashing lights)

 

No, it doesn't not only dayLightCalculatot get their ligjtlevel calculated

 

How do you mean that?

 

@Ligachamp I was in a hurry, I mesnt only daylightSensors get theit light level calculated

 

@mcdorli thx, now it's clear to me

Maybe it would be possible to create a plugin, which spams areas containing (large) redstone mechanics with torches/glowstone? That would prevent the lightning updates, as you mentioned before. But it would be hard to find an algorithm to cover the whole area, especially on compact circuits. :/

 

Just spam fake lightningsources around

 

Didn't know that is even possible

Can those also be placed on existing blocks (in this case redstone wires/torches)? I mean on the same x/y/z location of an existing block.

 

@Ligachamp

There was a plugin from the Author of ProtocolLib (forgot the name), which would create the same effect as DynamicLightning. Should be totally possible. I think there are some SkyLightSources you can use, too.

But apart from that, is it really needed, that the user will see the redstone update? If not could just cancel the outgoing block change packets (or is this done client side), and all the redstone contraptions work as usual, just darker/brighter?

 

This sounds quite intresting... Maybe I'll have a look at it, when I've got some spare time. If that plugin isn't up to date anymore, I could try to create something similar, as I could immagine there are loads of people looking for such a plugin. (including me)

You're right, it could also be enough to cancel the lightning events, if thats possible tough?

 

Code:

[SIZE=16px]Chunk chunk = ((CraftChunk)e.getPlayer().getLocation().getChunk()).getHandle();Location loc = e.getPlayer().getLocation();[/SIZE]
chunk.a(EnumSkyBlock.BLOCK,loc.getBlockX() & 0xF,loc.getBlockY(),loc.getBlockZ() & 0xF,15);

This sets the light intensity on the set block to 15, you need to update the chunk though

You could set the light around redstone to 0, so it doesn't get lit up

 

I think it's easier for me to set lightlevels to 0, since I'm not that experienced and that reduces the server load too (no update packages get even created?).

 

I don't get it... where is the method "a" declared? I understand the parameters, but can't find any reference to it.

Oh, so the light updates are just a part of the block updates?

 

Block updates this time meant as packets transferred from server to client But ok, I've got it now, thx

 

@Ligachamp
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