ACC Server Hosting Question

Mimmit · Feb 18, 2020

I have been trying to setup a server on my PC. I think I have the port forwarding sorted but when I try and join my own server I get this error message:
"Server was running late for 1 step(s), not enough CPU power"
I have an HP Omen PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3201 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
GTX1070 Graphics card
15.89 GB Ram
Does this mean my PC isn't grunty enough?
I need to upgrade a few bits as I always play in VR but I would have thought that I could host a server...........any help would be great.
Cheers

Ricoow · Feb 18, 2020

Mimmit said:
I have been trying to setup a server on my PC. I think I have the port forwarding sorted but when I try and join my own server I get this error message:
"Server was running late for 1 step(s), not enough CPU power"
I have an HP Omen PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3201 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
GTX1070 Graphics card
15.89 GB Ram
Does this mean my PC isn't grunty enough?
I need to upgrade a few bits as I always play in VR but I would have thought that I could host a server...........any help would be great.
Cheers

How often does it happen, what else are you running on your pc

Mimmit · Feb 18, 2020

Hi Ricoow,
I see the server on the ACC server list and I have been trying to join it but the above is the error message. I would say nothing else is running on my PC when I was trying this. Not sure though. I can play online quite happily on other servers.
On the server list it doesn't show the ping if that helps. I live in NZ so it would be good to be able to host my own races.
Cheers

Hurri08 · May 26, 2020

Hi Mimmit,

I don't know if that problem still exists for you, but you can't join your own server until you activate something called "Hairpinning". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairpinning
Since I use a pfSense router, I don't know if there are any programs that can do that for you. You also need to turn off "LAN Discovery" on your server, so people outside your network can join.

I have the error message "Server was running late..." as well, but it still works great, even with >28 people on it. Doesn't seem like it's a message to worry about.

jacksonjackson · Jun 13, 2020

That error seems to be a bug that happens to everyone. It's nothing to worry about.

BravoViktor · Jan 11, 2021

Hey folks.
I just use this thread besauce of the same problem.
I rent a game server on zaphosting for acc with premium cpu (3.2 GHZ and 3,2 GB RAM). In every single race we all (i always race with 3-10 people) lost connection after 10-15 min. It doesn't matter if i set a sunny day at 12am or heavy rain at night or 1 people or 10 people on the server... The serverlog is full with "Server was running late for XXX step(s), not enough CPU power".
I have no idea what i do wrong. The support of zaphosting means that i should reduce the CPU usage but how? I've already try to race allone for 20min and nevertheless got a disconnect with the same "Server was running late for XXX step(s), not enough CPU power" errors in the serverlog.

Richard Dastardly · Jan 12, 2021

Try force setting the process CPU affinity to avoid using CPU 0.

BravoViktor · Jan 12, 2021

Hey Richard.
Thanks for your advice but i have no possibility to set anything direct on CPU. I just rent this server from ZapHosting. I'm only able to change the configs of ACC (event.json, configuration.json and so on...)

Richard Dastardly · Jan 13, 2021

I would think it's a different issue, unless the XXX steps is something in double or triple figures in which case I'd be complaining at their support people. Just being behind 1 or 2 steps in those messages seems benign and I suspect it's windows switching processes around which is causing them. On the VPS we run our servers on atm - 2 virtual cores - tying one server to CPU 1 removes the messages. Windows system stuff runs on CPU 0, so it's best to avoid using that for anything sensitive.