The 10/13 source update added multi-threading for linux.
Does gmod now support this? If it does then what about the lua code? I am guessing even if multi-threading is supported it wouldn't be a great performance enhancement because the lua would still be only on 1 core.
lua is single threaded as is most of the engine. All this means is parts of the engine are threaded, parts are not. The threaded parts will now utilise multiple threads.
[editline]14th October 2011[/editline]
This feature has already been in windows servers for ages, but now is also in linux
thanks. that is what I thought.
Now when you say parts of the ENGINE do you mean for other games? Like with counterstrike the multithreading is just BS and doesn't help? or do you mean it doesn't matter in gmod.
It won't make noticeable difference no.
GMod is single threaded because of the LUA implementation. We've had the possibility for multicore support for a while now.
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