CS:Source running slow with bots?

[yaskemail]

I didn't have any problem with CS:Source running my own game with bots until today. Once the bots joined the game, my screen and pace became really slow (latency >100). Without bots, it ran fine, and I didn't make any change in my computer. Anyone know why? Thanks!

 

[basnerd]

I heard that bots take/use a lot of latency in the game. Don't worry man, that happens to me all the time. But when I play with real people I barely get any lag, unless the game is updating itself automaticley.

 

[dys4iK]

Every single bot is using some of your CPU. The more bots you have, the more CPU they use--and they use quite a lot. When you play online, the other players aren't being controlled by your CPU, so they don't suck up all that much.

Try turning down the number of bots, and then you can increase it bit by bit until you find it unplayable again. You should be able to find a happy medium somewhere.

 

[yaskemail]

Another problem I am just start experiencing is the number of bots joined game is not the same as what I set. The server always started with max of 10 players even I set max player to be 20. Anyone know why?