## Summary Removes the per-tick allocation in the movement throttle, fixes tick-count wrap-around bugs in the throttle and RTT probe state, and trims per-connection allocations and dead fields in `NetState`. ## Movement throttle - **No more per-tick `List<NetState>` snapshot.** `ProcessAllQueues()` iterates the `HashSet` directly and removes drained or disconnected states in place. `HashSet<T>.Remove` does not invalidate enumerators on .NET Core 3.0+ (verified on 10.0.11); only inserting a *new* member does, and the only `Add` is in the packet handler, which never nests with `Slice()`. The eager `Remove` calls in `RejectAndReset`, `ClearQueue`, and `ProcessMovementQueue` are gone; membership is reconciled once per tick from `_hasQueuedMovements`. - **Debug logging** is now gated solely by the per-connection `NetState.MovementLogging` flag. The global `movementThrottle.debugLogging` setting is removed. - **New settings**: `movementThrottle.maxRttBonus`, `movementThrottle.maxChainGap`, and `movementThrottle.speedHackNotificationCooldown` were fields with no config binding. ## Tick-count wrap-around All comparisons are now in subtraction form and no tick field uses zero as a sentinel: - `now < _nextMovementTime` in the queue drain loop → `now - _nextMovementTime < 0`. - `_lastMovementRecordTime > 0`, `_lastSpeedHackNotification`, `_rttProbeTime > 0`, and `_nextRttProbe == 0` sentinels replaced with `_hasMovementRecord`, `_speedHackNotified`, `_rttProbePending`, and a seeded `_nextRttProbe`. - `_lastQueueDepthCheck` and `_movementWindowStart` are seeded from `Core.TickCount` at construction and on reset instead of zero. User-visible effects of the old code: on hosts with pass-through counters (GCP) movement history never recorded and speed hack detection was silently off; on every host, staff speed hack notifications were suppressed until `Core.TickCount` exceeded the five-minute cooldown. ## NetState - `Instances` returns `HashSet<NetState>` again so engine-internal `foreach` uses the struct enumerator instead of boxing through `IReadOnlySet<T>`. - Removed `_sustainedQueueDepth` (declared and zeroed since #2266, never read), `_lastRtt` (now derived as `LastRtt` from the newest history slot), and `_rttProbeTimestampHiRes` (only fed one debug log line). 20 bytes per connection. - `HuePickers`, `Menus`, and `Trades` are lazily created instead of allocating three lists per connection, including every login-server connection that dies on shard select. `Trades` is released when it empties. All helpers and the `HuePickerResponse` / `MenuResponse` handlers are null-tolerant; the trade cancel loops keep their `i < Count` guards because `SecureTrade.Cancel()` runs virtual item hooks that can re-enter the same list. ## Testing - `dotnet build -c Release` clean. - All MovementThrottle tests pass (27), plus the Trade / Menu / HuePicker / NetState tests (32). |
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ModernUO

Ultima Online Server Emulator for the modern era!
Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
Required Frameworks
All Operating Systems
Windows
Hardware
| Use | vCPU | RAM | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development / test | 2 dedicated | 2 GB | SSD |
| Small live shard (< 50 concurrent) | 4 dedicated | 4 GB | NVMe |
| Medium (50–200) | 4–8 | 8 GB | NVMe |
| Large (200+) | 8+, high clock | 16 GB+ | NVMe |
See dev-docs/server-requirements.md for more information.
Development
Supported IDEs
Getting Started
- Install prerequisite requirements
- Clone this repository (or download the latest):
git clone https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO.git
- Open
ModernUO.slnto start developing
Building/Publishing
Interactive Mode (Recommended for new users)
Run ./publish.cmd (Windows) or ./publish.sh (Linux/macOS) with no arguments to launch the guided build tool. It will:
- Check prerequisites (.NET SDK, native libraries)
- Walk you through configuration and platform selection
- Build and publish the server to the
Distributiondirectory - Show deployment instructions for cross-compiled builds
Command Line
./publish.cmd [release|debug] [os] [arch]
os- Supported operating systemsarchx64- Intel/AMD 64-bitarm64- ARM 64-bit
Linux Prerequisites
Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky, etc
dnf upgrade --refresh -y
# RHEL-family distributions (CentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, Rocky, RHEL) need CRB and EPEL enabled.
# Fedora skips this block.
dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
dnf install -y epel-release
# Prerequisites
dnf install -y findutils libicu libdeflate libargon2 tzdata
Ubuntu, Debian, etc
apt-get update -y
# The ICU runtime package carries the ABI version in its name (libicu74, libicu76, …) and has no
# stable alias, so match it by pattern rather than pinning a release-specific name.
apt-get install -y '^libicu[0-9]+$' libdeflate0 libargon2-1 tzdata
Only the runtime libraries are needed — the -dev/-devel packages are not. Run
./build-tool --check-prereqs to check the current machine and print the exact packages your
release needs.
zstd is not listed because ZstdNet bundles libzstd for every platform, and liburing is not
listed because IORingGroup issues io_uring syscalls directly.
If the shard's configured time zone is a legacy alias such as US/Eastern, Debian 12 and Ubuntu
24.04 also need tzdata-legacy. See Platform Prerequisites
for what each dependency is for and what breaks without it.
OSX Requirements
brew install icu4c libdeflate argon2
Running the Server
- Follow the publish instructions
- The
Distributiondirectory is portable — copy it to your production server for deployment - Run
ModernUO.exeordotnet ModernUO.dllfrom theDistributiondirectory - On first run, the server will prompt you to configure game data file locations
Troubleshooting / FAQ
- See FAQ
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Thank you for supporting us! You can find out how by visiting the sponsors page.
Collaborators
Thanks
- RunUO Team & Community
- Voxpire, the ServUO Team & Community
- Karasho, Jaedan and the ClassicUO Community
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Teams & Roles
Approvers & Committers: Development Team