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    Alright, I am helping my buddy host a server, and he is using Aternos to host it, most likely because it is free, but its also fucking horrible. Without the option to pay, that really limits what you can do on the servers. We are hosting a server on the AVP modpack, but the server is laggy as fuck. This is mostly due to the weather mod in it, and I tried to setup a command block constantly running that clears the weather so we dont have to worry about it, but that lags the server too! Your servers for hosting are a joke, if you are gonna force people to NOT pay for a damn server then they should atleast be decent and able to hold more than 0 people without lagging. And whats up with the shit about not being able to edit mod configs? Or the modpacks themselves? The hosters that provide free servers are cool, but not when they force you to fucking choose from a certain list of mods/modpacks/plugins, now that's just BS. We want to run our server without lag, we want to add/remove custom mods and plugins, and especially fucking edit the mod configs. The little "promise" you have on your home page says the servers are fully customizable so its OUR game, thats a big ass lie, and you give us so little ram its sad. There are literately 2-3 of us on at a time, and thats it. All I am saying is that we want a fully customizable server, with enough RAM to actually support the modpacks you fucking give us and the players on it, there is absolutely no logical reason why we cant edit the modpack, the mods, the plugins, the config files, etcetera, to our hearts content. And you say you stopped us from using the server.properties thing for "Security Reasons"... like fucking hell you did, what kind of "Security" leaks are in there? I have seen a server.properties file before, why not just allow us to use FTP connections or other things to edit our servers to our hearts content, or allow the option for custom RAM, because the RAM you give us is shit, literately only TWO people play at a time, and we see each other jumpin around (Rubberbanding), our chat messages have a bit of a delay before they are actually sent, and the game has random TPS drops to where you have to wait like half a minute before it goes back to its previous state, which isnt even really that good.

    • Official Post

    There is a good reason for every restriction.
    Most of them were already mentioned here in the forums and explained in detail from us why we have them.


    The RAM for your server depends on the software you use. We need to find a good middle way between "no waste of resources" and "good gaming experience".
    Mostly lags are caused by the client because of the gpu, especially at modpacks or shader stuff.
    If we get many reports that a specific software/modpack etc. is lagging we'll of course check it and adjust the settings.


    Don't forget that we are a free hoster. We try to give you the best experience with the capabilites of a free of charge model.
    Some stuff is just not doable for free.


    If you need full customization, go to a paid hosting.

    Quote from ArchTyler

    Alright, I am helping my buddy host a server, and he is using Aternos to host it, most likely because it is free, but its also fucking horrible. Without the option to pay, that really limits what you can do on the servers. We are hosting a server on the AVP modpack, but the server is laggy as fuck. This is mostly due to the weather mod in it, and I tried to setup a command block constantly running that clears the weather so we dont have to worry about it, but that lags the server too! Your servers for hosting are a joke, if you are gonna force people to NOT pay for a damn server then they should atleast be decent and able to hold more than 0 people without lagging. And whats up with the shit about not being able to edit mod configs? Or the modpacks themselves? The hosters that provide free servers are cool, but not when they force you to fucking choose from a certain list of mods/modpacks/plugins, now that's just BS. We want to run our server without lag, we want to add/remove custom mods and plugins, and especially fucking edit the mod configs. The little "promise" you have on your home page says the servers are fully customizable so its OUR game, thats a big ass lie, and you give us so little ram its sad. There are literately 2-3 of us on at a time, and thats it. All I am saying is that we want a fully customizable server, with enough RAM to actually support the modpacks you fucking give us and the players on it, there is absolutely no logical reason why we cant edit the modpack, the mods, the plugins, the config files, etcetera, to our hearts content. And you say you stopped us from using the server.properties thing for "Security Reasons"... like fucking hell you did, what kind of "Security" leaks are in there? I have seen a server.properties file before, why not just allow us to use FTP connections or other things to edit our servers to our hearts content, or allow the option for custom RAM, because the RAM you give us is shit, literately only TWO people play at a time, and we see each other jumpin around (Rubberbanding), our chat messages have a bit of a delay before they are actually sent, and the game has random TPS drops to where you have to wait like half a minute before it goes back to its previous state, which isnt even really that good.

    most of this stuff your saying, either you are doing it wrong or its just simply not possible... keep in mind aternos is free... they don't host the server with a super computer, they do not have infinite ram.


    and also I don't have that good of a computer, most of the problems you listed I have to deal with every day no matter what server I am on!
    so deal with it, and use constructive criticism instead of toxic hate towards all aternos staff.

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