Interesting idea - I will try it out with a fresh map soon.

Update: did some further testing and my server CPU usage supports randomic's findings.

V. little CPU usage on startup, then 10% CPU usage with one player connected and then jumping to full CPU usage when there are no players.

Attached is my CPU usage graph with some pointers.

EDIT: Also forgot to ...

Experiencing similar issues - (only running 0.14.0 right now) - my AWS server constantly hits the CPU usage cap (of 10%) even when no players are online - however the server has been running constantly with no other problems.

Hi there,

I suggested to my friend your method of deleting mp-download.zip - still getting hands and dropouts when I try to join after mp-download.zip has been deleted from everybody's temp folder.

I get this error whenever I load or start a new sandbox/campaign game:
__scarynights__/control.lua:41: attempt to index global 'game' (a nil value)
However I am running with a bunch of other mods (also I'm running 0.12.24) so I will look for conflicts.
EDIT: I still get the same error when only ...