Allocations and reservations
Documentation for Allocations and reservations
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At the heart of Clanforge is a system that selects which servers should host a game session to allow the number of players to change dynamically and automatically. Clanforge makes this decision either by allocation or reservation. The allocation system performs best and affords the most benefits for games that incorporate a matchmaker, while the reservation system is more limited in functionality, working best for games that don't incorporate a matchmaker.
Allocations
An allocation is a request from a matchmaker to Clanforge to find the best possible game server for a game session. Clanforge uses the following factors to select the best game server following an allocation request:- Game server region
- Profile of the game server
- Hosting score of the machine that’s hosting the game server
- Server configuration of the game server