When running in -nographics mode, what does the Monobehaviour Update event use as a tick to run? Does it just tick as fast as possible, or is it limited somewhere, and if so, can this limit be set?
I would assume Application.targetFrameRate would still apply, but I’d never thought about that before… If I were you, I’d make a quick application and maybe write the frame rate to a file or something. Change that Application.targetFrameRate static variable and see if it changes anything, that is if you can’t get a quick answer from the community first.
Thanks for that. Not come across targetFrameRate before. I’ll run some tests 
No problem. Going to be messing with -nographics mode myself soon for a project so I’m sure I’ll be going through dozens of similar questions myself 
I’ve got my lobby server running headless without any problems. Solid as a rock running for over a month, with no memory leaks (so far, and not under heavy load).
Now I’m sorting the AI for NPCs/MOBs, and am using Update() for movement, as my FixedUpdate is set to tick at 200ms. I just didn’t want Update() running away at zillions of fps pointlessly. If I can peg it back to 50fps that would be great.
Having run a few tests, yes, it can be pegged back to 50fps. It’s not any guarantee of frame rate, but on average it’s around 50 fps without going silly higher.
Thanks for the ideas, it’s been a real help
Awesome, glad it helped!