How I (stress) test my MMO server

ure the server is capable of serving thousands of concurrent connections.

And wouldn't it be great to have an app that let's us connect clients, have them do stuff, see the bandiwdth usage and so on?

So I set forth and did make an app, by reusing a console app I had previously done to stress test the server. I add an interface to it, some more capabilities and also bandwidth statistics, and the result is great. Even though it's at a very early stage, this app is already a great tool to test my server.

In the near future, I want it to be able to mimic common behaviours, such as login and logout on a larger scale, engaging in combat, quests and so on.

Here is a video of the tool in action.

Let me know your thoughts.