Handling 1000's of players using one server exe

[ggs]

The only problem remaining is getting players to walk quickly... It's taking 250ms to move one map node,

Each map node should have a double ]lots[/b] of stuff on it, you'll need a fast way to find stuff on the node.

I wonder if TList are slow to use?

For this? Yes. While adds are O(1), removals are O(N) operations.

It would help if you posted more info on this.