Critical Internet Connection Loss
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Join Date: 2012-03-31 Member: 149708Members
Join Date: 2012-03-31 Member: 149708Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Disconnections and General Internet Loss During NS2 Online games.</div>I have been trying to join a number of different servers online but I keep running into the same issue with my game client.
What will happen is that I join a server and after a few seconds ( most of the time ) or a few minutes of gameplay, everything on screen will start to move very slowly and then finnaly come to a complete halt. When the crash occurs I lose Internet Connection on my PC only ( Not the network) for about a minute. I am not on a Wireless and my router is brand new. Ive tried shutting down my anti-virus in this situation also and adding all the NS2 ports but The problem still occurs. Also I do not have any issues like this with ANY other steam games, or internet games in general.
I Have also re-installed the game client 3 times and tried a number of different solutions to similar problems for steam games online and made sure all my drivers are updated but It only happens with NS2 on Game Servers.
So I need to know. Is anyone else having this issue with their game client?
What will happen is that I join a server and after a few seconds ( most of the time ) or a few minutes of gameplay, everything on screen will start to move very slowly and then finnaly come to a complete halt. When the crash occurs I lose Internet Connection on my PC only ( Not the network) for about a minute. I am not on a Wireless and my router is brand new. Ive tried shutting down my anti-virus in this situation also and adding all the NS2 ports but The problem still occurs. Also I do not have any issues like this with ANY other steam games, or internet games in general.
I Have also re-installed the game client 3 times and tried a number of different solutions to similar problems for steam games online and made sure all my drivers are updated but It only happens with NS2 on Game Servers.
So I need to know. Is anyone else having this issue with their game client?
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seems like the client-side tick rate is dropping below some critical value? don't know what the root cause is, really.
bring up a cmd prompt and type:
ping 8.8.8.8 -t
and whatever the other IP is.
I've noticed that it generally won't happen if I stay in the readyroom, or at least takes longer to occur. I don't know if its just in my head but it seems like I'll lose connection quite quickly after typing a chat message in the RR.
If I join a team I'll generally have about 10 seconds before connection loss.
If I type retry in console then I will not be able to reconnect to the same server-- it seems to stick on the authentication bit of the loading screen (this is the same every time). I can easily connect to a different server straight away and the same disconnection issue will happen there. I've found that I can now reconnect to the original server with no problems and it will usually play OK (except I have 0 starting res :( ).
I've noticed that it generally won't happen if I stay in the readyroom, or at least takes longer to occur. I don't know if its just in my head but it seems like I'll lose connection quite quickly after typing a chat message in the RR.
If I join a team I'll generally have about 10 seconds before connection loss.
If I type retry in console then I will not be able to reconnect to the same server-- it seems to stick on the authentication bit of the loading screen (this is the same every time). I can easily connect to a different server straight away and the same disconnection issue will happen there. I've found that I can now reconnect to the original server with no problems and it will usually play OK (except I have 0 starting res :( ).<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
sounds like the same thing I've got; if you type net_stats in the console, do your connection losses look like the issue i described <a href="https://getsatisfaction.com/unknownworlds/topics/game_freeze_stall_after_1_minute_then_must_reconnect" target="_blank">here</a>?
It looks like this, and stays like this for 20-30 seconds, sometimes a minute, and then I can play again with fine FPS:
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/5aR7E.png" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/5aR7E.png</a>
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/Kll6n.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/Kll6n.jpg</a>
It looks like this, and stays like this for 20-30 seconds, sometimes a minute, and then I can play again with fine FPS:
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/5aR7E.png" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/5aR7E.png</a>
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/Kll6n.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/Kll6n.jpg</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How did you get that crosshair in the last picture?
I just think its a server problem. Type net_stats in the console and check the server rate. >20 is ok, below 10 you will get such things. Same for the choke, if it is ar constant 100% same happens.
<!--quoteo(post=1923092:date=Apr 8 2012, 11:59 AM:name=Floodinator)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Floodinator @ Apr 8 2012, 11:59 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1923092"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->How did you get that crosshair in the last picture?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=114356" target="_blank">crosshair thread</a>
It looks like this, and stays like this for 20-30 seconds, sometimes a minute, and then I can play again with fine FPS:
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/5aR7E.png" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/5aR7E.png</a>
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/Kll6n.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/Kll6n.jpg</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
worked with him on the side, and updated ATI drivers fixed it <b>so far.</b>
(there was a known issue with ATI drivers and ns2)
i recommend same to OP to try at least.