WARPING is ruining this game for me!!

zeep

Since the last few patches i experience warping in-game. I play as Skulk and Lerk a lot, moving fast. Many times during a match i end up facing a wall when i was going another direction completely. This never happened before and doesn't happen in any other fast moving game i play regularly. Like Tribes Ascend, Project Reality, PlanetSide 2 and Quake 3 Arena to name some.

Why this is happening in NS2 only is driving me crazy. Whats going on??

I only play on official servers and other low ping servers i've played on since for ever. Never on a playercount >20 server.

ISP: Cable internet. I'm not using wifi, just a cable connected router (D-link DIR-655) which gets turned off daily.
Ping -t to any ip or adress ranging from the Netherlands to UK ip's goes perfect <40ms max, no timeouts whatsoever.

Whats going on with NS2 that i'm warping so much?
And more important, what can i do to stop it??

GhoulofGSG9

First of all we have to see if this is a local issue or a server issue.

I ask you to first run r_stats in console and to watch your fps. If it drops while warping you have a local issue and we can help you to fix this.

If you don't have any fps drops while warping around, then run net_stats.

Watch server rate when you start warping around, it should always be around 30 min. 25. If it gets lower everyone will have lag spikes and the server is just unable to host such many player slots ( a common issue atm ). in this case you can't do anymore than avoiding these servers (even official servers have perf. issues ) and looking for a stabil server.

zeep

Thanks! I will try both now. I normally have FPS displayed and i'm pretty sure it doesn't drop but i'll double-check and post back.

*edit*
Just played a game on another UK server, non official. Probably the first warp-free game i played in a week. Server rate stayed around 30 and fps never dropped.
I'll post back when i get a bad game again.

DC_Darkling

well a few problems you already scapped. (But I will repeat anyway for folk with similar problems)

* Stay on 18 players or below. (you did)
* test on official servers (you did)
* test on 18 or lower non official servers. (I have good reason to ask this!)
* Test without ANY mod.

and the most important one!
* test ALWAYS with net_stats 1
- Check server tickrate. If its not 30 there is a problem. If it dips below 28 often there is a big problem. (especially try to glance topleft on any warping / spikes)
There is a VERY good chance the server(s) you play on die in late game. (Even official ones, in which case screenshots of the player roster in a new topic please!. It shows all info they need)

You wouldnt believe how many servers can tank rates.