Amazingly Lame Ping

Scottimus_PrimeScottimus_Prime Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15519Members
edited August 2004 in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">37,43,41,51,496,328,222,37</div> 37,43,41,51,496,328,222,37
oh yeah, that is what my pings look like over a given period on any server. I contacted my ISP and ran tracers for 20 minutes and didn't have any problems, they ran diagnostics on my modem and it was fine, even had a tech guy come out here and recap the tips of the cables after he checked them. Same stupid crap. Is there somehting i can do to fix this, some little patch floating around the forums i may have missed or something? because this is getting really old,, seeing a fade around the corner of the hive on Co_Faceoff, se him blink at me, then stop mid blink....the next thing i see i'm spectating someone else. Frigging lame.

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  • ApocalypsecowApocalypsecow Join Date: 2003-12-22 Member: 24648Members
    Could you tell us what your rate, cl_cmdrate, cl_updaterate and other settings are? What speed connection do you have?
  • Scottimus_PrimeScottimus_Prime Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15519Members
    Whatever the default stuff is, i don't really know how that stuff works, let me check....*checks*

    cl_cmdrate 30
    cl_updaterate 20

    I have a cable connection, and i pay the extra $5 a month for the double bandwidth:) 4.4mb down and 512 up. What other settings do you need?

    AMD Athlong XP 2400+ @ 2.013 ghz
    Epox 8rda3g w/nForce 2 Ultra 400 (4.27 driver)
    Kingston pc2700 HighPerformance DDr 512 with heatsink
    BFG Asylum GeForce FX 5900 128 mb set at 400/850 (61.77 driver)
    D-Link DFE-530TX+ Ethernet Card
    Directx 9.0c (was doing this to me on 9.0b also)

    anything else?
  • weggyweggy Join Date: 2003-06-04 Member: 16998Members
    Double check your connection settings in steam outside of NS. Ive had steam default back to 56k a few times, for whatever reason.
  • Scottimus_PrimeScottimus_Prime Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15519Members
    steaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam, you sly dog you. It did revert back to 56k for some homo-erotic reason. I'll go play for a bit, and see what's up. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> TO THE [FORD] SERVER BATMAN!
  • Ice9Ice9 Join Date: 2004-06-09 Member: 29208Members
    make sure you set your rate to 9999:
    <!--c1--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->rate 9999<!--c2--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
  • YumosisYumosis Join Date: 2003-01-12 Member: 12222Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin-Scottimus_Prime+Aug 14 2004, 08:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scottimus_Prime @ Aug 14 2004, 08:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Whatever the default stuff is, i don't really know how that stuff works, let me check....*checks*

    cl_cmdrate 30
    cl_updaterate  20

    I have a cable connection, and i pay the extra $5 a month for the double bandwidth:) 4.4mb down and 512 up.  What other settings do you need?

    AMD Athlong XP 2400+ @ 2.013 ghz
    Epox 8rda3g w/nForce 2 Ultra 400 (4.27 driver)
    Kingston pc2700 HighPerformance DDr 512 with heatsink
    BFG Asylum GeForce FX 5900 128 mb set at 400/850 (61.77 driver)
    D-Link DFE-530TX+ Ethernet Card
    Directx 9.0c  (was doing this to me on 9.0b also)

    anything else?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Your rates are really low for your connection speed, I'd recomend a cmdrate of 100 and and an updaterate of 30. Those are the highest possible rates with a default server config (max updaterate is set serverside with sv_maxupdaterate). They shouldn't lag you at all based on how much bandwidth you have, you can watch for choke and loss with net_graph 3. Choke is when theres too much data flow and its choking trying to send it all, dispite popular belief, choke is not client side only, it can be server sided. If it is server side, theres nothing you can do, find a new server to play on. Loss is when somewhere along your cable lines packets are being dropped for one reason or another, sometimes bad network cards can cause this, but its usually a break in your cable line. If this happens, try a new nic, then if it's not fixed, call your cable company and explain. Also check the "rate" command in console, setting it to the max (rate 20000, highest possible by default sv_maxrate) can help.
  • DragonBladeDragonBlade Join Date: 2004-05-26 Member: 28939Members
    rate 9999 too low for his speed it should be @ 25000
  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    No, it should be 20000.
    Anything above it just makes it more laggy.
  • tankefugltankefugl One Script To Rule Them All... Trondheim, Norway Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8641Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Hardly a topic for public beta discussion ... Tried tech support?
  • YumosisYumosis Join Date: 2003-01-12 Member: 12222Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin-Align+Aug 15 2004, 07:23 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Align @ Aug 15 2004, 07:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> No, it should be 20000.
    Anything above it just makes it more laggy. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Its not possible to use above 20000 with the default server config, the max rates are set server side, rate is set with sv_maxrate. It's the same with cl_updaterate, sv_maxupdaterate by default is 30, thus the highest you can use.
  • TrevelyanTrevelyan Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14834Members
    since he hasn't come back to whine about how our changes didn't work... I'll assume he is happily playing NS. Have fun! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Scottimus_PrimeScottimus_Prime Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15519Members
    i have come back to whine. but not about my pings, it's about you people arguing over something that only the true uber-nerd would care about, and yes setting my steam option back up to dsl 256 fixed it (the t1/1m would probably be too high, dunno how it really works).

    regardless of the nerdery, i greatly appreciate everyones timely response :-D (for the record i'm probably a nerd too) <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> thanks everyone
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