Bad Ping when running Natural Selection 2 (SOLVED!)
AlexFili
Join Date: 2012-11-10 Member: 169039Members
Edit: Managed to fix it, thanks for all your help!
I recently reinstalled Natural Selection 2 on an SSD drive. While other online games seem fine, Natural Selection 2 continually gives me bad ping and frequently I am unable to find any games in the server browser. This never happened to me before and in terms of the computer itself and my router, nothing has changed. I would appreciate if anyone has any advice. I tried reinstalling, verifying the cache and disabling all the mods but nothing so far has helped.
Computer information:
Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit (latest updates installed)
Intel Core i5-4430 3Ghz (4CPUs)
8192MB RAM
Direct X 11
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 (1GB)
120GB SSD + 1TB HDD
Router: BT Hub 5
Internet speed: 10-12Meg
I recently reinstalled Natural Selection 2 on an SSD drive. While other online games seem fine, Natural Selection 2 continually gives me bad ping and frequently I am unable to find any games in the server browser. This never happened to me before and in terms of the computer itself and my router, nothing has changed. I would appreciate if anyone has any advice. I tried reinstalling, verifying the cache and disabling all the mods but nothing so far has helped.
Computer information:
Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit (latest updates installed)
Intel Core i5-4430 3Ghz (4CPUs)
8192MB RAM
Direct X 11
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 (1GB)
120GB SSD + 1TB HDD
Router: BT Hub 5
Internet speed: 10-12Meg
Comments
Are you connected wired or wireless?
Can you go to http://www.speedtest.net/ and share your results for us please
Speed test results: 42ms ping, 11.91 Mbps download, 18.10Mbps upload
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Ok do you have the same in fullscreen because your picture shows windowed mode, and ping go nuts if you are not focussed in the game window. (I suspect because it often idles the process then.)
Obviously doing the ns2 nuke guide & checking both steamcache integrity and windows integrity shall not hurt either. (windows is by command prompt sfc scans.)
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833
Your logs have no other indications I noticed.
The only possible change between then and now is that my network card is in a different slot but I'm not quite sure why this would cause so much lag. Beyond that I could try moving my router... I'll report back if I have any more info. Thanks for all the tips everyone.
Edit: The problem is now resolved. Turns out the antennae on my wireless adaptor weren't in the right position. As soon as I adjusted them I was able to get a perfect signal. Once again many thanks for all your help guys!
I use them at my home, kills the need for cables and more reliable than wireless, it works by sending your internet signal through your power sockets in your home, this works best if it's all on one circuit.
Connect your router to one power adapter then connect one power adapter to your computer, then all you do is "pair" the devices then voila, instant internet connection!
Just make sure you live on a stable power grid or not prone to power surges and you should be fine lol