Lag I Know Is Not Supposed To Happen

c4t

<div class="IPBDescription">i lag when i see large groups...</div> ok, for some reason i lag really really bad when i see large groups of enemies. i havent played on marines once after 2.0 ( want to get good with kharaa) but when i enter a marine base ( with buildings and such, and soldiers) my ping suddenly goes up to like 300 or 400. i assume its my fps going way way down? but it seems like im getting less frames per second, like its not updating as much... i have cable and its really fast. comp is like 799 mhz... can somebody send me their config that doesnt get this problem? if i use yoru config and the problem is still there ill know its my computer. im positive its not my connection. so, replies on how to fix this woudl be appreciated.

finalhunter

Try raising your rate. Type rate 6000 or rate 9999 etc in the console. It could also be that the server you are playing on has rate management, which basically only allows a certain amount bandwidth do you. If this is the case, when you enter a full marine base etc, more info has to be sent to your computer thru a bottle neck which is a low rate, causing you to lag.

c4t

yeah. but, i asked people about it and they had said they didnt lag, and my rates at 9999

Thansal

net_graph 3

give us ALL the info from that


and FPS does NOT effect latency

VeNeM

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and FPS does NOT effect latency <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
but it sure as hell effects ping <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->

Soylent_green

FPS sure does effect latency. Lets say your running 20 fps, then it will take the graphics card a good 50ms to draw and for the screen to show it so thats 50 ms of extra latency before you get to see whats happening.

I don't think it causes much lag though(defined as periods of recieving no packets occuring at random intervalls leaving you with brief periods of 'unplayabillity')

Thansal

latency = LAG = Ping........

latency refers to network latency (ie how long it takes a paket to make its trip thus why it is measured in miliseconds, so 1K ping = 1 FULL second for a pkt to make a trip, not to spiffy)

so, if your fps is 1 your ping can still be 20

they are not related. The only way FPS can belinked to hardware is if your wiring is done improperly or if your modem has borked (hehe, 100 ft of spooled cat 5 in a basment will play hell with your connection <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)

VeNeM

lemme take a stab at this, whats your sys/connection specs thansal

Thansal

Raptor, are you high?

I am not asking for help any where in this thread