I am getting unplayable network lag in all my games despite a good ping
PavelSokov
Join Date: 2013-03-01 Member: 183456Members
Join Date: 2013-03-01 Member: 183456Members
This is strange but in only Natural selection 2, I am having massive problems. It is impossible for me to join a game without network related stuttering. I can have a great ping of 45, but once I'm in the game, every 7-10 seconds the action stutters and rewinds a bit (network lag, not frames per second lag).
When I first bought it during Winter sale it worked perfectly and was really fun. I haven't touched it in a month or more (was busy, not the game's fault), but now it doesn't work.
I have a Thomson router and am using a wifi stick.
Chivalry works fantastically online, and borderlands 2 works ok as well. I must admit that when trying Black Ops 2 this previous weekend, I had massive ping and it was stuttering terribly (unplayable).
Help?
When I first bought it during Winter sale it worked perfectly and was really fun. I haven't touched it in a month or more (was busy, not the game's fault), but now it doesn't work.
I have a Thomson router and am using a wifi stick.
Chivalry works fantastically online, and borderlands 2 works ok as well. I must admit that when trying Black Ops 2 this previous weekend, I had massive ping and it was stuttering terribly (unplayable).
Help?
Comments
Have you tried it hard-wired?
I'm not sure what "hard-wired" means when referring to the router.
I would love to try a direct connection with a cable, but that is only possible when I bring my PC out to the living room and plug it into the TV, since that is where the router actually is. It would be an interesting test to see how it responds though. I do have to say that other Unreal Engine games (well they kinda of all are nowadays haha) work great on my wifi stick, especialy Chivalry. It used to have massive problems as well, but with recent patches somewhere down the line (I only play games about 6 hours a week at most so I may not touch a game for months) it became completely perfect in that regard.
Stardog,
But my ping is great and nobody else is lagging.
Most important point: I tried it with the new patch yesterday for 15 minutes. First of all every time I turn on the game the first time, the menu doesn't load my steam avatar into the picture box for it. When I join a game, it takes years (prechaching is snail slow), and ultimately fails. So I usually turn on the game, turn it off, and turn it back on. My avatar is there the second time around and now I can try and join games.
Yesterday's result:
All joining takes a long time, always has. First game I joined, but got a red plug in the waiting room even though the server showed great ping in the server list. I quit, tried another game. The server browser loads games pretty slowly. The second game worked! No stutter!
So the conclusion regarding the path is that at least on some servers I may be able to play with no problems. I don't know what to do about the red plug problem during the first server.
(Question about the game, when I run out of ammo, how can I buy more? I would always have to get a shotgun at the gun store, but don't know how to simply replenish ammo. I think there is an ammo request button, but the commanders have never headed my requests)
This is exactly what I meant by "hard-wired". Plug your computer directly into your router with a network cable and try it out.
I know there have been reports by others have issues that turned out to be a problem with their router even though other games worked fine.
http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/128509/unplayable-freezing-since-gorgeous-update