Enemy Territory Lag...

(Gimpsta) #1

You need to establish whether the problem happens only when you play ET or all the time.
If you are using windows XP:

  1. Reboot computer and don’t start ET
  2. Click on Start button and then Run
  3. Type “perfmon” (without quotes) and hit return

Do you see CPU spikes (more than 20%) at regular intervals ?
If yes, does this happen when running in Safe mode … if no then you must be loading something that causes this … use ‘msconfig’ to examine what stuff loads at startup.

Failing this … have you tried a reinstall ? (don’t forget to save any custom cfg files 1st tho)

Regards,

Gimpsta

(Buttercup) #2

run virus/adware/spyware check

many online/free versions exist, www.google.com is your friend…

(pgh) #3

Average best netsettings:

cl_maxpackets 60 or 100
rate 15000 (limited to this on most servers, if not 10000 by some uk teams :|)
snaps 40
(BondyBoy007) #4

sounds like it could be XP’s disk indexing service, right click on any HD’s you have and maye sure the “allows windows to index files . . . etc” check box is unchecked.

in work atm so can check exact wording but it’s similar

(ouroboro) #5

changing snaps does nothing. it’s a myth, like santa clause.

and i quote Rain: “It doesn’t really make any difference if sv_fps is 20. ETPro forces sv_fps to 20 because of gamecode bugs.”

since most servers now run etpro, and most of those that don’t run etpro have sv_fps 20 anyway becuase it’s the default setting, altering your snaps setting would only have an effect on servers which have been broken (read: which have had sv_fps changed) by their uneducated admins.

people simply set snaps to 40 because 40 is bigger than 20 so it must be better :rolleyes:

(SCDS_reyalP) #6

and setting you maxpackets higher than your connection can handle will make you lag.