ET Lag Problem

(H0m3skill3t) #1

Hey everyone, ive been having this problem with ET for quite some time now, and i cant figure out how to fix it. My problem is that my ping spikes anywhere from 70-999, and it is continuous and does not stop. I have tried phoning my isp and asking them what was going on, and they said that it is not them. I feel that this is correct because i ping ventrilo and COD fine, the only problem i have is ET. I have reset my modem, restarted my computer, ran a virus check, turned off my computer, and none of these things have done anything. I just recently have reformatted, and cleared everything off both by C and D drives. Once i tried to play et again after i had finished this, the problem was still occuring. One hour ago i unplugged the battery from my computer, because i thought that maybe i had a blaster worm, and then reformatted. I tried to play ET after this, and the problem still occured. I am flat out of ideas and i need any suggestions that i can get. Here are some pictures of my lagometer if that helps.

Thanks for your help,
Homeskillet

(PH@TIE) #2

PC Specs?

Has it always done it, or is this something that only started recently?

ETpro, Vanilla ET and Shrub all the same?

Does it happen on a non-PB server?

(Sauron|EFG) #3

Type of connection?
Up/download bandwidth?
Current values of rate, cl_maxpackets cl_packetdup and snaps?
Does it happen on all servers?

Try running PingPlotter to an ET server and see if it looks the same as when running ET.

(DG) #4

not on pipex or something by any chance? :frowning:

mines being crappy in a less-regular but more extreme way:

it’s fine most of the time i’ll just get that maybe a dozen times in a 30min map.

(H0m3skill3t) #5

My computer specs are: Pentium 4 1.7 Ghz processor, 512 mb of ram, gforce4 video card(64 mb).
I have tried playing the game unpatched and patched, and the problem occurs on both situations.
It has just started recently, it all started when one night i was trying to hook up xbox live(yeah, doesnt really make much sense), and when i tried to play et later that night, i was spiking.
My connection is cable, and this problem happens on all servers.
cl_maxpackets:30, snaps:20, cl_packetdup:1
Im running a stock et config atm, so thats why all these values are set at default.

(Lt. Jones) #6

I believe this is something new with Punkbuster.
I also started getting lag spikes within the last few weeks. I changed pb_sleep setting to see if that would help, and sure enough-the interval of the spikes changed. And i’m also starting to get PB Init problems. I haven’t had any for a long time. I’m going to do some more checking around just to be sure.
Edit: two new pb versions were released on friday. Run pbweb and update your pb files.

(bacon) #7

Are you on a network with a router?
I’ve tried 3 different routers (stayed with each for a period of months) and I’ve noticed that some have lag spikes more often than others.
The one I’m using now is really bad, I can go 999 for a while, come back for a second then go 999 again :confused: