In-game lag

(RiZla) #1

For long now i’ve been having trouble playing ET without frustration.
Ofcourse my lack of skill is largely responsible for that but i experience tremendous lag to boot.

If i walk on parts of the map that are empty (no teammates/ enemies) all is fine. As soon as i am to come within sight of other players (notably enemies) i get sudden lagbursts. My ping goes up into the hundereds click, then gradually decays or I get onnectionInterrupted for 2 to 3 seconds click.

My config is
-snaps 40
-maxpackets 100
-rate 25000

Im on ADSL 8mbit/1mbit (so bandwith shouldnt be a problem) and close to the ADSLcentral, i ping <20 to the servers i play on.

Has anyone seen this problem before and knows what to do? or which settings to check?
Any help will be much aprreciated.

(pgh) #2

What about network settings or such? Connection sharing? etc

I suffer this exact same problem in most games cos of my Wireless stuff…

(RiZla) #3

The computer is a network server for my house; not wireless tho, just UTP cables going from my 2nd networkadapter into the hub
Their bandwithconsumption is not a factor either, it consequently happens when enemies are near be it at 4 in the morning with the network disabled.

(meLonF) #4

Do you get this is just ET or does it effect all of the online games you play?

(RiZla) #5

good question i wouldnt know the answer to: i play ET only

-edit-i will download and install some multiplayer demo game to see

(TFate) #6

I find that a nice refreshing disk defragmentation helps lag exponentially.