Lag spikes
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Lag spikes
I keep getting lag spikes, about one every two minutes. They pass quickly, lasting only about 2-5 seconds. My ping is normally about 65, but jumps to the 400's when spiking. I have tried reinstalling the game to no effect. I get them regardless of patch or mod, though not on any game but ET. I also get them regardless of what is running in the background; closing programs, firewalls, anti-viruses, and such doesn't help. If anyone has experienced this, knows how to fix it, or has any speculation as to the problem and how to fix it, I would greatly appreciate it.
My computer:
AMD Athelon XP 3200+ 400 FSB
ASUS 400 FSB motherboard
1 GB Kingston PC333 Ram
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Soundblaster Audigy
Windows XP Pro
Cable internet (Cox Communications)
My computer:
AMD Athelon XP 3200+ 400 FSB
ASUS 400 FSB motherboard
1 GB Kingston PC333 Ram
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Soundblaster Audigy
Windows XP Pro
Cable internet (Cox Communications)
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I had that too ... its because server has set "pb_sv_autoss 1"
if it's set to 0, then u wont get those lag spikes :}
if it's set to 0, then u wont get those lag spikes :}
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no you get kick right awaydefragga wrote:I had that too ... its because server has set "pb_sv_autoss 1"
if it's set to 0, then u wont get those lag spikes :}
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That didn't help, the spikes are still there and just as frequent. After further testing I've found that the lag spikes occure on all servers, but are worse on others.
I'm fairly sure it's not my internet connection, because this is the only game I have this problem on. It's also not my video card or anything else I can think of in my computer, because I have tryed various things to lessen the resourses it uses from my vidio card, sound card, processor, and ram, all are fully capable of handling the game. Turning off firewalls, virus scanners, and other programs doesn't help either.
I'm fairly sure it's not my internet connection, because this is the only game I have this problem on. It's also not my video card or anything else I can think of in my computer, because I have tryed various things to lessen the resourses it uses from my vidio card, sound card, processor, and ram, all are fully capable of handling the game. Turning off firewalls, virus scanners, and other programs doesn't help either.
Re: Lag spikes
While it no doubt varies by region, I know a number of my clanmates have had horrible experiences with Cox. Have you played other games long enough to be completely sure it doesn't happen with them as well ?PhredBean wrote: Cable internet (Cox Communications)
Can you post a screenshot of what the lagometer looks like when it spikes ?
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We had some people complaining about lag on our servers. One reinstalled and the problem vanished. Some others did the same, and their problem disappeared too. Maybe just wrong network settings (is my guess)?PhredBean wrote:That didn't help, the spikes are still there and just as frequent. After further testing I've found that the lag spikes occure on all servers, but are worse on others.
I'm fairly sure it's not my internet connection, because this is the only game I have this problem on. It's also not my video card or anything else I can think of in my computer, because I have tryed various things to lessen the resourses it uses from my vidio card, sound card, processor, and ram, all are fully capable of handling the game. Turning off firewalls, virus scanners, and other programs doesn't help either.
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I get this exact same problem. My hunk megs is set to 256 and my Proccessor is a P4 3.0 Ghz. I'm convinced this is NOT my internet OR PBSS due to the fact my old PC (which had worse specs) did NOT have this problem. I'll try re-install. If this doesn't help I'm at a loss of what to do, this has cos my clan about 2 games as I'm an engy and it slows my run to Dyno etc.
I suggest you test the stability of your wireless connection. Find the hop after it using tracert (it whould be in the first 1 or 2), and then ping it withVladX wrote:I should also mention i now use a wireless LAN. This MAY be it. Its only 5m from the router though.
ping -n 100 -l 1000 www.xxx.yyy.zzz
-n 100 means send 100 packets, for a reasonable sample size. -l 1000 means use 1000 byte packets. These are more likely to show up problems compared to small ones. You shouldn't do anything else on your connection while you are doing this.
If there is packet loss, or large variation in ping times, then your wireless connection is not behaving correctly. If the wireless checks out OK, you can move to the next hop. Note that all connections do drop packets from time to time, but 1 in 100 would be excessive. Some ping variation is to be expected as well.
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k. i dunno what the tracert thing is tbh.
I was thinking about what was said about re-installing. I deleted it and re-installed (didn't re-download though) and i continvued to get the problem. Now I'm thinking it may be something in my autoconfig as the people who re-installed would have their configs reset from scratch while i have not done this. I use this config
Can anyone see whats wrong? btw this is a screenshot of the lag spike in progress
http://www.weezerforum.com/forums/index ... ge&img=232[/url]
I was thinking about what was said about re-installing. I deleted it and re-installed (didn't re-download though) and i continvued to get the problem. Now I'm thinking it may be something in my autoconfig as the people who re-installed would have their configs reset from scratch while i have not done this. I use this config
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// ***********************************************
// **Clan Base/TWL/Savage Rules and general stuff
// ***********************************************
name "^3The ^1Red ^0Baron"
bind "K" vstr namereal0
set namereal0 "name ^7V^2l^7a^2d^7X;bind K vstr namereal1"
set namereal1 "name ^6Bambi;bind K vstr namereal2"
set namereal2 "name ^0:T3K:^1R^9obo^1C^9op;bind K vstr namereal3"
set namereal3 "name ^3The^1Red^0Baron;bind K vstr namereal0"
seta r_ati_fsaa_samples 0
seta r_ati_truform_tess 0
seta r_uifullscreen 0
seta logfile 2
set cl_allowDownload "2"
set cl_mouseAccel "0"
seta cg_gibs "1"
seta cg_lagometer "1"
seta cg_useScreenshotJPEG "1"
bind i vstr law
set law "say ^1I AM THE LAW"
bind f vstr scum
ser scum "say ^1DROP IT, SCUMBAG"
bind a vstr prime
set prime "say ^1PRIME DIRECTIVE: KICK ASS"
bind p vstr sec
set sec "say ^1SECONDARY DIRECTIVE: TAKE NAMES"
bind o vstr do
set do "say ^1DO IT"
bind q vstr comp
set comp "say ^1YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO COMPLY"
bind w vstr gg
set gg "say ^1HAVE A GOOD GAME CITIZEIN"
//********************************************
//**Fireteam script - toggles buddy team icons
//********************************************
set showteam "selectbuddy -2; set nextteamtoggle vstr hideteam; echo Team Highlighted!!!"
set hideteam "selectbuddy -1; set nextteamtoggle vstr showteam; echo Team icons hidden!!!"
set nextteamtoggle "vstr showteam"
bind s "vstr nextteamtoggle"
// *************************************
// **Cvar Settings
// *************************************
seta cg_atmosphericEffects "0"
seta cg_bobpitch "0"
seta cg_bobroll "0"
seta cg_bobup "0"
seta cg_bobyaw "0"
seta cg_bloodTime "50"
seta cg_brassTime "1000"
seta cg_complaintPopUp "1"
seta cg_coronafardist "1536"
seta cg_crosshairPulse "1"
seta cg_drawGun "0"
seta cg_gibs "1"
seta cg_marktime "10000"
seta cg_popupLimboMenu "0"
seta cg_showblood "1"
seta cg_wolfparticles "1"
seta cl_allowDownload "0"
seta cl_packetdup "2"
seta com_hunkMegs "256"
seta com_soundMegs "24"
seta com_zoneMegs "16"
seta com_maxfps "76"
seta cl_maxpackets "30"
seta m_filter "1"
seta r_colorbits "32"
seta r_depthbits "16"
seta r_detailtextures "0"
seta r_dynamiclight "0"
seta r_fastsky "1"
seta r_gamma "2"
seta r_intensity "1.5"
seta r_lodbias "1"
seta r_mapOverBrightBits "2"
seta r_mode "6"
seta r_picmip "2"
seta r_swapInterval "0"
seta r_texturebits "32"
seta rate "7000"
seta cl_wwwDownload "1"
seta snaps "40"
http://www.weezerforum.com/forums/index ... ge&img=232[/url]
tracert www.google.com will give you something like this (ips have been changed to protect the innocent):VladX wrote:k. i dunno what the tracert thing is tbh.
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Tracing route to www.google.akadns.net [216.239.57.103]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 1.2.3.4
2 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 5.6.7.8
3 20 ms 30 ms 30 ms 9.10.11.12
4 20 ms 30 ms 30 ms 13.14.15.16
..
Remember that the ping will show you packets lost anywhere along the route, so you should test from the nearest hop outward.
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