Where is everyone ?

[Louster]

So on an EAUK server just now. 20 people. The 2 second jerks between tank updates meant that if a tank was on the move, it was utterly impossible to hit. HO HUM!!!!!!

 

[lojik]

What connection are you on at the moment? and is this a problem you are having on ALL maps. I do get some warping myself (using nildram adsl) but mostly only on the really big maps like el Alemain.

 

[Louster]

Well if you get warping and you're on ADSL, that's pretty bad.
I'm only on single line ISDN. The previously mentioned 2 second update interval thing was on Battle of the Bulge.

 

[Louster]

Uh. As for all maps, I don't really know. I tend to avoid the bigger games nowadays because of this. But it's certainly happened on lots of them, as soon as the number of players goes above something like 16.

 

[Louster]

HEH. I just tried a 46 player EAUK server as an experiment in insanity, and it was. Grenades getting stuck in midair, bombs dropped by planes exploding while the plane was stalled 5 seconds' flying distance behind, and of course lots of inexplicable random deaths. Boyo. I don't see how all the people on there, a fair few of whom had a higher ping than I, tolerate it. Of course I couldn't ask them, as none of the messages ever arrived.

 

[wildie]

well

well its expected seeing i not seen a server with its rates capped yet, not even ea`s own it should be known by now the server cant handle the bw by the clients and process it all, to much incoming info and it borks barks and dies a horrid death.

has any server admin tried to cap the max rate for clients 10k is more than enough, but they say be we got a 3 zillion meg pipe, its the server cant handle its incomings, its a bug in the server nowt to with cpu or bw just cant handle the netcode, limit the bw to each in all and see if it makes a difrence, nowt to lose is there