Server lag thread

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Server lag thread

Post by iZumo » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 10:29 am

Allright, I want to have a better overview of lag complaints. Describe the lag and write where are you from.
Example: Izumo_CZ - Czech - can't tell much about the lags myself due to WiFi connection

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Re: Server lag thread

Post by iRobot » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 10:34 am

The almighty iRobot - England - Packetloss spikes, varying from 5-200. Every couple of minutes.

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Post by Butcher » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 11:18 am

I am in Germany, and have packet loss and lags specially when the server is full. I posted here before
http://www.ldg-gaming.eu/viewtopic.php? ... 3&start=20
iRobot wrote:The almighty iRobot - England - Packetloss spikes, varying from 5-200. Every couple of minutes.
.= This is surprising, you have packet loss and triple the score of any player with this situation? Contrary to iRobot, most players reduce their score when they have lag....
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Re: Server lag thread

Post by iRobot » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 11:31 am

Packetloss isn't lag. Lag is ping delay.

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Re: Server lag thread

Post by Skaldy » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 12:05 pm

It's packet loss that is the most serious problem, but is also the one thing that should not be happening at all when paying good money for hosting. From the UK I get little bits of P/L, 1-2ms, a few times every minute. Sometimes we go through periods of everyone getting 10-50ms spikes, a few times every minute.

* It seems worse between 5pm and 9pm GMT.
* It seems worse when the BW server is full.
* It seems worse when the other LDG servers are full (?)
* It seems worse during firefights with other players.
* It seems worse at the exact moment when the match ends.

Other issues:
* Ping is very high at the start of a match (not a round) and slowly falls to normal level.
* Constant high ping - usually the fault of the the client's hardware/location/ISP ?
* Jitter (ping variation) - usually traffic issues between ISPs ?

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Re: Server lag thread

Post by iZumo » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 12:10 pm

Skaldy wrote:* Ping is very high at the start of a match (not a round) and slowly falls to normal level.
This is fault of UT2004.

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Re: Server lag thread

Post by Socio » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 12:50 pm

Poland here.
And I noticed that the AS/RACE server gets lag spikes pretty much always when a new player joins the game. Other then that I dont have that much problem with lags.
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Re: Server lag thread

Post by bOnO » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 2:09 pm

bOnO, France.

Same as Socio, lag spikes when someone joins and quits. Lag is more frequent & intense when the server is almost full.

I also have noticed some PL sometimes which makes some shot not appearing on screen (for example there is the animation of the RL shooting, but no rocket actually being shot).
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Re: Server lag thread

Post by iZumo » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 2:19 pm

I took some actions to try eliminating the spikes upon player join (though I don't think there was problem there, but just in case).

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Re: Server lag thread

Post by iRobot » Thu 04 Jul , 2013 2:27 pm

Also confirming the join/quit spikes.

Frustrating when in a vehicle. If you happen to be turning at the exact moment, then the server will maintain that input for a second and this can end up with you driving off the road for no reason.

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