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ive been trying to play a game over the internet and have been struggling with lag. sometimes people have trouble joining because of a problem with latency and in-game it gives you a chance to go to high-latency. what will raising the latency do and what is latency.
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Miserableman wrote:
> FPS games are traditionally lowest ping wins, but other types of games
> (such as RTS) often cater to the lowest common denominator. Thus if
> one player in a War3 game has double the latency of everyone else,
> they will all suffer because of it.
That happens with Red Alert 2.
And he said, 'Don't join a game, you'll slow everyone else down.'
But I said, just join a game with a lower ping.
How can you slow people down if you join a game and you have a low ping!?!
If you had a ping of 200+ then you'd slow them down.
> FPS games are traditionally lowest ping wins, but other types of games
> (such as RTS) often cater to the lowest common denominator. Thus if
> one player in a War3 game has double the latency of everyone else,
> they will all suffer because of it.
That happens with Red Alert 2.
And he said, 'Don't join a game, you'll slow everyone else down.'
But I said, just join a game with a lower ping.
How can you slow people down if you join a game and you have a low ping!?!
If you had a ping of 200+ then you'd slow them down.
phi11ip wrote:
> No it doesn't.
>
> If you enter a game with a lower ping, that means you have a good ping
> and it doesn't affect people.
>
> And it's also the way that games are set up, big fat servers that run
> Quake 3 can handle high pings with low pings. But some other types,
> where people are playing on the main host. That's when things slow
> down.
FPS games are traditionally lowest ping wins, but other types of games (such as RTS) often cater to the lowest common denominator. Thus if one player in a War3 game has double the latency of everyone else, they will all suffer because of it.
> No it doesn't.
>
> If you enter a game with a lower ping, that means you have a good ping
> and it doesn't affect people.
>
> And it's also the way that games are set up, big fat servers that run
> Quake 3 can handle high pings with low pings. But some other types,
> where people are playing on the main host. That's when things slow
> down.
FPS games are traditionally lowest ping wins, but other types of games (such as RTS) often cater to the lowest common denominator. Thus if one player in a War3 game has double the latency of everyone else, they will all suffer because of it.
Skorp1on wrote:
> If you have a really high latency, or ping, don't go into games with a
> low ping. It makes there game a lot slower. Go into another, slower
> game.
No it doesn't.
If you enter a game with a lower ping, that means you have a good ping and it doesn't affect people.
And it's also the way that games are set up, big fat servers that run Quake 3 can handle high pings with low pings. But some other types, where people are playing on the main host. That's when things slow down.
> If you have a really high latency, or ping, don't go into games with a
> low ping. It makes there game a lot slower. Go into another, slower
> game.
No it doesn't.
If you enter a game with a lower ping, that means you have a good ping and it doesn't affect people.
And it's also the way that games are set up, big fat servers that run Quake 3 can handle high pings with low pings. But some other types, where people are playing on the main host. That's when things slow down.
Clazon wrote:
> ok, so why would they give you the choice of high or low latency- is
> it so that if everyones faster it's better with a low latency and if
> everyones slow its better with a high latency. but how can you decide
> the latency, surely its automatic with the connection and the server
> and like i said what difference will my option make on the
> game?(seeing as i usually get quite bad lag)
Game servers can often configure the game better if they know whether the participants are on a low latency or high latency connection. If you're playing on the internet I would recommend high latency regardless.
> ok, so why would they give you the choice of high or low latency- is
> it so that if everyones faster it's better with a low latency and if
> everyones slow its better with a high latency. but how can you decide
> the latency, surely its automatic with the connection and the server
> and like i said what difference will my option make on the
> game?(seeing as i usually get quite bad lag)
Game servers can often configure the game better if they know whether the participants are on a low latency or high latency connection. If you're playing on the internet I would recommend high latency regardless.
phi11ip wrote:
> My advice.
>
> If you've got AOL broadband, don't play games.
> Otherwise, find a room with the best (lowest) ping so that your game
> is better.
If you have a really high latency, or ping, don't go into games with a low ping. It makes there game a lot slower. Go into another, slower game.
> My advice.
>
> If you've got AOL broadband, don't play games.
> Otherwise, find a room with the best (lowest) ping so that your game
> is better.
If you have a really high latency, or ping, don't go into games with a low ping. It makes there game a lot slower. Go into another, slower game.
ok, so why would they give you the choice of high or low latency- is it so that if everyones faster it's better with a low latency and if everyones slow its better with a high latency. but how can you decide the latency, surely its automatic with the connection and the server and like i said what difference will my option make on the game?(seeing as i usually get quite bad lag)
Near enough!
:c)
:c)
phi11ip wrote:
> What I think:
>
> Something to do with the speed at which data travels down the line. If
> you have a line with a high latency, data only takes a few
> milliseconds. Low latency is a lot slower.
Other way round. The latency between your computer and a remote server is the time it takes a signal to get from you to them and back again. Therefore a high latency is bad, and low latency is good :O)
> What I think:
>
> Something to do with the speed at which data travels down the line. If
> you have a line with a high latency, data only takes a few
> milliseconds. Low latency is a lot slower.
Other way round. The latency between your computer and a remote server is the time it takes a signal to get from you to them and back again. Therefore a high latency is bad, and low latency is good :O)
My advice.
If you've got AOL broadband, don't play games.
Otherwise, find a room with the best (lowest) ping so that your game is better.
If you've got AOL broadband, don't play games.
Otherwise, find a room with the best (lowest) ping so that your game is better.
What I think:
Something to do with the speed at which data travels down the line. If you have a line with a high latency, data only takes a few milliseconds. Low latency is a lot slower.
Time to check.
In a network, latency, a synonym for delay, is an expression of how much time it takes for a packet of data to get from one designated point to another. In some usages (for example, AT&T), latency is measured by sending a packet that is returned to the sender and the round-trip time is considered the latency.
I was right! Wohoo!
And just because you may have Broadband doesn't mean your line is fast. You can download a lot of data at once but it may still be slow for data to travel along the line.
Something to do with the speed at which data travels down the line. If you have a line with a high latency, data only takes a few milliseconds. Low latency is a lot slower.
Time to check.
In a network, latency, a synonym for delay, is an expression of how much time it takes for a packet of data to get from one designated point to another. In some usages (for example, AT&T), latency is measured by sending a packet that is returned to the sender and the round-trip time is considered the latency.
I was right! Wohoo!
And just because you may have Broadband doesn't mean your line is fast. You can download a lot of data at once but it may still be slow for data to travel along the line.
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