BawBag Posted April 15, 2003 Posted April 15, 2003 I'm pretty new to this internet multiplayer, but is dueling over the net a test of skill, or a show of how fast your connection is? Unfortunately, I only have a bog-standard 56k, so my skills are really poor when in a duel. Sometimes my ping reaches up to 999 on some servers, and then I can't move, or sometimes i'm lagging so bad, I always get caught with the strong style special move. (anyone who's had the dissatisfaction of fighting me will testify) I do realise it's no use complaining until I get a better connection, but can anyone do any of the following: 1. Point me in the direction of any good servers. 2. Recommend any downloads that may help. (how I don't know but it's worth a go) 3. Answer the question at the start of this thread. Much appreciated.
Tosh_UK Posted April 15, 2003 Posted April 15, 2003 Hi BawBag I had trouble the opposite way to your self. I had cable con and on some servers a ping of 40... but I was still being owned, until a friend of mine gave me his old PC (what was more than twice a fast as my PC) and all of a sudden I was playing a lot better 1. Point me in the direction of any good servers. you should be able to see ping times of the servers in the list!! 2. Recommend any downloads that may help. (how I don't know but it's worth a go) sorry don't know of any downloads that can help 3. Answer the question at the start of this thread. I do realise it's no use complaining until I get a better connection do it get Cable or what ever the best con you can for your location
NerfYoda Posted April 15, 2003 Posted April 15, 2003 You should be able to sort the JO server list by ping time. Remember the lower the number the better. Make sure you're not running any Internet using programs while you play JK2 like IE, AIM, & Kazaa (especially the p2p stuff ).
BawBag Posted April 16, 2003 Author Posted April 16, 2003 It seems like the only thing to be done is for me to upgrade my connection. But for the record, i know it is possible to arrange server lists by ping times. :D :D
Russ Posted April 16, 2003 Posted April 16, 2003 I have a 56k modem as well, and found it all depends on time and place. Once I was on a massive FFA server and everything ran smoothly, as if I was on my own computer, playing with bots. You need a fast server which is relatively close (same state), and the good luck that not many people are using the phone lines in your district when you are. If these two combine, you will get a relatively good connection!
Bizzaro-Zero Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 heh i have a cable/LAN connection and its slow as hell. wel it was really fast at the starting wen i first got it but it tends to slow down (ell for my computer lol). my computer sucks
yolkboy Posted April 28, 2003 Posted April 28, 2003 Yeah, my computer is pretty old too... About 4 years old? Time to build another one. I have a DSL line which really sucks. I only get .3 to .4 Mb / sec. I want cable! But it's too expensive right now. I guess I have to wait till college to use the T3 line.
StormHammer Posted April 29, 2003 Posted April 29, 2003 I think it just boils down to the particular server. I've played on lots of servers and got lots of 'connection interrupted' messages. Recently I found a couple of servers where my ping hoevered around 250, and I had a fairly decent time with no connection interrupts at all. You just have to try out a lot of servers to find one that gives you a decent connection. Of course, high ping is still a factor - if yours is 250, and everyone else is under 50, don't set your heart on the top-spot unless you're an exceptional player used to lag... I'm Mr. Average...
Bizzaro-Zero Posted April 29, 2003 Posted April 29, 2003 Originally posted by yolkboy Yeah, my computer is pretty old too... About 4 years old? Time to build another one. I have a DSL line which really sucks. I only get .3 to .4 Mb / sec. I want cable! But it's too expensive right now. I guess I have to wait till college to use the T3 line. right now rogers cable is $30 a month. thats how much im paying for it
yolkboy Posted April 29, 2003 Posted April 29, 2003 Jeez, I think that is less than what I pay for my DSL! How are you down and upstreams? Yeah, I'm located in CA and I think I only can get Comcast... $50 something a month! It's Outrageous!
JaledDur Posted April 29, 2003 Posted April 29, 2003 To Stormhammer and all the other peop,e I know here that are stuck on 56k... I used to be on 56k for years because I live in the middle of nowhere, and you should be getting a ping of around 250, 210 at best right? Well, about 3 months before DSL rolled into my area I discovered that I was able to get 150-160ms pings to servers (this was playing Coutner-Strike but the pings for JK are the same as I was getting the standard 220-250 there as well). Most machines come with a type of modem called a winmodem which relies on software for some particular function. These types of modems only work with windows, and that isn't really a big problem since most computers are on windows. Of course there are other software modems that arent for windows PC's I'm sure... just don't know of any. Point is... Get a modem that doesnt have to rely on software to run. One such modem is the US Robotics External Faxmodem (I used the v.92, although I suspect the v.90 will work just as well). Simply using this modem, which didn't rely on my PC to interpret the signal, brought my ping down to 150-160 solid. Of course these modems don't increase your bandwidth, they do greatly reduce the time it takes for the thing to process the signal. it should be noted that I found the modem particularly sensitive to line noise. Where other modems could withstand someone picking up the phone or the occasional buzz in the line, this USR would just totally freak out. But hey who cares, its fast. Thing that go fast are always inherently unstable. Although the price of these modems is a bit prohibitive (the USR is 99 dollars), it was WELL worth it for me at the time to get out from underneath the 'damn lag'. Hope this helps some of you, especially you StormHammer -- I've been around since the JK1 boards, and have fond memories of Obi-Wan anticipation at those boards... almost feel like I know you enough to care.
Tosh_UK Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 Originally posted by JaledDur To Stormhammer and all the other peop,e I know here that are stuck on 56k... I used to be on 56k for years because I live in the middle of nowhere, and you should be getting a ping of around 250, 210 at best right? Well, about 3 months before DSL rolled into my area I discovered that I was able to get 150-160ms pings to servers (this was playing Coutner-Strike but the pings for JK are the same as I was getting the standard 220-250 there as well). Most machines come with a type of modem called a winmodem which relies on software for some particular function. These types of modems only work with windows, and that isn't really a big problem since most computers are on windows. Of course there are other software modems that arent for windows PC's I'm sure... just don't know of any. Point is... Get a modem that doesnt have to rely on software to run. One such modem is the US Robotics External Faxmodem (I used the v.92, although I suspect the v.90 will work just as well). Simply using this modem, which didn't rely on my PC to interpret the signal, brought my ping down to 150-160 solid. Of course these modems don't increase your bandwidth, they do greatly reduce the time it takes for the thing to process the signal. it should be noted that I found the modem particularly sensitive to line noise. Where other modems could withstand someone picking up the phone or the occasional buzz in the line, this USR would just totally freak out. But hey who cares, its fast. Thing that go fast are always inherently unstable. Although the price of these modems is a bit prohibitive (the USR is 99 dollars), it was WELL worth it for me at the time to get out from underneath the 'damn lag'. Hope this helps some of you, especially you StormHammer -- I've been around since the JK1 boards, and have fond memories of Obi-Wan anticipation at those boards... almost feel like I know you enough to care. With most internal modems and modems that runs on soft wear these modems can take up to 50mhz of processor power away from your PC most good external modems Don't, if you got 2 phone lines there are a few modems that can shot gun a connections as well I think... been a long time since I used a modem.. and I all ways see about programs to boost ya connection but don't know much about them.
Tosh_UK Posted May 1, 2003 Posted May 1, 2003 Originally posted by Prime soft wear?? ops I would say I did not pay attention on spell checker but that's just as bad
Blademaster_109 Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 i hate lag*whishes he was rich and had road runner*
JaledDur Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 Originally posted by Blademaster_109 i hate lag*whishes he was rich and had road runner* orrrrrr.... invest in a decent modem.
Prime Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 Originally posted by JaledDur orrrrrr.... invest in a decent modem. Pretty cheap these days. Well worth the cost.
Bizzaro-Zero Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 but rogers cable is pretty good but it slowin' down lately. (must be because of more people getting rogers cable) but still i would rather have either road runner or rogers cable but mostly rogers cable because its a lot cheaper
BawBag Posted May 2, 2003 Author Posted May 2, 2003 Seems not everyone out there has a perfect connection! I'm no computer genius, so customizing my machine is beyond my skill, but my ISP is offering free broadband connection and upgrade at the moment, so i'll see how that works out. To all who took time to reply: Cheers!
Bizzaro-Zero Posted May 6, 2003 Posted May 6, 2003 for my LAN copnnection well for Quake 3 my ping is usually 30-250 unless if im downloading stuff then my ping would b 400-999 and i play quake 3 like crazy. and for StarCraft i have like a ping of like always 1g (one green)
lukeskywalker1 Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 i got a 56k winmodem, my ping is around 180-250, i think if your ping isnt too good, you cant fight as fast, like when u press to swing your saber, it swings about 1/2 second later. but when i play by myself with bots, its faster than online. so i think if you got a good ping, you play better, not totally because of skill, but also speed helps u too. could be wronge. i need more RAM, would that help? i have 128 megs on win XP...... JK2 loads really slow but game play slows sometimes, but not a lot, think more RAM would help? -lukeskwalker1
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