JaledDur Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Originally posted by lukeskywalker1 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. Thats right. 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. Of course its faster than online, there's no lag time between yourself and yourself . 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? Help...yes.... but not your ...ping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solbe M'ko Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Some guy told me that if I lowered my resolution my ping would decrease, that's not true, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzaro-Zero Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 ok if you want your game to go faster online you have to have the graphic on the loest it can go. thats whats i do so try it and if it doesnt work well... i uno... i do it all the time and it makes my lag decrease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaledDur Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 I don't know. A lot of people use lag to describe video slowness. If you have a winmodem, your ping time should increase if your processor is being maxed out. Solution: get a real modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 at 1st i figured that i was slow, and thats why i lost, now i know why.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh_UK Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 Originally posted by lukeskywalker1 at 1st i figured that i was slow, and thats why i lost, now i know why.... was the same here for me but I had broad band, but was not till I upgraded my PC that I noticed a Big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 hmmm, what did u upgrade? i know i need Ram, as i said b4....thats just because of my loading time. Anyways, my clan says m good, i lose about half of my fights, and win the other half....so i guess thats good 4 around 250 ping, and 128 megs of ram, huh? man, id be really good if my pc was a little faster!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yolkboy Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 Yeah, I have 768 Megs of ram running with a 900 MHz processor. Hopefully I'll build a new computer this summer. I think a better internet connection would make more of a difference than ram alone. But more ram is good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emon Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 You don't need more than 512 MB of RAM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaledDur Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Ok, people, RAM and pings are NOT directly related. Don't give people the wrong idea by saying something like "oh well I think a better connection *might* lower your ping more than gobs of RAM will" .... Well...yeah... All RAM is going to do is take load of your swap file (and in effect your hard drive). Obviously your hard drive is a LOT slower than your RAM. This will make levels load faster and the game start quicker, but its not going to necessarily start dropping your ping. The two simply arent directly related, or even related strongly enough for one to care. A faster processor, in the case of most people using a modem, should reduce ping a bit more than it will for people on broadband simply because not only are you speeding up your computers turnaround time for packets, but you are allowing the stupid winmodem to work faster. Broadband connections that dont utilize USB modems will be unaffected by a faster CPU or more RAM; all that will do is help your computer itself, and may shave a few ms off your ping time. But to say that getting a faster processor or more RAM (beyond what is necessary for the system to function properly in whatever environment you have set up) is somehow able to compete with simply getting a broadband internet connection is rediculous. And not all broadban connections are the same, in fact they usually differ each time you dial in (DSL) or get your IP renewed (cable) as they change routes. Go to the command prompt and do this: tracert http://www.google.com In fact the route to anywhere is going to be different from just about anywhere else. This will show you more than anything (on broadband connections) where your lag is coming from. If your ping on cable or DSL is rediculously high, its probably because some router on the path to wherever you are going is dying or overloaded or both. If you want a lower ping on 56k here are your options in order of effectiveness: Get broadband. Get a good non-winmodem. Find an ISP that has better routing to wherever you are going. Possibly get a faster processor or more RAM if your computer just reallllly sucks. Also worth mention if you have serious issues: Dialup: Check your phone line for noise. Cable: Check to make sure you dont have a gazillion splitters between you and the source of the signal. Splitters cut the signal in half. Also its nice to have 1Ghz splitters if you dont already. Cable also tends to produce problems when the cable line has a hole in it somewhere or its getting water in it. Make sure all your coax is good. You can have the cable company come out and do a line test and see what your signal strength is. DSL/Cable: If you are on a LAN and getting a ping of over 15ms to any other machine on the LAN, something is REALLY wrong. Either one of the machines is totally overloaded, a hub is bad, or one of the ethernet lines is screwy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Malice Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Unfortunatley, this Jedi is running at 56k... but was able to elimate 75% of my ping problems by reducing the graphics to the lowest possible and lowering the FPS (frames per second.) Sure, reducing the graphics certainly doesn't look as pretty, but the gameplay is just as exciting! Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerAir1587249581 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 I just got a new 56k modem and it dials-up in like half the time.. i like it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaledDur Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Originally posted by JerAir I just got a new 56k modem and it dials-up in like half the time.. i like it a lot. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 k, i know i need more ram, cause it takes like 3-5 mins just to load up the level, and i dont like waiting that long...so i dont play as much because of that. quick question: to make things run faster, i made my pagefile really high maybe too high, but i wanted to make sure things would run better Available Virtual Memory 793.84 MB Page File Space 965.61 MB if i lower it will it run better, right now my pc is using 180 MB. with outcast maybe 250 MB (im guessing) also, if you set your resolution down to 640X480, then play in a window, with your desktop resolution on 1024X768, it doesnt even look like your graphics are effected......maybe cause it makes no diffrence because of the desktop resoultion (not sure, but its not bad...) -lukeskywalker1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOTOR*KAMA Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 ok ok. i got a 128 mb of ddr ram on my video card g-force titianium and a 2500 athlon processor with a t1 connection. and i have no problems. i have been doing a little drinking so i will make this quick. this is how u make your connection faster. first press ctrl alt delete and see whats running. then close out everything u dont need. then go look to see how much ram u have. if u got xp 256 is a good idea{ thats just min} i got 512 if u go any faster u will just slow yourself down. the game uses memory and if u dont have enough it will run slow or not at all . Next u might want to turn down spamping or shadowing. also check your chashing. then go to display and turn down your resolution down and turn your color to 16 bit. then go into your game and u must also tunr it to 16 bit if u dont it wont function right. then tunr down everything to low and then go to sound { yes sound does slow dont your connection} then turn tat down a little. now go into the game. if u still have "lag" then u might want to try playing at night or getting a faster connection. i hope this helped u guys. oh and play on smaller maps big maps tend to lag more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 Originally posted by KOTOR*KAMA if u got xp 256 is a good idea{ thats just min} 256 cant be the minimum, I have 128, things aree just sort fo slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOTOR*KAMA Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 thats what i ment....mabe YOU should read my carefully next time. xp uses most of your 128 so if u want to run out of memory thats your problem. And dont talk i am trying to tell people how to speed up there computer. you keep messing it up with your 128 mb of ram.. now people are gona think 128 is ok whne in fact ins not. your computer must be slow as **** .. my mac had mor memory than that and i still had problems:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaledDur Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Who cares, we're talking about ping. And I'd recommend more than 128 for XP if you want to run anything else really effectively. I have 256 in my desktop, 512 in the laptop, and 384 in the file server. The net server is running on 64, but then again its running Gentoo, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOTOR*KAMA Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 hahah i told u so muhahahaha u guys should just get 512 and be done with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaledDur Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 *waves hand* 256 will do fine... No, really. More than that is nice, but not necessary for smooth operation by most people's standards. The machine I play on has 256, plenty for JK2. BF1942 is another matter entirely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 My game runs super smooth with 256 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumor Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 (CPU) 1-Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.53GHz, 2518MHz, 512KB (14% Load) .:. (RAM) usage: 388/1024MB (37.89%) .:. (GFX) NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600, (Display) 1280x1024/32bit/60Hz (OS) Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1 (5.1 - 2600), (installed for) 15w 1d 9h 3m, (uptime) 4d 6h 36m 53s .:. (HDDs) 53.5G/111G(47.9%) free (+1 mapped drive w/ 27.9G in total) downside: 56k but i can still kick your @ss its safe to say: "omfg so owned but y!!??" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawBag™ Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Another Question: Having been playing for a while with the graphics minimilised (thats all I could do) I can't now play on the net AT ALL. All that happens is a message appears on the screen permanently saying 'Connection Interrupted', although actual browsing the web runs smoothly. Any Ideas? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaledDur Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 Originally posted by BawBag 2 Another Question: Having been playing for a while with the graphics minimilised (thats all I could do) I can't now play on the net AT ALL. All that happens is a message appears on the screen permanently saying 'Connection Interrupted', although actual browsing the web runs smoothly. Any Ideas? Cheers. Its unlikely that the graphics settings are doing anything to your ping. Put them back up and check it against your ping now, it shouldn't be much higher if at all. The Connection Interrupted could be any number of things. I'll PM you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemaniax Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Originally posted by Bizzaro-Zero right now rogers cable is $30 a month. thats how much im paying for it hehe, i have Charter Pipeline, i only pay $13 dollars a month for it, my internet runs smooth, its just my computer that sucks, intel celeron and a Graphics controller, no video card, need i say more Windows 98 SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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