[cod] [COD2] High PIngs

[Carlo]

Ok, I have turned off the voice chat and set sv_maxrate to 20000 but still
the pings are going through the roof

I just checked and I had 20 players on 1 cod server, 10 players on another
cod server and 22 players on a cod2 server

The pings on the cod1 servers were around the 50 mark but the pings on the
cod2 server were mostly in the 100-150's.

I ran the top command and the cpu's were only running at about 50%, what
else can I do?

This is the tracert result:

 13    20 ms    17 ms    17 ms  <ip>

On 19/12/05, Jay Vasallo <clanwarz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/19/05, Carlo <carlomoretto at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think they are 2gh chips
> >
> > ill adjust the max rate but what exactly does it do?
> >
> > Thanks guys
>
>
>
>  If you are setting your max rate at 9000 and trying to give the best
> voice quality to your connecting clients, yes then they may lag out. Bump
> that to 20000 and see if this improves the latency issue you are having.
>
> Now if a connecting client has their rate set to 9000 and you give them
> 20000 and reset their maxrate, well then it is possible that they will not
> be able to utilize the bandwidth you are sending them and lag.
>
> Codecs also play an important role in voice comms. The better or higher
> the codec, well the more bandwidth they will receive. If there connection is
> on a dsl connection and you are giving them t1 bandwidth, well they will lag
> out.
>
> I see this issue with clients I have at www.ventriloservers.biz. I
> sometimes have 56k users / dsl users set the codec/format to T1 users server
> side and then they wonder why everyone gets disconnected every 15 seconds.
>
> You have to find a medium where you can make dsl and cable users happy at
> the same time. I hardly worry about 56k users because the high speed
> ineternet services are not availble in their area or they just refuse to
> upgrade.
>
> I am not sure if you are using the cvar to set the client maxrate. If you
> are, turn that off and then set your server maxrate to 20000. If this works
> for you, then keep it.
>
>
>
> Here's a little something I found on the net....
>
>  Vague suggestions:
>   Players Good sv_maxrate Great sv_maxrate  Up to 16 13000 is good Anything
> over is great  16-20 13000 is OK start thinking of increasing to say 16000
>  21-24 16000 is OK 20000  24-32 16000 at least 25000  32+ 20000 at least 25000
> Of course, it's always "the higher the better" and 25000 is *always* best
> if you have the bandwidth (sv_maxrate is engine limited to 25000 so no point
> increasing). Bear in mind these suggestions are very rough guesstimates and
> are not based on any sort of technical or scientific analysis - player's
> perceptions of what they find laggy, acceptable or excellent varies. I also
> tend to veer on the side of giving plenty of resources for players to have a
> great game, rather than try to cram as many players in as possible - quality
> over quantity. If you have the bandwidth available, the terms with your host
> allow for it, and dont have to pay for bandwidth usage, always set as high
> as you can. Even if you do pay for monthly transfer, bear in mind increasing
> sv_maxrate by 25% (for example) is very unlikely to increase the monthly
> total bandwidth used proportionally: increases in sv_maxrate has an
> inelastic effect on total bandwidth used<http://www.rtcw.jolt.co.uk/content/enemy_territory/server_guide/sv_maxrate_vs_bandwidth.png>.
>
>
>
> http://www.rtcw.jolt.co.uk/content/enemy_territory/server_guide/requirements.html
>
>
>
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