[cod] Cod4 Pings unusually high
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Mon Feb 11 15:55:02 EST 2008
It is strange because in most other games, increasing cl_maxpackets
does increase your ping. Cod4 seems to do the opposite however. The
only thing I can think of is that it has something to do with the
logic they used for calculating ping, and more importantly, when the
server actually gets around to doing it. I noticed pings only update
on the scoreboard once every two seconds. Raising your maxpackets
could mean that the ping request/reply process (however it is handled)
completes a few frames sooner.
It's important to remember that in game ping is completely different
than your icmp echo "ping". An icmp echo is handled by the OS pretty
much on demand, while the in game ping is done using completely
different logic which happens at a certain point in the game loop,
every so many frames. In a nutshell I guess I'm saying the in game
pings may not be accurate. I have seen the code in several other games
and read long arguments about why the methods used are or are not
accurate,
unfortunately I have not and probably never will see the
code for this game. Of course there is always the chance that there is
so much server side processing going on that it really does raise your
ping that much.
All of the numbers I've seen so far in this thread have been
consistent with what I have observed on my own. It's frustrating
because I know I ping around 18ms to choopa.com servers in Jersey,
when I actually join one I see 30 or 40+ in game.
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:36:03 -0800, Kenny Southpark wrote:
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I only saw about a 10 ping decrees with the maxpackets set too 100.
You would think that increasing your packet rate would increase net
traffic and possibly driving the ping up..
Server side make sure sv_fps is set to 20, increasing it will
increase the ping unless the client's snaps is = too or > then the
servers sv_fps.
In the end, Yes CoD4 runs a higher ping
rate then other games. Here
on my LAN server in game my client will have an average ping of 17,
with a high of 24. Other games such as TF2, HL2MP, Source Forts all
ping 5-10. I do not recall what BF2 averaged
~kennycom
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:28:42 -0500
From: compudaze at gmail.com
To: cod at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [cod] Cod4 Pings unusually high
On your client have you tried setting cl_maxpackets to 100? Lowered
my ping on my server from 60 to 28.
On Feb 11, 2008 3:22 AM, Matthew Driscoll wrote:
Well, i guess it's not just me. I'm positive its the game because I
triple checked ports, made sure SElinux is disabled, etc. I've
tweaked
my server config settings like max_rate and such and still nothing
helps. I've tried different ports other than the standard 28960 and
that
did nothing. My Tf2 server runs a steady 53ms whereas my Cod4 on the
same box is pinging 88ms average in game, not via a server browser.
So
yeah its about 30ms difference;
about the same as you're getting.
It's
gotta be something in the game. Maybe something with 64bit? My
server is
dual core operton 1210, 2gb ram, centos.
Naif Ahmed wrote:
> I am experiencing the exact same issue. Running my server on dual
> xeons quad core, 8gigs of ram and 10Mbps Up/Down. Other servers
are 30
> less in terms of ping at least.
>
> When I play from home, I get 80-120 ping, other games 18-30.
>
> Debian Etch 2.6.22
>
> I hope this can be fixed soon :(
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> Geoff Goas wrote:
>> cod4 servers ping about 20ms higher than previous titles
>>
>> On Feb 9, 2008 7:21 PM, Jon Adams > dooku at ner-clan.net [2]>>
wrote:
>>
>> I had heard of a ping-bug on some servers, relating to the
way in
>> which the server deals with pings - it's possible you
are
pinging
>> well - but the game is telling you otherwise. I had thought
it had
>> been fixed, but you never know! perhaps it's worth some
restarts,
>> clearing out logs etc - also try throughout the day, see if
there
>> is a pattern? Ping is a strange thing indeed, and people tend
to
>> get there numbers jumbled - so I suppose what I'm saying is
to
>> really scrutinise your ping over a few days/weeks and report
back
>> if there still is an issue. You might find that you play COD4
at
>> 9pm and then switch to TF2 later on, when you're ISP is less
>> likely to throttle back bandwidth.
>>
>>
>> On 10/02/2008, *Matthew Driscoll* > retaks at gmail.com
[1]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi. I'm running cod4 and a Team fortress 2 server on a
dual
>> operton with
>> 2 gigs of ram and my cod4 server is 40ms higher than that
of
>> my tf2
>> server on the same box. That's all I'm running and its a
fresh
>>
install
>> of centos on a dedicated server. I think I have all the
ports
>> open
>> right. From xfire, I see that both the pings are similar
at
>> about 60.
>> However, when I'm in the cod4 server my ping is average
at
>> 90-93 and in
>> Tf2 my ping is 50-55 average. Anyone know what may be the
>> problem?
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