Ok, I have turned off the voice chat and set sv_maxrate to 20000 but still the pings are going through the roof<br>
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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<br>
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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.<br>
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I ran the top command and the cpu's were only running at about 50%, what else can I do?<br>
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This is the tracert result:<br>
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13 20 ms 17 ms 17 ms <ip><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 19/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jay Vasallo</b> <<a href="mailto:clanwarz@gmail.com">clanwarz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<span class="q"><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/19/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Carlo</b> <<a href="mailto:carlomoretto@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">carlomoretto@gmail.com
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I think they are 2gh chips<br><br>ill adjust the max rate but what exactly does it do?<br><br>
Thanks guys
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<div>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.
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.
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<div>I see this issue with clients I have at <a href="http://www.ventriloservers.biz/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.ventriloservers.biz</a>.
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.
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<div>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.
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<div>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. </div></div>
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<div>Here's a little something I found on the net....</div>
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<div> Vague suggestions: <br>
<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3">
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<tr>
<th align="left">Players </th>
<th align="left">Good sv_maxrate </th>
<th align="left">Great sv_maxrate </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>Up to 16 </td>
<td>13000 is good </td>
<td>Anything over is great </td></tr>
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<td>16-20 </td>
<td>13000 is OK </td>
<td>start thinking of increasing to say 16000 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>21-24 </td>
<td>16000 is OK </td>
<td>20000 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>24-32 </td>
<td>16000 at least </td>
<td>25000 </td></tr>
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<td>32+ </td>
<td>20000 at least </td>
<td>25000 </td></tr></tbody></table>Of course, it's always "the higher the better" and 25000 is <i>always</i>
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: <a href="http://www.rtcw.jolt.co.uk/content/enemy_territory/server_guide/sv_maxrate_vs_bandwidth.png" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">increases in sv_maxrate has an inelastic effect on total bandwidth used
</a>. </div>
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<div><a href="http://www.rtcw.jolt.co.uk/content/enemy_territory/server_guide/requirements.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.rtcw.jolt.co.uk/content/enemy_territory/server_guide/requirements.html
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