Hehehe, I guess I didn't mention that I play Quake as well... Doc when I talked about quake in the other connection thread, I was speaking of the network architecture of the game compared to Aces High in regards to how lag affects it. A high quality and low latency connection is still the best way to play both games, it's just that latency does not have the same effect in Aces High due to the hit-detection and movement stuff all happening on the FE instead of on the server. However, for both types of gaming you need to create a network connection that is optimized for quality and latency instead of for bandwidth. Check out an article I'm working on that relates to this topic at
http://users.andara.com/~sconrad/connection.htm. DoctorYO that link is a great guide to optimizing your modem connection. I agree with you DoctorYo, turn down your FIFO buffers. In my experience, this will build a connection with slightyly lower bandwidth, but with better quality and often lower latency.
One other thing that this article does not mention but that specifically applies to Aces High. We want to optimize a connection for high quality and low latency, not for bandwidth, so setting the highest bandwidth speeds does not always yield the best results. Try creating a connection just for playing Aces High that limits your connection speed to 28.8 or 33.6. A 28.8 connection will provide enough bandwidth for the amount of data AH will use, and many times the consistency, quality, and even latency of the connection will be better at a lower speed. Test it and figure out which settings work best for you.
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Lephturn
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