Lag test

[TT]

 Is there any way o use tracert or a ping utility to predict how much lag you wiill have, once signed on to the game. I can see in tracert, 2 or 3 hops that seem to hang up. Than it starts to roll again. But I have no idea how to interpret this .

[Minotaur]

TT;

Try this in the game.  Lets say from tower, pull up the kneepad and click on the map.  Note how long it is from after you clicked to when you start to move.  There should be very little lag time, almost instentaneous.  

I find this is a "Pretty Rough Estimate" of how well I am dynamically connected to the game.  When I notice a stutter or a delay in this time, I generally notice that I have a slow ping time as well.

I am not sure what the "Green Beacon" does exactly, but I am pretty sure that it does not react to high latencies.  Maybe, just to missing data or a non-connection.  

Hope this helps, Good Luck!

Mino

[This message has been edited by Minotaur (edited 12-19-1999).]