Author Topic: Another seriously bad connect night  (Read 1514 times)

Offline Kieren

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Another seriously bad connect night
« on: April 09, 2000, 12:19:00 AM »
Well, ironic.

Here we are with a great release in our hands, and I can't play.

I am tired of getting shot by guys that are in front of me (me on their 6, them shooting away from me).

I was even desperate tonight and grabbed a cannonhawg... forget it, I can't even kill in it.

I got nailed from what appeared to be 1.3 away (he saw 300).

Text buffer at times takes 5 seconds to roll after I type.

To top it all off, when I asked questions of the other party involved, another guy jumps in with smart alek comments. Nerves are on edge, and that just made it worse. Maybe that's what he wanted, who knows. Ordinarily I wouldn't listen, but tonight, well...

This is not intended to be a slam on HTC, as I appear to be isolated in this problem. It may be this marriage just isn't meant to be.

This was exactly the type of problem I began to have elsewhere, and ultimately I totally lost my taste for that sim. I am finding it harder and harder to press "fly" here.

I want to be a good sport, and don't want to spend the bulk of my time whining. I don't THINK I was doing that tonight- maybe I was. Anyway, I may have to put the flight gear away for a while if this doesn't improve soon. I can't even train anyone right now because of the warp I see.  

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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2000, 12:22:00 AM »
Bummer...
I assume you've run traceroute and have your internet connection optimized..ie no data compression and such?

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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2000, 12:26:00 AM »
Look at the topic I just made.    EXACT same problem.  Planes jumping ALL over.  Planes instantly changing direction.  I've seen it all tonight.

It got so bad I had to log, I just couldn't do anything.  Even got discoed once after a 45 minute tank ride to visual range of the enemy base.

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Offline Kieren

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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2000, 12:38:00 AM »
C:\>ping 216.91.192.19

Pinging 216.91.192.19 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.91.192.19: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=237
Reply from 216.91.192.19: bytes=32 time=107ms TTL=237
Reply from 216.91.192.19: bytes=32 time=135ms TTL=237
Reply from 216.91.192.19: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=237

Ping statistics for 216.91.192.19:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 107ms, Maximum =  135ms, Average =  117ms

I can't explain it. I pinged it several times. I sometimes see in the 250 range, but that should be ok. I am on ISDN, and I used to see far worse on dial-up and could play then.

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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2000, 12:45:00 AM »
Does your beacon go off - i.e. does it go yellow/red for periods at a time? If that's the case then you definitely have a ISP/connect issue.

My cable company really really is terrible. My connect I'd say every 5 mins gets real bad for about 10 secs. Sometimes I'm even disco'd.

If your connect seems ok, it might be your system. i.e. if it's too slow to keep up or if you are having driver issues.

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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2000, 12:50:00 AM »
Shoot, I wouldn't think my system is too bad.

PII 400 96MB RAM
TNT2 32MB
ISDN
all CH (FighterStick, Pro Throttle, rudders)
Win98
DirectX 7.0a

At a total loss here...  

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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2000, 01:07:00 AM »
Hello Kieren : I had that problem online once myself . Looking from behind player shooting at you . What was my problem was this . Not so much the connection speed , my isp was more or less timing me out from time to time . I know you most likely know this , but what the hell I say it anyway just in case it will help .

It matters more how the pipe flows than how big . In other words you need a more steady stream of data .

What I did to fix my problem was ( god I hate to give this advice as it cost me lots )
try every last isp that was here with a local number . Well I went through 5 last winter before I found two that worked ok .

The best one takes the most dialups , but at least it costs the least 8-) . Some times 60 rings , but they don't time me out , pulls strong , and most connects at 26400 and I ping AH at about 187 and 250 or so to zone for FA2 with out hardly any warp etc .

Worst was voyager.net , games online were unplayable , so bad wouldn't even load . Funny it had the best connetion rate too .

Next was ATTWORLD.Net , played like you said , I would be behind and they would shoot at me , hehe , funny till it happens all the loving time .  
 
 
 "another guy jumps in with smart alek comments"

Ya I feel you pain there ,
I thought this sim was differant , but am thinking that they all have them . At least FA has its share , I know . I still remembe what "mother" told me , works .  

hope your problem works itself out , and a Big thanks for all your help too !!!!

Sincerly  airspro



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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2000, 01:12:00 AM »
I've found turning off data compression in your DUN settings can make a huge difference as well...It is great for surfing the net...but causes lag and warping in online gaming...

Offline Kieren

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« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2000, 01:17:00 AM »
Air_spro-

Thanks for the kind words. Yes, I have done what you have said already (this is my 5th ISP!).

Xman-

Where do you set that on ISDN? I am curious (and obviously ignorant).  

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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2000, 01:50:00 AM »
 Those bouts use to happen to me for days at a time. All you can do is ride them out. I got good at guessing where they would warp to. And as far as range went, I did not trust anything i saw inside of 2000 yrds. It may sound strange but you can get use to it until it clears up. The rubber bullits were the only thing that drove me nuts. But I figured what the hell.

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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2000, 03:23:00 AM »
Kieren...sorry I am the ignorant one when it comes to ISDN..I should have paid more attention to what you had instead of assuming it was a poor ole 56k like I have  
But if you do find your connect using data compression...try turning it off.

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« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2000, 03:29:00 AM »
Your packats are gett'n fragged at a router, try reducing mtu size heard that helps.

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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2000, 10:50:00 AM »
 
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Originally posted by Torque:
Your packats are gett'n fragged at a router, try reducing mtu size heard that helps.

Torque care to bring the rest of up to speed on how to do this?

Thanks!  



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« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2000, 10:53:00 AM »
Sorry to hear about the problems.  They sort of figure though.

In case you have not read my initial posts, I am the cheif cook and bottle washer at the ISP that hosts the HTC servers.

Whenever HTC releases updates of the sim, there will be momentary slow downs, as everyone is downloading the new version.

This causes congestion on the server and the connections to the Internet.

To help the game server, you may want to try downloading the game from the HTC web site, as it uses another Internet connection apart from the game server.

Just a suggestion.

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Offline Kieren

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« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2000, 12:42:00 PM »
Skuzzy-

I should have been clearer in the original post- I have been having this problem for about a week now. I have been down this road before, so I'm afraid of where this may lead me.