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Offline macleod01

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Issues with connection both to the DA and within the MA
« on: April 14, 2013, 03:07:38 PM »
Skuzzy and all other Technohelpers,

I have been away from the game for a while but since returning yesterday I have noticed a few problems. First of all I have noticed a lot of warping going on. I am not stupid enough not to make the connection that if I am seeing a lot of warping, no one else is, chances are its me who's doing the warping. I had this clarified this evening in the LWA when I was told I had been warping badly.

I have also been having problems with trying to connect to the DA. I have the terrain already saved and yet when I tried to access the arena it kept downloading the map. On completion, instead of connecting me to the arena, it booted me back to the startup splash screen. I don't mean the Arena screen, I mean it booted me entirely, back to "Online Arenas, Offline Arena etc" screen.

I am not sure what information is needed to be posted here to allow you all to assist me, but if told I will post it. Does this require a Dxdiag even though I am sure it is the internet connection and not my actual computer?

Any assistance would be much appreciated.
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Re: Issues with connection both to the DA and within the MA
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2013, 01:37:39 AM »
You didn't tell what kind of connection you have. Anyway, no kind of mobile/cellular broadband is stable enough for the game. That means LTE/4G, 3G, satellite, whatever. Hopefully you aren't trying to play with any of them.

That leaves the wired connections, starting from the good old dialup modem through ISDN to DSL either via TV-cable or telephone line to optic fibre connections. Stability is better than speed in any of these options. I don't know about your whereabouts, but at least here the tv-line connections have had more problems than their telephone wiring alternatives, because they are more sensitive to nearby user activity. The worst scenario I've heard of was an illegal server upstairs, ruining all connections in the neighbourhood.

If all the above is known good, the question is whether you're connected to the router wirelessly. WiFi may work flawlessly in normal Internet usage, but during gameplay anything can disturb the signal. Starting from your refridgerator or microwave in the next room, a slowly failing energy saving lamp, lawn mover next door, a bypassing car with some moist in the ignition system and so on up to sunspots and other spatial electromagnetic phenomenons.

If none of the above can be named as the culprit, check for other internet activity in your computer. Any update downloads in the background can cause warping, although they mostly are quite short. A bigger Windows update like a Service Pack might take longer, especially with a slowish connection. I suppose you don't have any torrent or messaging programs running while playing? E.g. Skype can use massive amounts of resources. Also bear in mind that if your family members share your connection, your gameplay might suffer. Especially if, say, your kids are streaming a movie on tv while torrenting music to and from their pc('s) and your wife is having a video call family meeting on Skype, any regular Internet connection would be on its limits.
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Re: Issues with connection both to the DA and within the MA
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2013, 09:02:44 AM »
There was a setting issue with the Dueling arena that was causing problems.  It has been corrected.
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Re: Issues with connection both to the DA and within the MA
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2013, 12:43:39 PM »
Bizman,

I am trying to connect with a standard Wireless modem. I am not trying with 4g or any of these cellular wifi connections. As I mentioned, I have a wireless router that I use to connect.
Concerning any other programs. I do not have any other programs running at the same time including Firewall. I am not 100% sure how to switch off Antivirus (I use Kaspersky 3.0) so that is the only program still running. CPU is running at an average of 1-2% so within the 'Normal' range.

Concerning other people using the internet. There is only one other member of the family who uses the internet and thankfully she is not very proficiant at it (Still thinks that she can only stream a program at the same time it is on TV) and so that is not a real issue. The only reason she accesses the internet is to check her emails and Facebook and so will not be downloading/streaming anything during my connection time.
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Re: Issues with connection both to the DA and within the MA
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2013, 01:06:52 PM »
unless you're running a high transfer rate (300mbps +) wireless adapter and router combination, wireless can/will cause the warping issue you're seeing. if you're using a modem provided by your isp with a wireless router embedded in it...it's probably got a 150mbps wireless data rate.

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Re: Issues with connection both to the DA and within the MA
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2013, 01:08:35 PM »
Ok, so you'd recommend moving away from the Wireless for gameplay?
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Re: Issues with connection both to the DA and within the MA
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2013, 01:11:57 PM »
Ok, so you'd recommend moving away from the Wireless for gameplay?
if it is at all possible to use a wired connection (even 10/100) i would definitely do it. you eliminate all sorts of little gremlins that can and do appear with wireless...
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Re: Issues with connection both to the DA and within the MA
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2013, 11:46:35 AM »
What Gyrene said. An Ethernet wire can carry the signal up to 100 feet, so running the cable neatly along the mopboard shouldn't be a problem either in order to make the lady of the house happy.