MPS

[bortas1]

  Hey all. I just found out my server puts out 3mps. Is that a lot? Thanks in advance. Bortas1  

[Skuzzy]

Does not matter to the game.  The game is designed to work with a dial-up modem at 28.8Kbps.  Anything faster than that only helps when you have to download updates, skins, terrains, and so on.

[Lazerr]

Does not matter to the game.  The game is designed to work with a dial-up modem at 28.8Kbps.  Anything faster than that only helps when you have to download updates, skins, terrains, and so on.

Why is this?  I am not an internet guru at all, but how many people still use a dial up modem?

[Skuzzy]

Why is this?  I am not an internet guru at all, but how many people still use a dial up modem?

Because we can.   The game is designed to support a 1,000 players on one server.  Has to be efficient in the network code in order to do that.  It is a side result of that efficiency.

[Lazerr]

Because we can.   The game is designed to support a 1,000 players on one server.  Has to be efficient in the network code in order to do that.  It is a side result of that efficiency.

  10-4.

[bortas1]

Does not matter to the game.  The game is designed to work with a dial-up modem at 28.8Kbps.  Anything faster than that only helps when you have to download updates, skins, terrains, and so on.

so your saying that a faster mps has no bearing on game play?

[Skuzzy]

so your saying that a faster mps has no bearing on game play?

It does not.

[FLS]

so your saying that a faster mps has no bearing on game play?

Your connection isn't faster. Speed is shown in your ping time. What is faster in your case is the time it takes to download big files. It's like comparing a car and bus going the same speed. For one person traveling in each there is no difference. When you need to take 60 people the bus is faster because the car needs to make more trips. Because "fast" can be used with those two different meanings advertising takes advantage of that to mislead you.

[bortas1]

  thank you all. however im more confused on how this crap works than before.  thanks anyway 

[FLS]

Tell me what you're confused about and I'll try a different explanation.

[38ruk]

I used to play on  dial up and get 53.3k speed .... could never get 56k (dont think you can ) before the cable company ran coax down my street .  I had a dedicated line for my pc and a decent path  to AH with very little variance and around 130ms ping .  I actually think the game  more stable on my old, very low variance  dial up.... than on my 5mb/50mb cable connect  that jumps from 54 ms to 73ms almost constantly .   

[Skuzzy]

Variance is the key.  The less variance, the better, regardless of the speed of the connection.