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Title: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: tuton25 on April 13, 2013, 06:53:04 PM
Its seems to me over the past few weeks I can't kill anything. Like I was trying to kill a 109k4 in the 26's tail gun when he was following me dead 6. At about 600 out I opened up and started to hit him on the nose, and to my surprise he didn't move with no smoke and he just kept comming. A second later he warped and I blew up...
I have been having internet problems lately and is there a system in place if your internet is slow they compensate by causing minimal or no damage???
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: The Fugitive on April 13, 2013, 10:15:55 PM
No, most likely your rotten connection caused the packets with the info of your hits on the other plane got lost. So they didn't give him the damage. The warp you saw was the update getting to you from his computer with the data of all those hits he laid on you.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Latrobe on April 13, 2013, 10:27:39 PM
If anyone has a fix for slow internet, please, for the love of god, TELL ME! My internet was ranked slower than 99.5% than the rest of America.  :cry





I didn't even know an F-- rating existed!
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: coombz on April 13, 2013, 10:28:52 PM
slow internet shouldn't be a problem - bad internet probably will be
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: The Fugitive on April 13, 2013, 10:39:30 PM
slow internet shouldn't be a problem - bad internet probably will be

CORRECT! Slow isn't bad as long as it is steady/solid. If your ping doesn't jump around and it is under 200 (I think that is the magic number) you should be fine.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: icepac on April 13, 2013, 10:53:30 PM

When I used a blackberry to access the arena, my rubber bullets went away after the inevitable switch to tcp from udp.

All is better with iphone connex but still have enough lag time that DA is not an option.

Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Dragon Tamer on April 13, 2013, 11:23:30 PM
Someone explained that a low frame rate may also make it harder to kill enemies, is that right? I like the advanced graphics and my computer can hold 30 FPS on certain maps, but it seems like it's harder to kill enemies and they kill me more often.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: hitech on April 14, 2013, 10:21:51 AM
No, most likely your rotten connection caused the packets with the info of your hits on the other plane got lost. So they didn't give him the damage. The warp you saw was the update getting to you from his computer with the data of all those hits he laid on you.

Hit packets can NOT be lost. They will always arrive unless a disco has occurred. Now how long it takes them to arrive is a different question.

HiTech


Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: RngFndr on April 14, 2013, 10:40:54 AM
Ah yes, the old Warpomatic PC,  Rubber Bullets and Bombs syndrome..  :furious

The tech aspect I will leave to those who know better..   :headscratch:

I will say, that a Better rig and a cable connection stopped it tho..  :cheers:

On my first rig, playin this game??  Was like pullin teeth! :bhead :bhead :bhead

Then I ordered a rig just for the game, NOTHING ELSE,  :x :x :x   :banana: :aok
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Latrobe on April 14, 2013, 10:58:33 AM
CORRECT! Slow isn't bad as long as it is steady/solid. If your ping doesn't jump around and it is under 200 (I think that is the magic number) you should be fine.


I have a 0.32Mb/s (averaged) internet speed an my ping jumps around anywhere from 400-850. Does that count as having slow AND bad internet?  :(
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: bj229r on April 14, 2013, 11:36:16 AM
When I have no signal for my bionic, I use dialup...an astounding 46k, with a 225 or so ping. As long as ping is near flat line, it's golden
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: icepac on April 14, 2013, 11:37:26 AM
I thought udp connection does not guarantee lost packets are retransmitted but that tcp/ip does.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: coombz on April 14, 2013, 03:58:32 PM

I have a 0.32Mb/s (averaged) internet speed an my ping jumps around anywhere from 400-850. Does that count as having slow AND bad internet?  :(

Yes!

But considering how good you are with bad internet, I think we should forbid you from ever getting a decent connection  :uhoh
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Latrobe on April 14, 2013, 05:17:50 PM
Yes!

But considering how good you are with bad internet, I think we should forbid you from ever getting a decent connection  :uhoh

You won't have to worry. My ISP has basically said they refuse to fix my internet.  :cry
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: tuton25 on April 14, 2013, 05:35:42 PM
Yeah I was in the ww1 areana in an F2B shooting another F2B in the nose and in three pings I loose my my gun, pilot, and gunner
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Dragon Tamer on April 14, 2013, 10:47:46 PM
You won't have to worry. My ISP has basically said they refuse to fix my internet.  :cry

You must have shot down someone you shouldn't have.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 15, 2013, 04:03:23 AM
I thought udp connection does not guarantee lost packets are retransmitted but that tcp/ip does.

Location updates are udp, hit data is tcp.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Flench on April 15, 2013, 07:12:15 AM
If anyone has a fix for slow internet, please, for the love of god, TELL ME! My internet was ranked slower than 99.5% than the rest of America.  :cry





I didn't even know an F-- rating existed!
Don't fell bad . Mine is the same way . A disadvantage of living in the middle of no where .

Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: 1ijac on April 16, 2013, 09:36:44 AM
You won't have to worry. My ISP has basically said they refuse to fix my internet.  :cry

Latrobe,  Whatever you have going seems to be working well for you.   ;)   <S>

One-eye
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: rpm on April 16, 2013, 06:13:36 PM
Slow connects are not a problem. I was on 56K dialup for 8 years before they extended broadband to my area. I recall Skuzzy telling me once that a slower connection was better for this game. This was back when cable yanking warp on demand was possible. That may have changed.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: tuton25 on April 16, 2013, 11:19:03 PM
So when I'm gunning in a bomber can the all the shot packets show up all at once because the enemy always sit dead six with me shoot and them not taking any damage and then my plane and my drones go down....If someone would tell me how to upload video I would show you what I mean....
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Wiley on April 17, 2013, 09:54:41 AM
So when I'm gunning in a bomber can the all the shot packets show up all at once because the enemy always sit dead six with me shoot and them not taking any damage and then my plane and my drones go down....If someone would tell me how to upload video I would show you what I mean....

Obviously without the video, can't say for certain, but that is pretty much exactly how it works when there's a hiccup.  Your plane is fine, then all the damage packets arrive at once and your plane is in horrible horrible condition.  It feels a lot of the time like a one ping kill, when it's actually a bunch of pings all being displayed to you at once.

Wiley.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: tunnelrat on April 17, 2013, 11:55:52 AM

I have a 0.32Mb/s (averaged) internet speed an my ping jumps around anywhere from 400-850. Does that count as having slow AND bad internet?  :(

I have fought you dozens of times and I have never seen you warp.

Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Latrobe on April 17, 2013, 01:24:38 PM
I have fought you dozens of times and I have never seen you warp.



Well thats got the be nothing short of a miracle.
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: tuton25 on April 17, 2013, 04:20:24 PM
My hiccups are very regular and it slows my reactions alot in such a fast pased game....
Title: Re: Slow internet makes me die more???
Post by: Flench on April 20, 2013, 12:19:58 PM
Me being on Dial I have gone back and looked at a film where I was lighting the guy up and when I asked him did I hit you he said no . The film showed I was shooting behind him but when I was pulling the trigger it was lighting him up like a firecracker . Figure that out ?