High Ping ---> Slow Game ? Please contribute !!!

[Charon]

Everyone who is suffering from slow gameplay plz do this:

1.) press the windows-start button
2.) select \"run\" from the menu and click it
3.) enter \"cmd\" and press enter
4.) into the \"black window\" *g* that pops up enter this

           \"ping planeshift.fragnetics.com\"

     you should get some output that look\'s like this

Antwort von 203.81.47.27: Bytes=32 Zeit=411ms TTL=240
Antwort von 203.81.47.27: Bytes=32 Zeit=415ms TTL=240
Antwort von 203.81.47.27: Bytes=32 Zeit=415ms TTL=240
Antwort von 203.81.47.27: Bytes=32 Zeit=415ms TTL=240

Ping-Statistik f?r 203.81.47.27:
    Pakete: Gesendet = 4, Empfangen = 4, Verloren = 0 (0% Verlust),
Ca. Zeitangaben in Millisek.:
    Minimum = 411ms, Maximum = 415ms, Mittelwert = 414ms


look at the value after \"Mittelwert\" or \"Mean\"?

in my case it\'s \"414ms\" as you can see ...


5.) please post this value into this thread ... and tell us how slow the games runs for you (estimated fps)

6.) let\'s compare ;-)

[BlueScreenJunky]

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\\>ping planeshift.fragnetics.com

Envoi d\'une requ?te \'ping\' sur fragnetics.com [203.81.47.27] avec 32 octets de d
onn?es?:

R?ponse de 203.81.47.27?: octets=32 temps=1141 ms TTL=244
R?ponse de 203.81.47.27?: octets=32 temps=438 ms TTL=244
R?ponse de 203.81.47.27?: octets=32 temps=500 ms TTL=244
R?ponse de 203.81.47.27?: octets=32 temps=438 ms TTL=244

Statistiques Ping pour 203.81.47.27:
    Paquets?: envoy?s = 4, re?us = 4, perdus = 0 (perte 0%),
Dur?e approximative des boucles en millisecondes?:
    minimum = 438ms, maximum = 1141ms, moyenne = 629ms

I run at about 30 - 60 FPS outside, and 150 - 200 FPS in the caves or buildings (Geforce4 128Mo, RAM : 512 Mo, Athlon 1800+ @ 2200+)

So the game runs pretty well but IT IS laggy -> the other characters sometimes move strangely, it takes me about 1/2 sec to pick up items on the floor etc.


edit : ignore the 1114, I sent 20 packets and it didn\'t happen, I\'m around 450.

[Charon]

hmmm ... is there an internal fps counter ?

is your movement limited by the lag ? (looking around, ...)

[BlueScreenJunky]

add the line
System.PlugIns.iBugPlug = crystalspace.utilities.bugplug
to your psclient.cfg to get the FPS counter.

There is no lag in my movement, nor in the look. The only pb I have is with mouselook : the higher the framerate is, the slower my mouse moves... weird... o_O

[Charon]

ok ... thx for the fps hint ...

i\'ve tested the client both in software and opengl mode at 640x480, 16 bit

result:

  OpenGL                     ==>  between 0.2 and 7 fps
  Software Renderer    ==> about 5 fps

this is weird ...

the OpenGL rendering should be much faster ...
there seems to be some problem between client and display drivers ...

trying further ...