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[KadaverJack]

What I have found is that the best way to remedy this problem without switching ISPs or other things is to call up the join/server list. This resends the current data, and the game will start up faster than if you just sit and wait. Usually it takes 5-6 seconds to get back to fraggin.

If that does help, then your router is the culprit. As it seems some routers simply "forget" where to route the incomming packets after a few minutes.

[esteel]

Ouch that sounds very ugly.. But why would it forget the route after some time? There is a constant flow of data when playing.. i see no difference between that and the server list retrieval..

[Xeno]

I move to make that the new lag/wait icon.

Or either of these:



I'm sure that Flavor Flav will GPL one of those.

[Grasshopper]

recently im getting pings ranging in the thousands . used to be i could join galts and his ping would be 64 or around that now sometimes in the server list it has a ping of 2064 . and all the rooms i play in are now unplayable . same thing in game except i watch my ping jump from 64 to 97 >346>1278> 3000 and then back to 64 or whatever . then it starts climbing again . i have gone as far as reformatting making sure i wipe out any settings causing the problem . nope , same problem . and this is done before any updates and any software is downloaded . then i try again after downloading updates and such , same thing . i am using windoze xp 2 gb ram amd athalon64x2 dual core processor 4200+ nvidia geforce 8500 with 256MB ram , no router just straight to my pc , and nexuiz 2.4.2 . all of my settings are in at the very lowest . i have turned off all eycandy , and i mean im at the very rock bottom with graphics in nexuiz and still cant get a good ping . i dont understand because my internet browsing is fine . i pay for 1.5 Mb and get close to it on download speeds . any ideas why ppl are getting this problem on mulitple platforms ? does nexuiz hate nvidia ? do we need better isp's? or is there something in the console to tweak so we all can get better connection ? but its prolly just my pc saying it doesnt like me anymore or my isp giving me the finger

[divVerent]

If you get a high ping even in the server list, this is likely to be NOT Nexuiz's fault. First thing to try would be another ISP - maybe you can use call-by-call to use another ISP for a test without signing a new contract. If not, but you've got a notebook, try going to a friend with it and playing from there.

As for your problem, you are probably experiencing packet loss or huge delays; setting cl_netinputpacketlosstolerance 2 on the console may be worth trying.

[Grasshopper]

ahh divVerent , thanx again weird thing is this has only started happening about a month ago . i dont know if its the new drivers for my nvidia card or just plain operator error , me . will try the console tweak because i know its not nexuiz . only few have this prob

EDIT . console says , the command is unknown , i checked my spelling a few times . has the command changed ?

[divVerent]

Possibly, don't type it fully, but use cl_neti<TAB>

[Grasshopper]

ok . it brings up a list of different options .ill see what i can do with tese commands . thanx again

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

Even hardwired i get packet loss. I also get random disconnects and my router then indicates "no DSL connection", so it must be my ISP.

Erm, yeah. Just thought you'd like to know.

[PinkRobot]

esteel: I used the have the router from hell that would lose the connection too after a couple of minutes. It was impossible to play Nexuiz with it. But it was very bad in general. Only after a year they released a firmware upgrade and it was perfect. No problems for a week after which it exploded. Apparently they had made a product that the deliberately toned down to avoid explosion, then they received complaints that it was not routing very well, fixed it and the hardware was not up to the job. Oh well, some products just completely suck.

I now have a new router which is ace.

Like ai II got a really weird thing some time ago where my packet loss would start at 1 to 2 % then gradually move up to 5 to 10 % and then all the way up to 80-90%. But the weird thing was there was absolutely NO red stuff in my netgraph. It looked completely normal as if I was having The Perfect Connection. It's been OK for a while now though. I'm not on Wlan by the way.

Cable does suck, at least mine does. It can be really good for a long time then for days my cable modem can not give me internet. Sometimes a reset fixes it for a long time but it can also return within minutes or hours. TV and phone over the same cable works fine though. But if it stays like this I will move back to DSL.

Are there any cable network guru's here ? I have a varying ip address that gets assigned to me by my provider. But it can be the same for a long time until they apparently mix the ip's around again. Do cable providers actually do this ? And at precise intervals ? Because my biggest internet problems are always on Monday night or Tuesday morning. Might this mean they do something with the network then which makes them lose my internet connection ? I also lose some TV service like Movies On Demand, in fact yesterday evening I noticed my internet was failing again and turned on the TV, selected that interactive On Demand channel and boom my router started resetting