Niko Snow, on 01 April 2013 - 05:32 PM, said:
High Ping? Low Frames? Tell us about it here!
Please attempt to respond to the following questions in your responses:
- How had the patch generally affected your performance?
- Whether there are specific points in the game when your performance changes.
- What are your video settings, did you change them since last patch?
- Average FPS ingame and in the menus for previous patch and latest patch (Press F9 to see your FPS)
- System specs (You can include them in a [spoiler] [ /spoiler])
- Your advertised internet connection speed / Geographic location
The patch has introduced unplayably bad "lag" spikes in my games.
There are no specific points, but roughly 1/3 games feature what
feel like (but are not) extremely bad ping times - think in the 3000ms range.
My video settings are maxed, FPS is a solid 60.
I'm running a Phenom 2 X4 965BE@4ghz with a 2GB AMD 7850 (overclocked to be a 7870), with MWO installed to an SSD.
My advertised and actual network speed is 25mbps down (I double check this regularly, and have every time I've had issues here) and 5mbps up. I'm in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
My ping is roughly 60ms, even when having these "lag spikes".
Specific problem: I'll have a multi-second delay in seeing items I enter in chat. Other mechs move and fight as normal (they do NOT just continue walking in a straight line/stop) but I'll warp dramatically about. Just now, I finished a match where I warped sideways 4 full map sectors, while playing my Heavy Metal at less than 60kph. One moment I'm with my team, the next I'm standing in the middle of the enemy forces, alone. That's a hell of a warp.
When this happens, I check my ping, and it's always below 80ms. I double check my systems network activity and my routers network activity log - both are minimal, as I shut down other network services when gaming. I run speedtests - today, I was getting 22mbps down and 3.5mbps up, vastly beyond what MWO requires.
This has never happened to me before this patch. I changed nothing on my end.
This is making the game essentially unplayable for me.