100 Choke

CaptNCoke · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 5:45 pm Post subject: 100 Choke

I was just wondering if anyone else is getting around 100 choke. When the Ville server IV had DOD3.1 I pinged a nice constant 50-60 now its up into the 100s easily. I was just looking at what the server rates are at. The sv_maxrate is set to 3200. The other DOD servers that I play at sometimes are set to 6000. Think that could be why? If not any suggestions whould be appreciated. Thx.

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sgt stutter · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 6:26 pm Post subject:

I've been getting the same thing on Ville 4, 100 choke all the time no matter what map, was 0 choke with 3.1. Am ok on Ville 2 server 0 - 10 choke. Have changed my config around but that did not help

. Have done a trace and no bad hops. Have gone to some other servers other then the ville

just to see what my choke and ping would be honest

and for the most part ok ping and 0 - 10 choke.

So any help would be appreciated. I know I suck at DoD but still have allot of fun with all that play here

. Even if it stays this way will still play here because of all of you that frequent the Ville.

Can ya feel the love I can.

Thanks in advance for any help that may spew forth.
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CaptNCoke · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 6:46 pm Post subject:

I found out why mine was so high. My cl_updaterate was set to 30 (or 20, I can't remember), so I lowered it to 10 and BINGO! My ping went from 120 all the way down to 50. I still get some choke, in the ranges of 10-20 but thats so much better then before. Hopefully that'll help you out to.

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Blue Ruler · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 7:04 pm Post subject:

CaptNCoke · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 7:20 pm Post subject:

cl_updaterate controls the server-client and client-server traffic. The higher values, the more traffic. However using low values won't create an inaccurate picture of the gaming world (that will only occur if the client starts to drop a lot of packets) because there doesn't need to be a one-to-one correspondence with the way the Half-Life engine works.(From Geekboys)

To change it just go into your console when playing and type "cl_updaterate" without the quotes.

It will probably say "cl_updaterate 20" If it does, change it by typing "cl_updaterate 10". Thats what I put mine at and it helped alot. Hope that helps.

Here's a link to the article. They've got some good stuff on there for tweaking and such.
http://www.geekboys.org/docs/netcode2.php

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Stevo · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 7:46 pm Post subject:

SilverOne · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:04 pm Post subject:

Couple things

Unless tv2 was full or over say.. 10 players or so, you wont be able to tell if you get choke there.

The rate of 3200 is set because tv4 is not running on a full t1 its running off a partial one. If we set it at a rate of 6000 we will only be able to have like 8 or 9 players max. We have had the same rate since 3.1 on tv4. This will hopefully change in the near future.

When tv4 was 3.1 we didnt have this issue. Only since 1.0.

I have visited many servers to see what is going on outside tv4. From what i've found some servers I get the high choke and others I don't. All the servers have different rates, etc. I have yet to be able to figure out why i'm getting the choke when others dont or why other servers are fine and others are not. I have yet to find any constants.

I have also read many threads on the official DoD forums with players complaining about choke. It's amazing if you do a search there.

So far I can't find a clear solution. Im still trying different settings client side and server side. If I find anything I will be sure to pass it along. This issue has been bugging me since tv4 was changed to 1.0. Its hard when only a few people are getting it while many are fine.

Changing the cl_updaterate, etc does help greatly. But there is still something out there that I haven't been able to find.
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My Personal Insanity · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:08 pm Post subject:

Blue Ruler · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys my cl_updaterate is 10. My choke 90 % of the time zero and my ping always runs and always has run at about 100 - 120.

I guess thats the best I can do from the west coast at least.

I was in game this evening with JCOM and he said to someone, Stevo I think, to enter:
-nojoy -noipx into command line to DoD. Don't ask me anymore info hell I've never heard of it.
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Blue Ruler · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:17 pm Post subject:

My Personal Insanity · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:19 pm Post subject:

SilverOne · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject:

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