ways to lower my lag

shovelnose · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 6:45 pm Post subject:

i was just wondering if anyone knows how/if i can lower my lag. im cursed with a 56k, but i have decent RAM and an upgraded graphics card. i just want to know if there is any trick to making my game run a lil smoother ( im sick of lagging up and then the next thing i know im dead ). any help would be appreciated.

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Ktulu · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 6:50 pm Post subject:

Copy and paste this into the bottom of your config.cfg file, it helps me allot whenever I'm *gasp* at 56k

s_reverb "0"
cl_nopred "0"
cl_rate "4001.0528"
gl_picmip "2"
gl_playermip "2"
hisound "0"
loadas8bit "1"
precache "1"
r_decals "2000"
r_drawviewmodel "1"
r_dynamic "0"
r_mirroralpha "0"
r_mmx "1"
violence_hblood "0"
violence_hgibs "0"
m_filter "1"
joystick "0"
cl_bob "0"
gl_picmip "3"
gl_max_size "256"
gl_playermip "3"
gl_smoothmodels "0"
gl_texturemode "GL_NEAREST"
pingservers
cl_nodelta 1
mp_decals 1
cl_gibcount 4
cl_giblife 4
pushlatency -1000
rate 5000
setinfo cl_dlmax "512"
vgui_emulatemouse "1"

Snaggletooth · Guest

If you get an error Cl_flushentitypacket, you will need to lower your rate. Dial up users usually have a rate about 3000 or less unless they have a good connection. The way to change your rate is simple. In the console type "rate XXXX" (without the quotes, and XXXX is 3000 or whatever number you want.)

shovelnose · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 7:56 pm Post subject:

i have never got the flush packet error. usually i just have a second or 2 when i (and every one around me ) freezes, then when it rusumes, i am either dead, or in a totally different place.

as for the config.cfg ....do i put this in my tfc folder?

thanks

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Snaggletooth · Guest

There is already a file called Config.cfg in your TFC directory. All you have to do is replace the lines at the bottom with the ones Ktulu has posted.

PondScum007 · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:43 pm Post subject:

yeah i used to get that "teleporting" effect alot..my uploading speed was..ugh..14.4..*cry* but now im nice n' speedy..yay

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shovelnose · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 9:59 pm Post subject:

14.4!!

that is painful.

OmegaSiN · Registered User Joined: 05 Nov 2001 Posts: 712

I had the same as you Pond, but then I got o@h cable!

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Kjeldorian Royal Guard 42 · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 11:54 pm Post subject:

Ways to lower your lag? Well I find that throwing a little extra cheese into your tower, will make the mice run faster. Also, you might try waxing your modem. This seems to make it go faster.

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Twisted29 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 12:22 am Post subject:

Waxing your modem? What's a modem? Oh yeah...I had one of those once.

Now I have a shiny new network card.

The same network as TV5 i might add. Nothing between me and it but a dual OC3 lan. Jealous yet?

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shovelnose · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 10:38 am Post subject:

ok ok ok...i know having a modem sucks...but you dont have to rub it in.

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PyROZen · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 12:13 pm Post subject:

did you try linking 2 modems together? thats what i did and it doubles you connection speed. You just have to make sure your ISP doesn't care if you log on with 2 accounts.

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Kjeldorian Royal Guard 42 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 12:19 pm Post subject:

My NIC beat up your modem! Muahahaha! The best way to lower your lag is to get cable! Muahahaha! Are you talking about system lag or server lag? What do you have in your tower? Give me some hardware profiles.

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shovelnose · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 2:10 pm Post subject:

i have a pentium II....500 mgz...i have 196 megs of ram. i dont get system lag..its mostly server lag. it the worst when im in a full game, obviously. im getting a new computer soon, but i still will have 56k.

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Kjeldorian Royal Guard 42 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 2:30 pm Post subject:

Well with a processor like P2 and 56k modem, you will always be laggier than others with AMD's and P4's on cable or dsl. Try out what Ktulu mentioned. Other than that, I don't think there is much you can do to lower your lag. Did you try dropping your FPS?

I run a 700 mhz P3 on cable with a great video card and I still get occasional server lag. But, it's usually only for the first few moments of the game. Until you get a better connection, you will always experience some lag. Sux I know, I too once was a dial-up modem owner. *GASP*
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