Playerworlds Server Lag

[-HateD-]

The "high MS means really laggy" comparison doesn't really hold true on era. It's about the strength of the connection not necessarily the distance away you are from the server. Hence why brazilians lag while Europeans don't as much. Somewhat equidistant from the server, yet the Europeans can have 1st world internet while brazil is stuck with 3rd world dial up or something like that.

[Crow]

Originally Posted by -HateD-

The "high MS means really laggy" comparison doesn't really hold true on era.

It always does. You know the ms in ping measurement stands for milliseconds, right? Milliseconds it takes for a server to answer a client. The longer it takes for the answer packet to arrive at the client, the "laggier" it gets, naturally.

[-HateD-]

Originally Posted by Crow

It always does. You know the ms in ping measurement stands for milliseconds, right? Milliseconds it takes for a server to answer a client. The longer it takes for the answer packet to arrive at the client, the "laggier" it gets, naturally.

I don't think you're getting what I'm saying, but since you've never really played era as far as I know it would be hard to explain. I can have up to 300 ms and not "eat bullets" on other peoples screens because I have a strong connection. Players with bad connections (take one of the kids from the virgin islands Danne4Life who never goes under 1k ping) will almost always eat bullets and warp around the screen.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by -HateD-

I don't think you're getting what I'm saying, but since you've never really played era as far as I know it would be hard to explain. I can have up to 300 ms and not "eat bullets" on other peoples screens because I have a strong connection. Players with bad connections (take one of the kids from the virgin islands Danne4Life who never goes under 1k ping) will almost always eat bullets and warp around the screen.

I don't think you understand what latency is. There is no such thing as a "strong" connection.

[-HateD-]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

I don't think you understand what latency is. There is no such thing as a "strong" connection.

Any other idea how to explain high ms not equating to people eating?

[Crow]

Originally Posted by -HateD-

I don't think you're getting what I'm saying, but since you've never really played era as far as I know it would be hard to explain.

Last time I checked, I had I believe around 1700+ hours of online time. Could be slightly off. Also, what Chris said.

[-HateD-]

Originally Posted by Crow

Last time I checked, I had I believe around 1700+ hours of online time. Could be slightly off. Also, what Chris said.

You must not PK much then

[Crono]

can we stop playing on wooden servers already? zod just lagged out.

[smirt362]

Your ping refers to how long it takes for a message from the server to reach your computer and back again. Mines so low because the server is basically an hour away from where I live.

In your example, it takes about 1 second for a message to get to Danne4Life's computer and back to the server. So the data about where he is currently and all that isn't instantaneous. It's why he jumps around a lot.

Ping is a measure of latency or drag in the spread of information in a system, in this case between the player's computer and the game server. It's basically a measure of how laggy you are.

[xXziroXx]

shoot() is clientsided, the only thing ms would do is affect how long after a player shoots that bullets will appear on your screen.

[smirt362]

You're all wrong in all the right ways

[cbk1994]

The servers have been quite bad the past few years, seemingly no matter where they've been hosted. The problem seems not to be the location, but instead the actual servers themselves (or perhaps the way resources are being divided and isolated between different Graal servers).

[LordSquirt]

^ this guy is a scrub, but he knows what he's talking about

[SensesFail]

I use to have 60MS on era now I have 151ms so the change did affect things more then just a little, saying the change didnt affect much Stefan is some ****....60 to 151, id say thats a pretty big jump......

[GodlyAmbitions]

my friend used to have 100 ping but now has 400~600 and with these recent lag spikes 1k~2ks along with 10 other people near him

some people say stefan is downgrading pc graal servers because its not giving him enough cash..