Recently I've noticed that I experience these bursts of lag on many servers, and especialy ones that are running AntiTCC. It happens both while I'm playing, and after I die. This has been getting really aggravating lately, and I'm wondering if it's because I don't have the proper ports being forwarded on my router's firewall. Should I be opening any ports at all for UT2k4 or does it work fine without? Note:I have not noticed any of these problems with the Ketner server, however I'm in Virginia which is where the server is I believe so that could be why.
The only other case could be that my ping is too high. On many servers lately it's around the 70-100 something mark. Though it's usually in the low 100s if at all. The thing is, I remember playing Q3 w/ a ping like that and not noticing any problems in regards to lag. Is the UT2k4 net code even more reliant on connection than Q3? I'm on a DSL connection, with the dynamic netspeed box checked OFF. I have the connection type set for Cable/ADSL. Should I try having the game preload character skins? I have 1024mb of ram on my computer but I don't have that box checked atm as I never saw the need for it in the past. I checked the VAR size in my ini and it's currently set to 32. Should I increase that number and are there any other ini tweaks I should be aware of?
Thank you for any help you are able to provide to this newbie
The only other case could be that my ping is too high. On many servers lately it's around the 70-100 something mark. Though it's usually in the low 100s if at all. The thing is, I remember playing Q3 w/ a ping like that and not noticing any problems in regards to lag. Is the UT2k4 net code even more reliant on connection than Q3? I'm on a DSL connection, with the dynamic netspeed box checked OFF. I have the connection type set for Cable/ADSL. Should I try having the game preload character skins? I have 1024mb of ram on my computer but I don't have that box checked atm as I never saw the need for it in the past. I checked the VAR size in my ini and it's currently set to 32. Should I increase that number and are there any other ini tweaks I should be aware of?
Thank you for any help you are able to provide to this newbie
