Hello PuF Folks--
I'm trying to set my pops up so he can play UT online... and I'm having some puzzling difficulty.
Although we're using virtually identical setups (his cpu is slightly faster), and I've used all the same modem and UT tweaks for his set up as I have for mine (mostly from 3D Spotlight), I can't get him to connect to many servers without experiencing a frustrating, soaring ping around action.
He can connect fine and his ping will hover around 200 as long as he's not around action. But as soon as he battles someone or gets involved in any interactive action, his ping soars (it soars from the 200-300 range to 5000-7000 then settles back down if he stands still and away from the action). I've never had such a problem with my system/connection.
I've wondered if it was his ISP, but browsing and downloading works fine and his pings to most servers are usually excellent (hehe... for a 56k, of course). Because it seems to specifically involve action within the game, I'm wondering if there's something within the game we can tweak to help things. I have tried varying netspeeds (between 2250 and 4250) with no luck.
I posted here instead of troubleshooting because people seem to respond really fast here and I'm heading back west soon so...
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated by my pops and me.
Muchas Gracias & the Happiest of New Years to Ya,
Dora_Flood@hotmail.com
I'm trying to set my pops up so he can play UT online... and I'm having some puzzling difficulty.
Although we're using virtually identical setups (his cpu is slightly faster), and I've used all the same modem and UT tweaks for his set up as I have for mine (mostly from 3D Spotlight), I can't get him to connect to many servers without experiencing a frustrating, soaring ping around action.
He can connect fine and his ping will hover around 200 as long as he's not around action. But as soon as he battles someone or gets involved in any interactive action, his ping soars (it soars from the 200-300 range to 5000-7000 then settles back down if he stands still and away from the action). I've never had such a problem with my system/connection.
I've wondered if it was his ISP, but browsing and downloading works fine and his pings to most servers are usually excellent (hehe... for a 56k, of course). Because it seems to specifically involve action within the game, I'm wondering if there's something within the game we can tweak to help things. I have tried varying netspeeds (between 2250 and 4250) with no luck.
I posted here instead of troubleshooting because people seem to respond really fast here and I'm heading back west soon so...
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated by my pops and me.
Muchas Gracias & the Happiest of New Years to Ya,
Dora_Flood@hotmail.com
. Are you sure he doesnt have a winmodem, that would explain why the ping shoots up when the action starts. A good hardware modem makes a HUGE difference.