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| 483018 | 2006-09-06 22:34:00 | Hi guys, I have been playing an online game for while now with no stress. But for the last few weeks the game freezes for 2 seconds roughly every minute, then after the freeze the game carries on normally for another minute or so then it happens again. The game is fine if i play offline. I am sure its a lag issue cause the game has a thing called a "Lag o Metre" which monitors your connection to the server and when i get the freeze the Lag o Metre drops to nothing.It happens no matter which server i join Australia or NZ. I belong to xnet, now on there home page www.xnet.co.nz in the top right there is a network issue "its the top one they have two" This network issue sounds like what is happening to me but i dont understand what a UBS END USER is. I have rung xnet and they assure me that this network issue is not affecting me and that it wont be the problem, even though it sounds like my problem. So I basically wanted to get another opinion if any one else understands what this network issue is and if it could be affecting me. Or if anyone has any idears on what else could be causing this. Its driving me nuts :waughh: Thanks for any help | G-Boy (6793) | ||
| 483019 | 2006-09-06 23:36:00 | Are you 100% sure your system, particularly the graphics card, isn't overheating? | Greg (193) | ||
| 483020 | 2006-09-06 23:51:00 | Are you 100% sure your system, particularly the graphics card, isn't overheating? Hi Greg My graphics card sits around 38c, so no it dosnt seem to be getting hot. And it only happens when i play online, If i play by myself the game runs fine. and as i say by the looks of the Lag o Metre, i seem to lose connection for a second or so when this happens. |
G-Boy (6793) | ||
| 483021 | 2006-09-20 06:47:00 | OK, i still havn't got this prob sorted. I have tried another Modem, and another graphics card. How ever I have noticed that when the freeze occurs my firewall shows the stop is in the "OUT GOING" traffic, it drops to nothing for a second or so at the exact time the game freezes, the incoming seems fine, no drop off, So can any one tell me if the drop is in the out going traffic, is it likely to be a software or hardware problem ie something at my end. Or is there still the posibilty that it could be an isp,Telecom issue.? | G-Boy (6793) | ||
| 483022 | 2006-09-20 11:15:00 | What's the game? | Jester (13) | ||
| 483023 | 2006-09-20 21:34:00 | What's the game? Hi Jester, the game Enemy Territory. :thumbs: |
G-Boy (6793) | ||
| 483024 | 2006-09-21 03:19:00 | This is a weird problem. When you say "modem" are you talking about a router or something? If it's a regular adsl modem, is it internal? Have you tried and maybe stuffed up your Services by optimising them for a gaming environment? You might want to give a bit more thought to exactly how you connect to The Internet, and describe your system a bit more fully. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 483025 | 2006-09-21 04:45:00 | This is a weird problem. When you say "modem" are you talking about a router or something? If it's a regular adsl modem, is it internal? Have you tried and maybe stuffed up your Services by optimising them for a gaming environment? You might want to give a bit more thought to exactly how you connect to The Internet, and describe your system a bit more fully. Hi Greg, weird allright, its driving me nuts! Ive played the game for months with no prob, then this :( The modem the problem started on was a DSL 302g connected through ethernet, Now i am using an internal accessRunner adsl Modem but it has made no difference to the problem. My computer is a AMD Athlon 1800+ XP, 512 meg ram, G-force 6200a 128 meg Video card. When you say have I have stuffed up my Services by optimising them for a gaming environment? What do you mean?, Ive fresh installed the game to no avail, if you mean my game settings?. Ive tried a different line filter, Made sure no other programs that would connect to the net are running when I play the game. Just running out of idears. :illogical |
G-Boy (6793) | ||
| 483026 | 2006-09-21 08:35:00 | g boy i had a very similar problem recently. well, i noticed online i kept getting this annoying lag, every minute or so, was driving me crazy, i rang orcon, they said it was firewall, so i went and got zone alarm firewall, havnt had a problem since! |
jesse_jax (9283) | ||
| 483027 | 2006-09-21 11:48:00 | Yeah that's the only thing I can think of. Maybe try to put your firewall into learning mode. Also check that Windows XP firewall is disabled. | Greg (193) | ||
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