Lag spikes

[MF]

Hi guys,

I still have an issue with lag/ping spikes. I reinstalled Windows and game, that helped with my ping. It went down to around 120.

But I still have some strange lag spikes. It's unclear when or why it happen in game. 

youtu.be/S0aBQ15onBs
(check around 0:23 / 1:34)

I made a short video about it. I tried a lot of things with the snaps, packets, rate etc.
I believe the top line of the lagometer has something to do with my videocard? My fps is pretty consistent and the game runs good.

Does somebody know how to fix this?

[Johnny Grenade]

Jul 24, 2024 10:15:58 GMT -8 MF said:

Hi guys,

I still have an issue with lag/ping spikes. I reinstalled Windows and game, that helped with my ping. It went down to around 120.

But I still have some strange lag spikes. It's unclear when or why it happen in game. 

youtu.be/S0aBQ15onBs
(check around 0:23 / 1:34)

I made a short video about it. I tried a lot of things with the snaps, packets, rate etc.
I believe the top line of the lagometer has something to do with my videocard? My fps is pretty consistent and the game runs good.

Does somebody know how to fix this?

Might be a coincidence, but those big lags seem to happen after the flash bang sound went off somewhere. I wonder if your PC sound drivers need to be updated..
You could also try to allocate more memory to the game. In your rocmod folder edit sof2mp.cfg find com_hunkMegs and change to "256"

[(HOB)Wolfage]

Jul 24, 2024 10:15:58 GMT -8 MF said:

Hi guys,

I still have an issue with lag/ping spikes. I reinstalled Windows and game, that helped with my ping. It went down to around 120.

But I still have some strange lag spikes. It's unclear when or why it happen in game. 

youtu.be/S0aBQ15onBs
(check around 0:23 / 1:34)

I made a short video about it. I tried a lot of things with the snaps, packets, rate etc.
I believe the top line of the lagometer has something to do with my videocard? My fps is pretty consistent and the game runs good.

Does somebody know how to fix this?

houseofboom.proboards.com/thread/1232/improving-connection-game-play

[MF]

Thanks,

I tried alot with different connection settings, but it did not improve anything.

I can not find the cause of the lag spikes or where to look anymore.

It did look like it happened with some flashgrenade, but I see it occurs even without anything going on.

Let's see if it happens on other servers..

[Johnny Grenade]

Here is a bit of info on the lagometer and what it tells you.

There are two graphs in the lagometer, one above the other.

Upper graph
The upper graph advances one pixel for every rendered frame on the client side. Blue lines below the baseline mean that the frame is interpolating between two valid snapshots. Yellow lines above the baseline mean the frame is extrapolating beyond the latest valid time. The length of the line is proportional to the time.

Basically, blue is good: it's based on two snapshots received from the server, so the frame will not be revoked. Yellow means that the client is predicting what will happen.

The upper graph indicates the consistency of your connection. Ideally, you should always have blue bars of only a pixel or two in height. If you are commonly getting big triangles of yellow on the graph, your connection is inconsistent. If you are on wireless, try switching to a wired connection. If someone else is using your internet (streaming/downloading) while you are playing and you have a low bandwidth connection, this will also happen.

Lower graph
The lower graph slides one pixel for every snapshot received from the server. By default, snapshots come 20 times a second, so if you are running >20 fps, the top graph will move faster, and vice versa. A red bar means the snapshot was dropped by the network (indicating packet loss). Green and yellow bars are properly received snapshots, with the height of the bar proportional to the ping. A yellow bar indicates that the previous snapshot was intentionally suppressed to stay under the rate limit.
In a heavy firefight, it is normal for players to see yellow bars in the bottom graph, which should return to green when the action quiets down.

[(HOB)Wolfage]

Aug 14, 2024 5:02:19 GMT -8 MF said:

Thanks,

I tried alot with different connection settings, but it did not improve anything.

I can not find the cause of the lag spikes or where to look anymore.

It did look like it happened with some flashgrenade, but I see it occurs even without anything going on.

Let's see if it happens on other servers..

Few ideas where else to take a look: Couple year ago my modem was the problem when getting hot. The new modem fix it my problem. And I started to use laptop coller to keep cool my modem and router.  Few monts ago I had same issue but this time my router was dying.

If you have high speed internet exspecielly 1 or 2 Gigabit. Make suer you use the right cable between modem and PC and between modem and router.   CAT5 min  More info. 

Also every time when I forget to close chrome I had lag in game. 

Try out if you have asus: GameFirst VI, an integration network tool, designed for ASUS ROG products for network optimization. It can effectively reduce network delay, minimize in-game lag, and also create the best network environment for players.

Also sometimes cause of some network bug in windows. You have to remove it and reinstall network driver to fix issue with speed. 

I hope some of those info can help.

[MF]

Thansk alot for the info!

I will try the things mentioned.

Matter of fact I have a Asus laptop, so that's worth a try!