Hello everyone,
First I would like to apologise if I am posting in the wrong section, please move the thread if so, thank you.
I have this problem with (I'm guessing packet loss) certain games. I'll just list examples:
- Call of Duty games (I play 2, 4 and 5 mainly) work without any problems. My ping on German servers is always around 35-50 and I have no connection problems.
- Guild Wars 2 - I have an occasional lag spike here and there, maybe DC once in two months, but nothing serious.
- Maplestory - been playing it for a month, and in the last week or so I've been experiencing some trouble. The game just lags out for up to 2 minutes. Monsters are standing still and nothing is happening. I can pick up items and stuff and then after 2 minutes goes back to normal, but I don't disconnect in the meantime. But this is not so annoying either.
- The real problem is in Aion. I installed it again after 2 years to have some fun with the new updates, but here I get massive lag and I have to manually disconnect myself because everything just stops for more than 5minutes. People running into walls, NPCs non-responsive, skills not working, can't click on items etc. This happens in the first few minutes when I log on. I'm playing on a UK server (where I usually have 50-60 ping).
I have installed Leatrix latency fixer and am using WTFast at the moment, but it doesn't help. It's the same as if I didn't use them.
As I said, I have no problems with CoD (I'm guessing it's using a different system because I never had any ping problems with CoD since 2003). My internet connection doesn't dc or something. Downloading works fine with no interruptions, browsing, watching youtube videos etc. all works okay.
Now I'm wondering where the problem is? My computer never had problems running these games before. I have a 2Mbps connection due to my location, but I've had no problems before when I had a 512kbps connection, everything worked fine. I have a dlink router, but atm I'm the only one connected to it. No other computer is hooked up to it. I've changed my graphics card and motherboard last year.
Also, one thing about my connection. We live in a valley and my ISP provider has a wireless transmitter set up on the top of the hill (it's ~500m away from our house), but I have a full signal (4 green lights, which is max.). Could this be the problem?
Lastly, could it be a game server problem? I've asked myself the same question, but I play with a friend, and he has no problems. I start lagging and DC, but he plays normally and we chat via skype and the connection doesn't get interrupted.
I would blame the ISP on this, but it doesn't explain the CoD games and all other normal functions of my internet connection (browsing, watching videos, downloading), but then again, I have only beginner knowledge in this area so I'm asking for your help here.
Thank you in advance and happy holidays,
Mark
EDIT: Could the router be the problem as well? Do I have to open some ports or something?
EDIT2: Also tried Battleping now, and doesn't help either.
First I would like to apologise if I am posting in the wrong section, please move the thread if so, thank you.
I have this problem with (I'm guessing packet loss) certain games. I'll just list examples:
- Call of Duty games (I play 2, 4 and 5 mainly) work without any problems. My ping on German servers is always around 35-50 and I have no connection problems.
- Guild Wars 2 - I have an occasional lag spike here and there, maybe DC once in two months, but nothing serious.
- Maplestory - been playing it for a month, and in the last week or so I've been experiencing some trouble. The game just lags out for up to 2 minutes. Monsters are standing still and nothing is happening. I can pick up items and stuff and then after 2 minutes goes back to normal, but I don't disconnect in the meantime. But this is not so annoying either.
- The real problem is in Aion. I installed it again after 2 years to have some fun with the new updates, but here I get massive lag and I have to manually disconnect myself because everything just stops for more than 5minutes. People running into walls, NPCs non-responsive, skills not working, can't click on items etc. This happens in the first few minutes when I log on. I'm playing on a UK server (where I usually have 50-60 ping).
I have installed Leatrix latency fixer and am using WTFast at the moment, but it doesn't help. It's the same as if I didn't use them.
As I said, I have no problems with CoD (I'm guessing it's using a different system because I never had any ping problems with CoD since 2003). My internet connection doesn't dc or something. Downloading works fine with no interruptions, browsing, watching youtube videos etc. all works okay.
Now I'm wondering where the problem is? My computer never had problems running these games before. I have a 2Mbps connection due to my location, but I've had no problems before when I had a 512kbps connection, everything worked fine. I have a dlink router, but atm I'm the only one connected to it. No other computer is hooked up to it. I've changed my graphics card and motherboard last year.
Also, one thing about my connection. We live in a valley and my ISP provider has a wireless transmitter set up on the top of the hill (it's ~500m away from our house), but I have a full signal (4 green lights, which is max.). Could this be the problem?
Lastly, could it be a game server problem? I've asked myself the same question, but I play with a friend, and he has no problems. I start lagging and DC, but he plays normally and we chat via skype and the connection doesn't get interrupted.
I would blame the ISP on this, but it doesn't explain the CoD games and all other normal functions of my internet connection (browsing, watching videos, downloading), but then again, I have only beginner knowledge in this area so I'm asking for your help here.
Thank you in advance and happy holidays,
Mark
EDIT: Could the router be the problem as well? Do I have to open some ports or something?
EDIT2: Also tried Battleping now, and doesn't help either.
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