movement delay

[Fish hook]

I was playing a netgame and the controls were delayed. I would press up and 2 seconds later I would move up. Is this normal?

 

[BlueZero4]

Called "lag." It happens depending on who you're playing with.

And it's only normal for some people.*coughI'llBegincough*

 

[Fish hook]

Weird cough! And I know about lag, and this isn't it. Everything is at nomal speed. Its just a delay from button push to action.

 

[Super mystic sonic]

Its called C-lag, actually. Lag if is the whole framerate and responds are messed up and slow.

 

[Fish hook]

oh, anyway to stop it? (And sms, you still havent fixed my character have you?)

 

[Princess Plushima]

Nope, C-Lag sucks like that.

 

[Mystic]

"Lag" is not framerate drop, SMS.

Latency, or lag, is when the game responds slowly (For instance, press the button and have it happen 2 seconds later). This is caused by the internet connection of the host not being able to handle the number of people in the game, or your internet connection is not capable of dealing with the amount of people in the game.

Framerate drop is when the image starts getting choppy, sometimes to the point of making the game look like a slide show. This is caused by your computer not being powerful enough to display the stuff onscreen. If this happens to you a lot, try lowering your resolution.

Occasionally, there will be a lag spike and the game will freeze while the game figures it out. This is a combination of both and is normally caused when a player loses connection to the game.

 

[Shuffle]

The physical distance between your computer and the host's computer makes a whole lot of difference. Make sure you join games with a low ping. Anything over 100 could be considered pretty bad.