Ping.
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To be honest, I'm not even sure that the ping command works properly at all. Even when it's lagging incredibly badly, it will still tell me that everyone has 7 ping, even when I'm the host!
knuckles33
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I think the pings are messed up,as furiousfox said.
Uh-huh. So tell me, do you even know what a ping is?
A ping, my friend, is a small packet that's sent to the server, to which the server replies back. Your machine then calculates, based on the difference between the time when the ping was sent and the reply was recieved, the time it takes to make a transaction of a packet between itself and the server.
Obviously, a higher ping means your machine takes longer to reach the server, and thus you lag more proemminently. A lower ping means the transaction is quicker, and the lag is minimal.
A ping, my friend, is a small packet that's sent to the server, to which the server replies back. Your machine then calculates, based on the difference between the time when the ping was sent and the reply was recieved, the time it takes to make a transaction of a packet between itself and the server.
Obviously, a higher ping means your machine takes longer to reach the server, and thus you lag more proemminently. A lower ping means the transaction is quicker, and the lag is minimal.
shadowysonic
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It would seem that every game that has lag that i have played people look at the so called ping command and start pointing fingers it can get seriously confusing because one guy will say that that guy is lagging while mine says that some one completely different is lagging. Some one really needs to ether get rid of the ping command or make it more precise so every one doesn't think some one is lagging at random per person. Just a thought. :|
Super mystic sonic
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Most of the times, everyone in a server has standard 14 ping.
shadowysonic
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really? i thought it was 7 and the connection time out was 14?
Super mystic sonic
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That would mean anyone on a server would cause a timeout...I never saw anyone with ping of 14. The lowest I ever saw was 11.
SRB2's netplay code is screwy alltogether. The only surefire way to tell if someone's lagging, is to kick them, then restart the map, and wait a few seconds.
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