Online MP / Major "NetLag" Spikes

[FoxxyTrotty]

Since the last update, (writing 21/Aug) there have been numerous occasions of huge "Netlag" spikes once a few people have come and gone, and maybe 15+ currently active.

 

Locally, your framerates etc, remain fine, but other aircraft will appear to start doing weird rubber-band type maneuvers, while also rotating around all 3 axes. This may last for a few seconds, and then all seems fine.

 

However once this has happen once, the session appears doomed, as these seem to repeat with ever increasing amounts of intensity and duration, until eventually you see everyone "frozen mid-air".

 

The chat remains functional during this time, although when the lagspike lasts more than a few minutes, the chat seems to die with it.. (it's as if the server eventually crashed, but your client forgot to "timeout").

 

I have been unable to find a specific cause, but it has always been after at least 20-30mins uptime with various aircrafts and players, including AO where no weapons are employed (beyond smokewinders and flares).

[WildWeasel303]

Since the last update, (writing 21/Aug) there have been numerous occasions of huge "Netlag" spikes once a few people have come and gone, and maybe 15+ currently active.

 

Locally, your framerates etc, remain fine, but other aircraft will appear to start doing weird rubber-band type maneuvers, while also rotating around all 3 axes. This may last for a few seconds, and then all seems fine.

 

However once this has happen once, the session appears doomed, as these seem to repeat with ever increasing amounts of intensity and duration, until eventually you see everyone "frozen mid-air".

 

The chat remains functional during this time, although when the lagspike lasts more than a few minutes, the chat seems to die with it.. (it's as if the server eventually crashed, but your client forgot to "timeout").

 

I have been unable to find a specific cause, but it has always been after at least 20-30mins uptime with various aircrafts and players, including AO where no weapons are employed (beyond smokewinders and flares).

 

Has this been on multiple servers or just one? Haven't been on yet today.

[TonyG]

I saw AI aircraft rotating on all three axis in our server two days ago. First time I’ve seen that behaviour. I also got a timed out disconnection, which was the first time ever on this server which I’ve been flying on for months. I do a significant portion of the mission design so I can attest there was no changes to the mission, the only change being the most recent OB update. Dedicated server.

[Thorimus]

+1. Really takes you out of it in MP.