Bee_Sting Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 what does client ping time out mean? my pings are really low on good servers and average on bad servers. the good servers gives me the most client ping time outs than the bad one. oooh what is the chat buttons to chat with. i have to kick to the player lobby to use the chat?
EtherealN Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 Ping Timeout isn't necessarily about high or low ping, it's about pings not getting there in the first place. Or does it say "ping too high"? In that case you are exceeding the server-set ping limits. Note that you can have a good ping but still a bad connection - the ping only refers to the time for those packets that made it, there might be a lot of packets that don't make it at all. For chatting, what exactly resides on the key varies with language, bot top left of your main keyboard, left of the "1" key and above the tabulation key. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
Bee_Sting Posted May 18, 2010 Author Posted May 18, 2010 how can u find out if u have a bad connection? i'm in a swedish keyboard!
EtherealN Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 On a swedish keyboard, the key would be "§". Top left, left of "1" and above tab. RCtrl-§ for team chat. You can use the command prompt to ping the server and see if it responds or if you get packet losses. You can also take a tracert to the server to see if there are steps that are blocking you or if your route is extremely long. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
Panzertard Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) - "Ping timeout" in FC2/DCS means "okai, we lost some data here - I'm no longer able to keep you connected". - "Ping Timout" in Windows/Linux means "ICMP traffic did not reach it's destination". There are 2 known causes for FC2/DCS ping timeouts. 1. A broken FC2/DCS configuration, when you edited the integrity check - it breaks the server-config, as well as the selected "server network speed". It may contribute to a poor network configuration, and Ping-timeouts. Here's how to fix it it is that problem, FOR SERVERS ONLY: MP Server - Custom Integrity check may break configuration. 2. Bad connections between hosts and clients. Here's how to understand a bit more to troubleshoot about it (quite techy), FOR CLIENTS & SERVERS: INFO: Servers, Clients and "Ping Timeout" Edited May 18, 2010 by Panzertard The mind is like a parachute. It only works when it's open | The important thing is not to stop questioning
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