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Lag after 30 mins in ICO Match

March 25, 2008 10:22:53 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Every time i try to play an ICO match with friends online, after about 30-40 mins, they start lagging, the game freezes for 20 seconds, then it continues for 5 seconds, then they lag again. 20 mins of game time can take over an hour IRL, does anyone know what could be causing this? 
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Reply #1 March 25, 2008 10:29:21 PM
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Check to see if virus scans are occurring in the background (doubt it if its recurring like this, but possible). Are your friends actually lagging, or is just a connection issue, do you know?

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Reply #2 March 25, 2008 10:52:12 PM
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no virus scans, it just seems that once combat starts, the lag starts, and wont end at all. when i look at the network from my screen, it shows me with 0 ping (im the only one that can host of the three of us) and they jump from 300 to 3000 every 3-4 seconds.
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Reply #3 March 25, 2008 10:58:51 PM
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Is this a multiplayer only issue or does it also happen to you in single player?
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Reply #4 April 9, 2008 3:49:43 PM
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Only in multiplayer. some days we can play with no lag whatsoever, some days we get a little, and sometimes we get a freeze of 20 seconds, then the game goes fine for 5 seconds, then another 15 second freeze
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Reply #5 April 9, 2008 6:28:52 PM
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Sounds like a network latency issue to me. Have you tried a pingtest to your local ISP's gateway?

On the "laggy days" try the following

From the command-prompt:

ping -t xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > pingtest.txt <-- where the x's are the IP address of your ISP's local gateway.

Let that run for a few minutes, then Ctrl-C (break the run) and find the pingtest.txt. If there are many ping values that are above 20-30ms I'd suggest sending a copy of the pingtest.txt to your ISP and asking them to look into it.

You could also perform a trace to the IP's of some of your friends to find out if there is a particular "hop" along the path that is lagging you out.

Again from the command-prompt:

tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <-- where the x's are the IP address of a remote friend.


thanks,

the Monk
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Reply #6 April 10, 2008 1:13:40 AM
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ill give that a try. my ISP is sorta my school, im in a dorm, but its odd, these slow downs happen at the oddest times. sometimes its 4 in the morning, sometimes its 1pm, we never know when it will happen.
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