Holy Lag Batman!

[cheese]

Everyone I've played with online complains that the servers are full of lag.



When I was first going to join 0wn3d was showing a ping of just above 900.

Not to mention they are almost all running the test map armory.

On a different server running Policestation it once you get to the open air part it lagged so bad people were running in place.

Was it anything like this during playtesting or is this just someone's server computer unable to handle the load?

[SuperNubb]

WTF, why are so many servers playing armory? It was not like this during playtests, but we'll look into the issue asap.

[josef]

i think that one reason so many servers host armory is that it has quick access to many weapons, and zombies to use them on. the game is new and a lot of people want to try out the combat. imo, it won't be long until people move to the more complex maps.

[cheese]

another reason is because it's first on the list and a lot of servers keep needing a reboot.

[Hastings]

Have I not noticed any lag, and I always have lag when playing ZPS (test server)...
None of the servers I was on complained of lag either.

PLEASE do not play armoury, it was not supposed to be in and ruins the game.

The lag you describe was not how playtests went so it has to be someones server.

[Shing-Shing]

all the servers i play on runs great without lag

[NadeSpam2.0]

The latency is pretty high in that screen shot. Usually the further away you are from the server, the higher the latency/ping will be for that user. Also, it could be that the servers are all from Europe. I know Russian servers are usually around 200+ and UK is around 120 to 140.

Then again, it could be the coding in the game that is causing that latency issue. I would say try pinging the servers IP address or talk to the server administrator and ask he/she were the server is located.

[cheese]

I found out whats going on with the lag, it's the servers. After they get above a certain number of people the lag begins to get pretty rough.

The server I was on would lag out a ton if we had more than 10 people on it at once. Once we got above that magic number the lag for everyone would go up to 500-700 until someone left.

as for armory...you'll have to figure that one out yourself. The 0wn3d server is only running that map for some reason. It was probably a bad idea to include it in the release since most people think its a real map.

[BoguS]

This is a server issue I think, please people don't host servers that will make your pc explode! I can host 6 maxplayer server and after that the pings shoot up and lag attacks!

[cheese]

i've got a listen server ive been playing on and anymore than 10 people and it just cant handle it. But its fine until that. Its not the game causing lag.