Fragging Friday Every Friday Always!

[TacT]

logged into the server with the bots running on it but was pinging it at 350-400ms... I know its dial up, but is that normal? Trying to shoot the bot was a hell of a challenge with all the rubber banding around. (In fact, it seamed to pause ever 1 second... you could see it on the data graph and animations like ammo icons would stop and go... Just a ping issue or a wacky USB modem i wonder...)

Well that depends what server you are in, some are very far away or their host isn't too good. But yes the best you are going to get with Dialup is about 150-200 ping on a good server, which is still playable , but the other servers where you get 400+ ping is a bit worse obviously.
And WIFI Sucks and is only going to Add more time onto your ping and lag and always interference which might be your extra bit of lag there.
That server also might need a refresh most people just leave the server up and running for months straight. I refresh my server at least once a week for fragging fridays =)
And bots are a pain in the ass to beat on some servers with 'mods'

Also I tried to explain how the snaps in this game work and how the bandwidth of dialup effects your snaps, the more thats going on the more data in the snaps that send about 20 frames per second this game is almost like live streaming everything, so also when your framerate drops around 20's fps your snaps will drop and ping will get higher, but its all relative.
Quake 3 is really the only game that could use BBA to its advantage , and unreal tournament if it ever returns online =)

I"LL SEE YOU ALL ON QUAKE TONIGHT =D

[TacT]

logged into the server with the bots running on it but was pinging it at 350-400ms... I know its dial up, but is that normal? Trying to shoot the bot was a hell of a challenge with all the rubber banding around. (In fact, it seamed to pause ever 1 second... you could see it on the data graph and animations like ammo icons would stop and go... Just a ping issue or a wacky USB modem i wonder...)

Well that depends what server you are in, some are very far away or their host isn't too good. But yes the best you are going to get with Dialup is about 150-200 ping on a good server, which is still playable , but the other servers where you get 400+ ping is a bit worse obviously.
And WIFI Sucks and is only going to Add more time onto your ping and lag and always interference which might be your extra bit of lag there.
That server also might need a refresh most people just leave the server up and running for months straight. I refresh my server at least once a week for fragging fridays =)
And bots are a pain in the ass to beat on some servers with 'mods'

Also I tried to explain how the snaps in this game work and how the bandwidth of dialup effects your snaps, the more thats going on the more data in the snaps that send about 20 frames per second this game is almost like live streaming everything, so also when your framerate drops around 20's fps your snaps will drop and ping will get higher, but its all relative.
Quake 3 is really the only game that could use BBA to its advantage , and unreal tournament if it ever returns online =)

I"LL SEE YOU ALL ON QUAKE TONIGHT =D

[TacT]

really great games last night! a Lot of people on and a few new people almost every week! I was on quake for like 7 hours lol. Next week I won't be on as late only a few hours but everyone can play as much as they want the servers always up!
Thanks to everyone that came last night I lost track of all the peoples

Nextweek countdown (removed)

[HuntrRose]

I had to go out..

[Thmanx]

@TacT, I found out why my DC mouse wasn't working last night.

Tried it out un Unreal and it was acting really weird... it would not be detected either, and when i looked in the menu for it... the Mouse icon would randomly flash.


Turns out Mouse does NOT work when the console is overclocked to 240mhz... I guess its DPI/Sync signal doesn't line up. Works great when running at 200mhz though.

[TacT]

you have your dc overclocked? =) How is that I wanted to try it but that problem with the mouse is uhh.. good to know! Lol
I'll at least be puting in a new bios chip soon

[Thmanx]

Well your results may very.

For one you'll need your VMU overclocked too, (to a whopping 7.2mhz!)
VMU needs to be OC'd to save to when running at 240mhz. But you can save to a OC'd memory card while at 200... so just over clock your VMU to be safe.


But yeah, most games run well... some freak out (and run at 120% speed or faster...) Like StarLancer... running it overclocked is like playing the game super fast lol. So don't...

Other games like UT can benefit a lot... while the game speeds up a bit, you can run the "slomo .8" command and get the game to run normal again (but 20% improvement, sometimes like 15+fps)

here is a comparison. Probably one of the harder levels to stress test.

1st is Vanilla UT running normally w/ the FPS counter on. @17
2nd is OC'd (with the Decal False code, and fov 100 on for wide-screen) @22




Some games (like 4x4 evo) still run at normal speed with less slow down, which is cool.



And a few games just don't like it, Tokyo XtremeRacer wont boot most times, and if it does... it can corrupt the save. But yeah, if your experiencing slow downs in certain games (UT, Quake-ish, Shenmu, etc) it can be a benefit. As well as for HomeBrew and emulators... those things take all the hertz they can get.

[Farmhouse]

My mouse wasn't working either. But it's because it's not registering when I'm trying to turn left half the time.
Oddly enough, after cleaning... it's worse. Ha! Need to find an affordable ps/2 to DC adapter.

[TacT]

I guess overclocking isn't all too worth it to me all that messing around with games and the vmu but it would be a nice improvement if it didn't mess with so much.
A nice video comparison of UT and quake and other games would be nice I've only seen a few overclokcing videos out there.

the total control 5 ps/2 adapter is affordable but keyboards are weird sometimes and it works with Some mice. Its okay. i think the skills adapter is better but more rare or expensive.

[Thmanx]

Bump for Friday.

Got my BBA tested and it works well. Logged into the Zappy server and was still getting like a 150ping lol. Man that server is slow.

But should be good for a fresh TacT one.