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Are there settings that are better for online gaming?
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2001 7:57 pm
by operationivy
Duron 800MHZ, 192mb RAM, Windows ME
TCP options string = 020405b40103030301010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which is equal to MSS.
Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 280320
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 3 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 35040
RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)
bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 11212.8 kbps (1401.6 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 4485.12 kbps (560.64 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 29 hops
TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000
I'm mostly interested in trying to get a better ping in online games. Is there anything I should change? I have applied tweaks before, they didn't seem to do too much.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2001 7:32 am
by fartface
operationivy, Also configure settings in the game. Someone showed me yesterday on Quake 3 Arena some settings that decreased my ping by about 20.
/snaps 40
/cl_maxpackets 20
/rate 8000
I am not sure if all games use the same wording. i know that in counter-strike you do not need the forward slashes / to configure the game.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2001 10:56 am
by Carla C
Lower your RWIN a bit =).
Carla
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2001 2:24 am
by operationivy
hmm lower RWIN, but to what?
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2001 7:33 am
by Alby
not really sure ivy if rwin helps gaming maybe Ping can give you a better answer
anyway check this for your guide to q3
http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Quake3/A ... Guide.html
maybe guys who play other games will post links for ya
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2001 5:36 pm
by operationivy
oh i dont play quake 3
i just play CS
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2001 6:35 pm
by Alby
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2001 6:58 pm
by operationivy
thanks, but I already know about those forums, and I've tried all of their suggestions/tweaks. Nothing really works too well. Oh well...
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2001 2:53 pm
by Alby
ivy have you tried a search for a latency reduction script?
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2001 7:30 pm
by operationivy
yes i have the script already, and it doesn't seem to do anything at all
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2001 1:45 am
by UnamedLamer
Ahh as far as Quake3 goes on a dsl/cable connection this is what you want:
/rate 25000
/snaps 30
/cl_maxpackets 60
This will give to the fastest smoothest game, you want your /rate to be at least 25000, and snaps at least 30 espeically on the 1.29pr.
these are my settings
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2001 2:06 pm
by banker
hello:
i play delta force land worrior, im not sure if it will help with cs or ut. but thought i would share.
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which is equal to MSS.
Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 999984
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 4 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 62499
For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS.
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)
bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 39999.36 kbps (4999.92 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 15999.744 kbps (1999.968 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 117 hops
TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000
also you talked about a script? what does it do and where i can i get more info on it.
thanks
banker i have included my e-mailaddy.
also my system - 500 hrz 384ram bone stock dell
ACK!
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2001 11:18 pm
by Vesuvius
My god your RWIN is friggin' huge! That can't be healthy
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2001 11:44 pm
by ImPAcT
anyone know if lowering your MTU will help ping with online gamming???
try this maybe...
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2001 12:23 pm
by Vesuvius
MTU 1500
MSS 1460
When I'm gaming during low traffic times an RWIN of 256960 gives me ungodly speed, when the net is really slow I get better performance by lowering my RWIN to 51100. I'm currently looking for an inbetween RWIN that works so I don't have to switch them around. Give it a shot. I don't think changing MTU or MSS from the suggested values for your connection will help, but then again I'm still a rookie so I could be wrong.