Servers with a ping of 0?

[shadowmafia]

I never understood this.....when I update all the servers on the main menu and list them in order of ping from lowest to highest, there are always a handfull of servers with a ping of "0". What does this mean, and why does it happen? Why doesn't it show its ping normally like all the other servers?

[O2zi3]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

The in game browser is bugged and crap. Those servers are obviously not 0 ping

[Thirdeyez]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

yeah i get at least 20-30 pings of 0.

now the odd thing is they arent remotely the same when I play the server, sometimes 10ish pings...sometimes 120-150ish.

I have the "problems with your connection" problem alot, so Ive stopped picking the 0 ones since Im trying anything to have as little bugs as possible.

[signa]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

use Qtracker. problem solved.

[redrider]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

Most of the server pings listed from 50 to 100 are accurate with the in game browser. Thats the ones I usually pick.

It would be nice if it got fixed but Im not looking for that to happen any time soon. . . . . . . . . .Red

[Mo0by]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

Well I never trust the ping thingy on the server list anyway...unless it shows something like 450.... Normally it says its about 50 higher than it actually is, for me.

[bzorglub]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

for me, 0 ping servers are full; that's all
BZ.

[TotalBF2er]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

I never understood this.....when I update all the servers on the main menu and list them in order of ping from lowest to highest, there are always a handfull of servers with a ping of "0". What does this mean, and why does it happen? Why doesn't it show its ping normally like all the other servers?

That's because EA/DICE are stupid, and don't know how to add a "If serverPing == 0 then don't display" type of command into their database code... That's because apparently the programmers they have didn't make it through Database Structures - Searching & Sorting in Programming 101.

Ok, I can understand bugs in higher levels of programming, but searching a database and displaying its results based on a few conditions is not very hard. It's inexcuseable and is a complete embarrassment, as far as I'm concerned.

[DesertFalcon]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

0 ping servers just mean that there was a bug and for one reason or another the packet did not get sent, if i remember correctly

[ham_411]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

ping of 0? i think that appears when the map is changing, same for the ones that show 2500

[TheEn|gma]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

Bug that was in early versions of the game and its browser, was removed with a patch and now they decided to re-introduce this lovely feature. Answer? QTracker.

[ham_411]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

so, what is this QTracker? i've seen it popping up lately in discussions

[signa]

Re: Servers with a ping of 0?

so, what is this QTracker? i've seen it popping up lately in discussions

https://www.qtracker.com

its an external server browser / advanced filter to help you find online games. supports about 100 different games, and lets you choose which countries you want to find servers in. Also has a buddy list that will notify you when it finds your friends playing on servers it has scanned. The only drawback is a slightly longer BF2 server join time because it has to launch BF2, then connect.