Hi :) I really, really hope someone can help me with this - First I'll explain the issue, then try to give some information about my connection and whatnot.
What happens is that when I join a game in 2142, at first it runs fine, jerkiness free, lag free - you know, just great. But every 20-30 seconds or so, for about a 10 second period everything will go extremely jerky and unresponsive. This means when the guy runs around the corner at me, I don't have a chance in hell. So 10 seconds of that hernia-inducing frustration, and the game is back to running as smooth as you like... well for about 20 seconds before it messes up again.
This issue does not seem to be caused by anything graphically taxing for the computer. It's as likely to occur while I'm walking along alone as when I'm cowering away from an Orbital Strike.
My ping is always shown as being fine, always <50ms so I assume this isn't the problem.
So what then! The only thing that I could think of then is that my internet connection is somehow to blame. I'm in a house of 4 with 2mb Broardband between us. Most of the time I'm the only one online and I still encounter this infuriating problem. I'm also on wireless internet, if this could be the cause. It has never been a problem outside the game, signal is great and I have no problems downloading or surfing the internet at much better speeds than when I was at home and able to play the game perfectly.
I thought perhaps it was related to trying to play at peak times? It doesn't appear to be - Any time of the day I try, the same thing happens. BUT - There have been instances over the last weeks where I have been able to join games and play perfectly, jerkiness free - But these seem to occur at random!
Any suggestions? Or has anyone experienced this sort of issue elsewhere? Any help would be great thanks!
What happens is that when I join a game in 2142, at first it runs fine, jerkiness free, lag free - you know, just great. But every 20-30 seconds or so, for about a 10 second period everything will go extremely jerky and unresponsive. This means when the guy runs around the corner at me, I don't have a chance in hell. So 10 seconds of that hernia-inducing frustration, and the game is back to running as smooth as you like... well for about 20 seconds before it messes up again.
This issue does not seem to be caused by anything graphically taxing for the computer. It's as likely to occur while I'm walking along alone as when I'm cowering away from an Orbital Strike.
My ping is always shown as being fine, always <50ms so I assume this isn't the problem.
So what then! The only thing that I could think of then is that my internet connection is somehow to blame. I'm in a house of 4 with 2mb Broardband between us. Most of the time I'm the only one online and I still encounter this infuriating problem. I'm also on wireless internet, if this could be the cause. It has never been a problem outside the game, signal is great and I have no problems downloading or surfing the internet at much better speeds than when I was at home and able to play the game perfectly.
I thought perhaps it was related to trying to play at peak times? It doesn't appear to be - Any time of the day I try, the same thing happens. BUT - There have been instances over the last weeks where I have been able to join games and play perfectly, jerkiness free - But these seem to occur at random!
Any suggestions? Or has anyone experienced this sort of issue elsewhere? Any help would be great thanks!
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