Ping Instability.
I recently bought The Battlefield 2 Complete Collection from the EA store and downloaded it from the EA Download Manager.
My ping has been unstable in the game, it jumps from 8ms to 200+ like every half hour or so.
I am sure its not an internet issue, as I play Counter Strike:Source and Team Fortress 2 and have no ping fluctuations at all in those games.
I am sure its not a performance issue, as I am playing at the lowest Battlefield 2 settings with the following system specs:
-Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU @ 2.40GHZ
-Memory (RAM): 2030 MB
-Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
-Hard Drive Space: 60GB, 22 GB Free.
-Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
Troubleshooting carried out:
-Reinstalling,
-Redownloading,
-Checking my firewall that it allows Battlefield 2 through,
-Making sure no other unecessary programs are running... ie. torrent, EA Downloader, etc.
-running ping through cmd.exe and pinging the servers which I play on in BF2, resulted in 0% package loss and ping was stable.
-ran UoTrace.exe... and got 0 package loss
-setting pb_sleep 500 and then entering pb_writecfg,
-reformatting and reinstalling windows,
-and defragmenting my hard drive,
-making sure my battlefield is up to date to 1.41 ( the game comes downloaded as 1.41 anyways).
Observations:
-When changing the volume during the intro scene or when the game is loading I often get a blue screen of death... no matter how many times I have reinstalled.
-I can run the game smoothly at 1680 x 1050 at high settings, but the fluctuating ping is a problem, singleplayer/creating a local game with 32 bots, runs smoothly otherwise.
Any suggestions or help will be great! :)
My ping has been unstable in the game, it jumps from 8ms to 200+ like every half hour or so.
I am sure its not an internet issue, as I play Counter Strike:Source and Team Fortress 2 and have no ping fluctuations at all in those games.
I am sure its not a performance issue, as I am playing at the lowest Battlefield 2 settings with the following system specs:
-Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU @ 2.40GHZ
-Memory (RAM): 2030 MB
-Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
-Hard Drive Space: 60GB, 22 GB Free.
-Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
Troubleshooting carried out:
-Reinstalling,
-Redownloading,
-Checking my firewall that it allows Battlefield 2 through,
-Making sure no other unecessary programs are running... ie. torrent, EA Downloader, etc.
-running ping through cmd.exe and pinging the servers which I play on in BF2, resulted in 0% package loss and ping was stable.
-ran UoTrace.exe... and got 0 package loss
-setting pb_sleep 500 and then entering pb_writecfg,
-reformatting and reinstalling windows,
-and defragmenting my hard drive,
-making sure my battlefield is up to date to 1.41 ( the game comes downloaded as 1.41 anyways).
Observations:
-When changing the volume during the intro scene or when the game is loading I often get a blue screen of death... no matter how many times I have reinstalled.
-I can run the game smoothly at 1680 x 1050 at high settings, but the fluctuating ping is a problem, singleplayer/creating a local game with 32 bots, runs smoothly otherwise.
Any suggestions or help will be great! :)
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