Piloting attack chopper LAG in SF

[Tk-421]

Re: Piloting attack chopper LAG in SF

Talus,

It's not your X-Fi. I was using my Soundstorm on board audio prior to purchasing my X-Fi Platinum and I was experiencing the same lag you have described.

Strangely, it doesnt happen in single player, or when I create my own local server, but every net game I have played has this bug, especially when I fly the helis on the map Surge. It stutters like crazy, and frankly, it's unbearable...I was looking forward to flying the hind too.

I have an X850 XT AGP just in case you were wondering.

I've got the exact same setup as you & I also experience the helo stuttering. I'm rather disappointed that they put the 2 attack helos in infantry dominated maps. The reg. BF2 helos make for far better close air support.

[machstem]

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I get the same lag in SF, and I've got a pretty damn nice system. I'm not ready to lower my settings for a sub-par expansion. You want to hear about a great expansion, think Call of Duty: United Offensive; 2 CDs, completely different game.

Anyhow, I have a PCI-e system running 2gb of RAM and a 7800GT 256mb. I can load BF2 original with everything cranked, even in SF. As soon as I get into any heli; gunner or pilot, I get REALLY bad visual lag. It has helped a bit since I got the 7800GT instead of the x800 XL, but it's enough for me not to want to fly the heli, which dissapoints me.

PEACE

[mafia_boy]

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what sort of connection have you got, i have 2.2mb broadband connection and its running better, perhaps even having a hi-end system wont run proper unless you have the connection to back it up?

[machstem]

Re: Piloting attack chopper LAG in SF

what sort of connection have you got, i have 2.2mb broadband connection and its running better, perhaps even having a hi-end system wont run proper unless you have the connection to back it up?

I have 10mbit connection, my avg. ping is 20-90ms

I normally hit 32-64 player servers, and normally in the North American range.

PEACE

[Leon DeGamme]

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Machstem, this problem (at least for us) has been pretty specific to only the pilots seat in a helo. Once you get into the gunner/co-pilots seat the stuttering disappears. Also, this has only been happening in SF games, BF2 games run pretty smooth. What I am thinking is that since you are having diffirent but similar problems, you MAY actually have a chance at fixing the lag you are getting with tweaks. Unfortunately our problem doesnt seem to have any way to fix it. good luck man, this is the MOST frustrating game I have ever bought.

[mafia_boy]

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nice connection, i only have 2.2 mbit connection and generally only go 32 player maps but saying that i have been on 64 player maps like karkand &wake island but i try to keep the sever location in europe as i am from uk and it seems to be fine at the moment, the only map i have trouble with is daquing oilfileds??? oh & ping l;evels i get are from 20-50 tops!

[mafia_boy]

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sorry forgot system specs for you:

abit av8(oc)
80 gig seagate barracuda
nvidia geforce 6200 agp x8
amd athlon 3200+ x64
1x1gig corsair

[bjack]

Re: Piloting attack chopper LAG in SF

Just wanted to say I picked up Special Forces a couple of weeks ago and I'm having the same problem in the Hind. I have no other performance issues except that when I pilot (not gun) in a Hind, it becomes a slideshow. And I find it particularly odd because its not "random lag" in that my framerates don't jerk randomly but I get a regular pulsing stutter or sudden framerate drop at regular intervals. I haven't flown much in Special Forces but this has happened everytime I pilot the Hind on Mass Destruction. Gunning is as smooth as everything else. I can't remember ever flying the Hind on any other maps.

[DakotaDoc64]

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Ok...I did a complete PC reformat and re-install of BF2 along with an upgrade to 2 GB of PC3200 and an X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card.

Sure, SF maps don't perform as well as vanilla maps there is a HUGE lag differential as soon as I step into the pilot seat of an attack chopper in SF maps. Nothing else..JUST the pilot seat of an attack chopper. The MOMENT I switch into that seat...HUGE difference.

I mean, it's so bad that I cannot line up a target for myself, much less for a copilot.

My FPS are still high though... (i.e. 30+)

As soon as I switch to the co-pilot seat, the world is as completely smooth as if I were on the ground. I mean smooth-as-glass smooth. If I switch BACK to the pilot seat, it's a world of lag again.

This does NOT happen in vanilla BF2. It ONLY happens in the attack chopper in SF...day or night maps. No difference.

I was wondering if anybody else out there was also experiencing this problem (I know there are at least a few of us) so that we can either: figure out a way to fix it, or at least get some exposure so that DICE can fix it.

Maybe somebody can mod a SF map and replace the Hind with, say, a Cobra and see if the problem persists, etc.

Specs:
A64 3000+
Asus A8V Deluxe
2 GB PC3200 @ 400MHz
XFX GeForce 6800 GT
X-Fi XtremeMusic

I get the same lag. Pilot seat only. Others in my group sometimes say they get it, some don't. But it is a stutter that happens every second as if on a timer. It also affects the audio. I can hear it at the same time. I just stay out of the SF: Attack choppers pilot seat. Hope they fix this bug soon.

[ledbythereaper]

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I dont get any lag as pilot in SF, i randomly do in vanilla bf2.

[« R²» HKS]

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I use to get horrible lag in the pilots seat like you guys. I bit the bullet and lowered my detail. Everything is on low except for textures on medium. Dynamic light and shadows are off. Those are the only changes I made and I have no lag and can fly the heli's again.

If you don't want to lower your detail then great, it means that there are less who can fly the heli's and its easier for me to get one.

[Talus]

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Hehe..true.

I thought about lowering my settings...but I LOVE having nice graphics. So, here is 1 less chopper pilot on SF maps

I don't play SF maps at ALL now.

[Leon DeGamme]

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I have noticed that the level of detail has nothing to do with it, in regards to my helo stuttering. I tried it at lowest resolution with the absolute minimum amount of detail and it still stuttered when I got into the pilots seat.

[MrE|PUB]

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i think the problem is realted to the 64 player maps. thats where mine really gets juddery. i can fly like a pro on 32 player

[« R²» HKS]

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I did try some tips like changing the PCI latency but when I tested it afterwards, it was still the same and that included the unranked server that I made with only me in it.

Got me beat, other than that I lowered my detail and it works, no lag. So it it ain't broke I'm not going to worry about working out why it works, it just works now.

Wish I could help others but I only changed my detail and change the PCI latency.