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Development => Bugs, Feature Requests, and Feedback => Topic started by: Apocalypse on September 26, 2007, 05:59:28 PM

Title: False Ping readings?
Post by: Apocalypse on September 26, 2007, 05:59:28 PM: Hey lately I've been having false ping reading under my join game menu it will say I have like 200 ping I'll go to the server and there it say that I only really have like 90.
Just incase this comes up all I've done is download Viciouz's orange menu since it started happening but I don't think that would affect it unless there is a corrupt file any idea what's wrong?
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: KnacK on September 26, 2007, 10:05:41 PM: V's menus are secretly downloading all of your pr0n to the new torrent server.....
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: KiLo on September 27, 2007, 12:47:04 AM: Did I hear torrents?
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: jitspoe on September 27, 2007, 12:52:01 AM: The high ping is probably caused by communicating with multiple servers at once. If you use the standalone browser, you can click on a single server and it will send a new request and give you a more accurate ping.
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: Apocalypse on September 27, 2007, 07:44:09 PM: Quote from: jitspoe on September 27, 2007, 12:52:01 AM
The high ping is probably caused by communicating with multiple servers at once. If you use the standalone browser, you can click on a single server and it will send a new request and give you a more accurate ping.
That will work for now but it would be good to have that fixed though.
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: Zorchenhimer on September 27, 2007, 09:07:15 PM: Jits, is there a way to ping a single server from ingame, instead of the whole server list? If so I could modify the join game menu.
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: ViciouZ on September 30, 2007, 06:22:58 AM: Hehehehe, my devilishly cunning plan is nearly complete!

*evil laugh*
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: Apocalypse on September 30, 2007, 09:04:32 AM: Oh well it works fine now with my backround don't know why but oh well.
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: jitspoe on October 03, 2007, 06:47:54 PM: Quote from: Zorchenhimer on September 27, 2007, 09:07:15 PM
Jits, is there a way to ping a single server from ingame, instead of the whole server list? If so I could modify the join game menu.
I want to say there's a console command for it, but I don't remember offhand. I could probably add one if there isn't.
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: loial21 on October 03, 2007, 09:21:16 PM: Run a tracrt and see why you are getting this.

My self I am being routed to level3com everytime i ping GT servers. The routes usually shows a time out.

How is the calculation done on the browser side?
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: jitspoe on October 04, 2007, 07:37:48 PM: The browser ping is how long it takes between sending out a request for the server info and actually getting it.
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: Eiii on October 04, 2007, 07:58:36 PM: How else are pings done? <_<
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: sk89q on October 06, 2007, 12:49:25 PM: Magic, silly. :P
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: Eiii on October 06, 2007, 01:05:53 PM: I think we should switch to the pidgin-pinging method.
Title: Re: False Ping readings?
Post by: WarWulf on October 13, 2007, 06:56:39 PM: Quote from: loial21 on October 03, 2007, 09:21:16 PM
Run a tracrt and see why you are getting this.

My self I am being routed to level3com everytime i ping GT servers. The routes usually shows a time out.

How is the calculation done on the browser side?

umm pigning a server is usually done via udp sockets theres a special rfc for dp "ÿÿÿÿ" when the server gets this command it relays the server info back to you. and depending on how long it takes for the server to send you this info will give you your ping(milliseconds) :)