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Hey all

While im playing Battlefield 2 i get a lot of connection problems and delays my actions and its really bugging me. The only program i run alongside Battlefield 2 is xfire btu that should'nt effect your ping should it?

I was just wondering is there any way to stop this internet connection problem and have a nice smooth ping? I cant think of anything that i have could be making this ping rise

When i first got battlefield 2 my ping was going quite nicely (most of the time 20 - 30) but now its getting ridiculous! Has anybody ever crossed this constant problem? please help!

Thanks

Sauce

 

actually my m8 who is a wiz at computers suggested turning off nortons but i wasnt too keen but yea i will try that thanks a lot for that dude much appreciated

My name on bf2 is [DAH]SuPERSauCE (crazy and random name i know lol an ex css player lol) ill keep an eye out for u m8

once again thanks a lot

sauce

 

Xfire does use alot of system resources. Most games you can get by using Xfire while in game. BF2 is a very different "beast". Another possibility is that Xfire is downloading updates or game files while you are playing. If you must run Xfire while playing BF2 (which I dont recommend) make sure you go into your tools, options and click on the "files" tab, make sure that downloading files while playing games is disabled.

BTW, network congestion affects your pings. Typically speaking the amount of users on the same host address in your area, which can be quite a few type of connection. (Cable connections usually have the most nodes on a host address).

Hope this helps

 

yeah downloading ANYTHING will kill your ping. Especially with bf2 u wont want to have anything, aside from services, running in the background. And norton shouldnt affect your ping, it doesnt for me. I found that during the first 1 or so games, depending on your setup you will experience quite a bit of lag but deal with it, it should go away the longer you play. Have fun!

 

Not sure if I can suggest this, if not I am sure I will be told. Have you tried BF2 tweak guide, it can really squeeze the most from your syastem. Sorry dont have the link try googling it.

Cheers

 

Hey guys i tried turning off nortons and surprisingly enough it worked great for a couple of games but then when i joined a new server with a new level it started to play up again but not as much as usual. but there was a few guys in my team who had pings over 100, would there ping lag me 2? my mate said there is a connection tweak in the back of the instruction booklet but its real difficult to do.

The first couple of rounds that rann nicely was on a good server (had ping of 15 ^^) but most or all other servers so far i have connection probs

oh and my xfire does have disabled download files when i play games but i turned it off anyway.

 

If you're concerned about your ping, go HERE and enter your IP.

It's on the right, 3rd one down.

To discover your IP address, go to Start, Run and type in cmd then OK.

In the command prompt, type in ipconfig then press Enter.

 

Hey insomniac i did that IP thing on the link you gave me here is my results:

Ping #1: * [No response]
Ping #2: * [No response]
Ping #3: * [No response]
Ping #4: * [No response]

Done pinging

(to do an IPv6 ping for a domain name, add a ':' before the domain name)

I think obviously the "no response" is bad but what does this mean now?

 

Try to ping HERE.

 

Hey i solved my problem!!

I was surfing different forums based on battlefield 2 and its connections problems and one guy said that if you diasble EAX sound in the audio options that will get rid of the connection problem and it worked! how lucky was i to come acroos that ay? lol thanks for the help from all you guys anyway i aprreciate it a lot!

Sauce

 

yeah only have EAX on if u have a sound card that supports it

 

Edit, sorry.

 

hey i also found out that XFIRE was causing me problems for my connection when playing BF2

So now i have EAX sound off and XFIRE off and still i sometimes still get a bad connection here and there! arrrggghh wot could it be?? could it be the packet size?maybe the packets size is too large?

 

OK now i think that i may have found the solution to my problem

I was checking out this tweaking guide for battlefield 2 (an excellent guide i might add )
http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_1.html

and it said that if your ping is playing up check to see if you have the connection settin on 256kbps or cable OR T1(LAN) it recommends that you use the 256kbps connection to obtain a steady ping because T1 is specially made for lan parties only and shouldnt be used unless you have a very strong connection so all normal broadband members use the 256mbps according to the guide.......OK i feel an absolute idiot now all feel free laugh at saucie lol

But now connection is in good working order

Thanks for your help guys i appreciate it!

Sauce