Zoolooman 07-17-2003, 01:14 AM http://www.unrealadmin.org/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=15
That article explains why tickrate matters.
Because Tribes has always been such a high speed game, I figure more updates would be a lot better considering the distances covered in short time periods.
Sorry I couldn't add more to this. I know the processing requirements for the server and the bandwidth costs go up (marginally) with an increase in tick rate.
But frankly, T1 and T2 already used the equivalent of a tickrate 30 (32ms wait between updates), so I don't think it'd be that big of a difference in processing cost and bandwidth cost than what we're used to.
And of course, server admins could change tick rate if they like.
Just food for thought.
Thrax Panda 07-17-2003, 01:51 AM OFN
I'm so excited. My first OFN. :cat:
Zoolooman 07-17-2003, 01:53 AM I stole that link from you. I don't remember the tickrate itself being discussed in that thread though.
Thrax Panda 07-17-2003, 01:54 AM I stole that link from you. I don't remember the tickrate itself being discussed in that thread though.Oh. :(
I stole it from KP :)
[meph]DooM! 07-17-2003, 11:17 AM I would hope that tickrate would not be a modifiable option while still keeping the server "base", or whatever term Unreal uses for that. Raising/lowering it apparently completely changes the game.
Of course I feel retarded even mentioning anything because KP has doubtless come to the same or better conclusions by now :)
I know how to use the tick function, does that count?
Zoolooman 07-17-2003, 01:15 PM DooM!']I would hope that tickrate would not be a modifiable option while still keeping the server "base", or whatever term Unreal uses for that. Raising/lowering it apparently completely changes the game.
Of course I feel retarded even mentioning anything because KP has doubtless come to the same or better conclusions by now :)
Right. This is why I mentioned the higher default tickrate, cause Tribes requires a lot of "movement resolution" so to speak.
Nonetheless, I'm sure this is already being considered on Irrational's end. Just thought it'd be something to talk about.
Satan- 07-17-2003, 01:39 PM Lets just have good netcode unlike T2 (dos ping 30 avg. Ingame ping 80 avg. )
Lets just have good netcode unlike T2 (dos ping 30 avg. Ingame ping 80 avg. )
ping -l 512 is your friend.
LouCypher 07-17-2003, 02:05 PM http://www.unrealadmin.org/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=15
That article explains why tickrate matters.
It's hard to take anything in that article seriously when it refers to a "state-of-the-art 9600 modem."
Azra3l 07-17-2003, 02:25 PM ping -l 512 is your friend.
what?
what does that mean
[meph]DooM! 07-17-2003, 02:27 PM Yes, 9600 baud modems were all the rage when Unreal Tournament was out, he couldn't possibly be adding humour :)
-A- ...Lost? 07-17-2003, 03:49 PM what?
what does that mean
if your the ping command from DOS with a '-l' toggle it allows for a byte size. like '512' which more closely resembles the tribes packet size and thus produces more accurate results to what you will see in the server.
i think tick rate was kept low because of the nature of tribes2 objective (and because Georgeson is a weak-kneed slut)
to run a online game that will be served by the community , he wanted the low-end spec for those servers to be as flexible as possible. higher-tickrate equals more work for the server per second.
goddamn georgeson...i just get all fucking pissed off just thinking about his lame approach to everything...
Satan- 07-17-2003, 07:04 PM ping -l 512 is your friend.
Yeah Jsut that is with a -l 512 lol god DaveG blows. Thx though bud :)
TeckMan 07-17-2003, 09:15 PM This thread ticks me off. oh ho ho lmao
But seriously, the net settings should default to being whatever is optimal for broadband users. fuck 56 gays i dont want them playing breathing anyway.
At0m|c 07-17-2003, 09:59 PM fuck 56 gays i dont want them playing breathing anyway.
How could you have anything against us 56kers? It's not like we're hosting the server or something... Besides, if it's optimized for slower connections (look at T1) it will be awesome for broadband connections.
TeckMan 07-17-2003, 10:35 PM Besides, if it's optimized for slower connections (look at T1) it will be awesome for broadband connections.
ya that's not true at all. dont make me ping flood you
-A- ...Lost? 07-18-2003, 12:56 PM How could you have anything against us 56kers? It's not like we're hosting the server or something... Besides, if it's optimized for slower connections (look at T1) it will be awesome for broadband connections.
who let u in here!?!?
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