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What should my bandwidth settings be? [message #410836]

Sun, 15 November 2009 09:17

GoTWhisKéY
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On a 1/2 meg upload, how many players can I host? This would be a clanwar server so it doesn't need much more then 8 or 10. (if it can even handle that).

In server.ini, should I leave 'bandwitdh up' set to automatically detect'?
and should I set the NetUpdateRate to 10,20,25, or 30?

Thanks for the help.

Old School Renny

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Re: What should my bandwidth settings be? [message #410844 is a reply to message #410836]

Sun, 15 November 2009 10:02

Goztow
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Registered: March 2005
Location: Belgium

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The higher the NUR, the lower the ping but also the more bandwith needed. That's why we put ours on 30.

If you have a 4v4 with NUR on 30, you should count on 120'ish kbit per person minimal. So that would need a 1 Mbit up.

I suggest you could run a 3v3'ish on 20'ish NUR. However, private connections aren't really made to host, they:
* don't guarantee the half a Mbit upload, so that can cause lag
* don't have dedicated routering, so some people will lag more than others
* you shouldn't play on it yourself, as you'll have a near 0 ping advantage

I personally wouldn't recommend for it but if you do want to try it: trial and error will tell you what's the maximum you can get.

Good luck! Smile

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Re: What should my bandwidth settings be? [message #410986 is a reply to message #410836]

Mon, 16 November 2009 12:10

CarrierII
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Registered: February 2006
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As an expansion on the 0 ping thing, you will have a ping that's still less than 2 if you run the FDS and connect from the same IP, especially if you have a router. It is beyond unfair to have 0 ping (In short, everyone is exactly where your screen says they are, and no matter how much they're lagging, you will have a seamless experience. It's kinda cool, but really really unfair. lol)

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