netcode

[andrewcandoall]

I was wondering if there are any plans to optimize the netcode. I know many people that experience packet lots

[roguesergeant]

would like to know as well, as packet loss seems to be a big issue(with some people). Or could it be a server issue?

[TMarc]

did you tell them to reduce the allowed bandwith to be used by the game?

[roguesergeant]

did you tell them to reduce the allowed bandwith to be used by the game?

I've reduced mine, It's a lot better now. But it still staggers at times. I think the post TMarc was more directed to allowing Euros to play with NA pain free.

[TMarc]

understood.
Connections across continents are not optimal indeed, but is this really something Nadeo can improve?

[roguesergeant]

understood.
Connections across continents are not optimal indeed, but is this really something Nadeo can improve?

That itself is a rough one, because it all depends on the routing as well for the country, like I live in Canada. I get really good pings and snapshots in servers in France. But UK, Germany, and anywhere else forget it! There is Cube 2(Sauerbraten) that almost allows NA to play EU with no pain. However, it has its own issues. I really enjoy playing with Euros but it's hard to stay because you just screw up the snapshot. Like I couldn't even play with Logix!!! without lagging that is.

[TMarc]

I can imagine.
Canada might generally have a good connection to France as well as to USA.
It is perhaps due to the connection of the different auxilliary servers (mp0x.maniaplanet.com) to the master server (mp02.maniaplanet.com).
We have had issues with some links and DNS, which even prevented players to connect to their player profile server,
and where France was decoupled from the rest of Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany).

It certainly also depends on the time of high work or player activities in each country or time zone.

[djhubertus]

In shootmania few datas was send from server to players and vice versa. Maniaplanet was designed to TrackMania and propably it's hard to improve netcode in all games.