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blanka09 · 11-06-2004, 07:32 PM

You actually said it urself.. you've exhausted all the info on "lag" that you can find.. and read all the tutorials and studied everything to be studied.

but the bottom line remains that no one can give you more than you already have. There will always be the element of lag while playing SFO.

My advice?? Deal with it. We all do... there's nothing wrong with the game and it can only be tweaked to a certain extent to deal with the amount of lag we all face during game play. So in English, there really isn't anything that can be done about the situation.

Lag as you'd already know isn't the fault of SFO.. it's due to the interaction between both computers.. that amount of time (no matter how small) that it takes for the info from one computer to be sent to the other computer. It's not like a console game where information isn't streamed to another point over a period of time. Here we just have to deal with it.

And the truth is.. "you really aren't lagging".. If it takes a while for you to deliver hits to your opponent, and you've explained that you have a "fast" connection, then it might depend on his dowload speed. Dial ups and slower connections that download at a lower rate.. say 5kb per sec, wouldn't recieve all the hits that someone like you.. will be sending .. which would be in sense, an upload rate of about 25 - 40kb per second.

So as I said earlier, my advice?? Just deal with it. Enjoy the game for what it has to offer and not it's "outside/internet inflicted" shortcomings :biggrin:

Edited By blanka09 on 1099798402

11-06-2004, 07:32 PM	#4
blanka09 Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,884 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	You actually said it urself.. you've exhausted all the info on "lag" that you can find.. and read all the tutorials and studied everything to be studied. but the bottom line remains that no one can give you more than you already have. There will always be the element of lag while playing SFO. My advice?? Deal with it. We all do... there's nothing wrong with the game and it can only be tweaked to a certain extent to deal with the amount of lag we all face during game play. So in English, there really isn't anything that can be done about the situation. Lag as you'd already know isn't the fault of SFO.. it's due to the interaction between both computers.. that amount of time (no matter how small) that it takes for the info from one computer to be sent to the other computer. It's not like a console game where information isn't streamed to another point over a period of time. Here we just have to deal with it. And the truth is.. "you really aren't lagging".. If it takes a while for you to deliver hits to your opponent, and you've explained that you have a "fast" connection, then it might depend on his dowload speed. Dial ups and slower connections that download at a lower rate.. say 5kb per sec, wouldn't recieve all the hits that someone like you.. will be sending .. which would be in sense, an upload rate of about 25 - 40kb per second. So as I said earlier, my advice?? Just deal with it. Enjoy the game for what it has to offer and not it's "outside/internet inflicted" shortcomings :biggrin: Edited By blanka09 on 1099798402 __________________ [img:sig_uid]http://www.boomspeed.com/blanka09/banner2.jpg[/img:sig_uid]