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Banned for high ping on an official server.

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Wazzpants, Aug 11, 2013.

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  1. Wazzpants

    Wazzpants Catapult Fodder

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    Hi so I just got this game on Thursday and have only been able to play it a few times. I like it a lot so far. It's a game that I would want to make. My only big complaint right now is with the networking code and getting banned for having a high ping, especially on official servers.

    Our internet is kinda crappy, we live in the country so we're with a wireless ISP (Not 3G). But I've been able to play other games online without much trouble. I used to be able to get onto BF3 servers with a decent ping, it'd be stable around 80 - 130ish.
    It seems with KAG it jumps around a lot more than any other game I've played online.
    I can usually get onto a server with a ping around 100 but sometimes it goes nuts. It's probably to be expected with the game being in beta and all that, but kicking and banning people because of high ping on an official server while your game is still in beta and the network code probably isn't finalized yet seems a bit silly to me and it's super frustrating as well.

    I'd think that the official servers would be the most accommodating of the servers, especially when the player base is still small and the game is still in beta.


    Are there any tweaks I can do on my end to make the game have a better connection or anything?
     
    Wazzpants, Aug 11, 2013
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  2. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    The ban lasts 10 minutes, it's not permanent. Pings up to 400 will be tolerated I think, we can't tolerate higher pings because they can be used for tapping and other cheats, as well as promote a very bad game experience.

    There are some servers without ping bans at all, but 400 is a very high limit as is, I dont think we will be increasing it. A ping of 400 or higher will be tolerated for a total of 250 ticks, or about 8 seconds to accommodate the occasional spike anyway. I think we're being very lenient there.

    I'm not sure what you can do to increase stability with telecommunications based internet to be honest.
     
    Geti, Aug 11, 2013
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  3. Asu

    Asu THD Team THD Team Forum Moderator

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    Check if there are background process downloading when KAG is started. You can use netbalancer to check this.
    I remember Auslogics Boost speed has a function to boost a bit the internet connection ( Changing max connections, .. ). It is free for 30 days ( Trial ), but I don't know if you can use this function during those 30 days.

    Hope I helped you.
     
    Asu, Aug 11, 2013
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