[DarkGod]

What if someone comes in with a really crappy connection, with a lower fps_max just because he doesn't like it jumping up and down and starts lagging even more just because his rates were forced up?
I had 0.5Mb/s for a few weeks, and I had mad lags when I had my cl_cmd- and cl_updaterate over 50. I had to turn them down to 30 to be able to play without it being to bad.

[MAUGHOLD]

Originally Posted by DarkGod What if someone comes in with a really crappy connection, with a lower fps_max just because he doesn't like it jumping up and down and starts lagging even more just because his rates were forced up? I had 0.5Mb/s for a few weeks, and I had mad lags when I had my cl_cmd- and cl_updaterate over 50. I had to turn them down to 30 to be able to play without it being to bad.

It doesn't matter if a server admin is adjusting your rates with a plugin or using the regular minrate maxrate settings, either way if your setup can't handle it it will perform badly.


All server owners have the right to set their server variables to what is best for the majority of their regulars, clan members and so the server can perform at it's best.

if you seem to be having choke, loss or low FPS on a certain server then you can try adjusting your rate,cmd_rate & updaterate using this handy little alias i made up.

// qUiCkSiLvEr client-side rate control, EDITED BY [FJ]ThePowerCosmic because the ex_interp //setting has been blocked for years now and his config didnt show the user what rates they were //using.

//BEGIN CODE
echo "rate settings on F10 and keywords: dslow,vslow,slow,norm,norm2;fast,vfast,lfast,and rates"
unbind "F10"
//
alias "dslow" "rate 2500;cl_updaterate 13;cl_cmdrate 18; bind F10 vslow;echo 2500-13-18 Dialup#1"
alias "vslow" "rate 3500;cl_updaterate 16;cl_cmdrate 21; bind F10 slow;echo 3500-16-21 Dialup#2"
alias "slow" "rate 5500;cl_updaterate 19;cl_cmdrate 24; bind F10 norm;echo 5500-19-24 ISDN"
alias "norm" "rate 7500;cl_updaterate 20;cl_cmdrate 30; bind F10 norm2;echo 7500-20-30-default"
alias "norm2" "rate 10000;cl_updaterate 30;cl_cmdrate 40; bind F10 fast;echo 10000-30-40-HIdefault"
alias "fast" "rate 18000;cl_updaterate 40;cl_cmdrate 50; bind F10 vfast;echo 18000-40-50-HIBAND1"
alias "vfast" "rate 25000;cl_updaterate 50;cl_cmdrate 60; bind F10 lfast;echo  25000-50-60-HIBAND2"
alias "lfast" "rate 25000;cl_updaterate 101;cl_cmdrate 101;bind F10 dslow;echo 25000-101-101-LANBAND"
//
bind "F10" "dslow"

alias "rates" "rate;cl_updaterate;cl_cmdrate"

Simply paste the above code into any text file and save as rate.cfg. Then when you get in game you can bring down console and type "exec rate.cfg" or you can add that line to your autoexec file in your mod folder.


From now on when your in game and you experiencing any type of lag, all you need do is to hit the 'F10" key and then look in your console to see what rates you are currently running at. There are 8 distinct settings for rate,cmdrate & updaterate that you can choose from with the touch of one keystroke. Now you can set your rates on a per server basis and you can check/set them on the fly super quickly.