Fixing your rates

[Devoti]

To fix your rates follow these 4 easy steps

Step 1: Open your console with the ~ key
Step 2: Type in cl_updaterate 100 (values of 60-100 are fine, 100 is best)
Step 3: Type in cl_cmdrate 100 (Values of 60-100 are fine, 100 is best)
Step 4: Type in rate 30000 (vales of 20000-30000 are fine, 30000 is best)

If your console does not open with the ~ key go to your Keyboard/Keybind options with ESC and hit Advanced and enable "Developer Console"

[BigRat[RS]]

If I already have good rates, will following your advice improve them at all?
Just curious.

rat

[Devoti]

yes

[DA BEARS[RS]]

what exactly does this do?
if I have a crappy computer will it make me lag?

[Shangus Kahn[RS]]

yes devoti elaborate?

[Devoti]

People with "crappy computers, with standard settings, ect.", adjusting your cmd, and update rates smoothes out the vid lag and it helps with any other lag issues you might be having unless your internet really blows

[Devoti]

if you have any other questions please dont hesitate to inquire:ba

[DA BEARS[RS]]

I have no idea what those settings did, but it seemed to work.
Thanks.

[ar2k[RS]]

As i understand it, adjusting your rates allows for more data transfer between you and the server. Updaterate is to do with how many times per segment your game will check with the server a players current location. Cmdrate is to do with how often you upload your current position to the server (at least i think thats right, correct me if i'm wrong!!).

One feature i'd love to see added to our server is an instruction that allows users to "set" their rates correctly. I saw it running in another server and i'm sure it's pretty simple to do. When you have someone join the server and their ping is low, yet they lag about like crazy, chances are they have messed about with their rates. Sometimes, this is for gain. Lowering rates can make you much, much harder to hit (it gets complicated but aiming at a person who is "lagging" and thinking you've got a direct hit, then only to find that they've lagged a bit to the right, the server will decide that you did not hit them at all but just missed. Something like that anyway lol). Other people just don't really know what's going on, they click CSS and up it comes! With this option on our server, we can ask people to correct their rates and if they do not, "kindly" ask them to leave.... hehehe

It's one of those things i'm aware people are doing in the world of CS and it bugs me like crazy.... always trying to gain a slight advantage.... *cough *johnny *cough hehehehe ;)

[Hal Storm [RS]]

;16435']I have no idea what those settings did, but it seemed to work.
Thanks.
i did the same thing last night and thier was an improvement, took some getting use to but it did improve.

[Chemo[RS]]

sense we have set the server to a 100 tic rate, i have noticed that i have an unusually low ping. Like 6 to 12, and it's pretty constant. and i haven't messed with any settings. at times i feel like i may be lagging, but it's hard to say w/ such a low ping. it's uber weird. but i sure say, that having the higher tic rate, has improved on the hit ratio. before i would shoot at someone, i would see blood, but it would register a miss. and that's very aggrevating. but now, shots seem to hit and register. kudos to the new tic rate. now, when i switch from using a 14k modem to a cable modem, i'm sure things will be even better! take care and shoot at you later!

[BMAsRevenge[RS]]

Well don't forget that a lot of you that decided to try this. We just upgraded our server to 100 tic! I'm not saying this doesn't help but I am saying we went to 100 tic for a reason. So if you notice improved game action I would hope that we deciding to spend an extra $192 a year did something.

Again the above may or may not change anything for you some may already have those settings and didn't realize it. Point blank though our server is as of roughly 36 hours ago a 100 tic server now.

[CREEPING DEATH]

DEVOTI YOU P.O.S., YOU NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THIS, I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU :( I THOUGHT WE WAS HOMIES AND ALL!!!! LEMME CHECK OUR FORUMS NOW LOL......<-----DAMN THE CAPS LOCK ALL TO HELL

[Devoti]

hush yo mouth foo!!!! All you had to do was ask you tird herder