Comments on: Test build with an attempt to fix the lag https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:52:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: wrBEIRqX https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/#comment-685 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 01:20:20 +0000 http://undertowgames.com/?p=367#comment-685 1

]]> By: wrBEIRqX https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/#comment-684 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 01:19:30 +0000 http://undertowgames.com/?p=367#comment-684 1

]]> By: Leudoberct https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/#comment-272 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:46:52 +0000 http://undertowgames.com/?p=367#comment-272 Getting an error when trying to download an update in the launcher, it won’t let me copy and paste the message but this is the general gist:

Error while downloading: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error (404 not found)

]]> By: juanjpro https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/#comment-262 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:53:54 +0000 http://undertowgames.com/?p=367#comment-262 Fewer large packets (not more than 1500 bytes) are probably better than many small ones because routers like buffering packets to make sure they go somewhere, so they could be wasting resources by having too many packets.

]]> By: Regalis https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/#comment-261 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:43:44 +0000 http://undertowgames.com/?p=367#comment-261 There’s a debug command in the game btw which shows some network stats and a graph of bandwidth consumption: try entering “netstats” to the console. But yeah, there’s still a lot of work to do with the network code… Do you think it would be better to combine messages and send fewer larger packets instead of many small ones? I haven’t really paid much attention to the number of packets and currently the game sends the data for each object as a separate message. The bandwidth consumption still seems somewhat reasonable to me, even though it’s a large number of packets they’re generally pretty small.

]]> By: juanjpro https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/#comment-260 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:10:18 +0000 http://undertowgames.com/?p=367#comment-260 I was curious about the networking performance, so I wrote a small program that relays all network messages that the game sends and receives when it’s connected to a server so I can generate some info about the connection. Counting the amount of packets being sent per second while a round is ongoing results in a number between 30-50 packets per second, both sent by the client and by the server. That adds up to around 80 packets per second. This seems a bit excessive, especially for a trusted-client networking model. Caching up a few actions and sending at a lower rate (10 packets per second would probably be good enough) could help prevent network congestion.

]]> By: Nezok Tivek https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/#comment-254 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 04:21:17 +0000 http://undertowgames.com/?p=367#comment-254 I can hit people in face with wrench? This is just what I wanted for christmas.

]]> By: Zach https://undertowgames.com/blog/test-build-with-an-attempt-to-fix-the-lag/#comment-251 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 02:21:12 +0000 http://undertowgames.com/?p=367#comment-251 Just tested this build out with a couple of friends. Noticeably better network performance!

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