ONLINE Lagging...PLS help

[druze]

All recomeneded system requirments r built in my pc

1)directx9 2)dual layer cd-rom 3) sound card 4)pentuim 4 (3.2 ghz) 5)1024 ram 6)Geforce 7600 GS 256MB DDR2/128 BIT

windows xp

LAGGING WHILE PLAYING ONLINE.... i tried running both low graphics and high graphics from options, still didnt work ...help pls

[Armatus]

How many games did you play? You know that games can be affected by players who don't use minimum specs or have poor connections. Then again gamespy could just be having a bad day.

But one thing for sure is don't downloading and especially do not be uploading while you're trying to play a game or you will lag to hell. Also if your Anti virus is scanning that can be a big source of lag too.

EDIT by the way can you post your speed test? http://www.speedtest.net

[Lucullus]

In addition:

Turn off Windows Firewall or make at least an exception for MTW2 to communicate through it without restrictions.

[Armatus]

I don't recommend turning off the Windows firewall, Medieval should ask you to create an exception if not then I wouldn't worry about it unless you mess around with it or said no when it asked you to create one, but yes you could create an exception for the medieval2.exe if you wanted. Also if you use a third party firewall like Norton Security or even a hardware firewall like a router make sure you have port 27750 open.

So make sure your router is not limiting bandwidth, I would run a speedtest first just to see what your connection is like.

[eddy_purpus]

I don't recommend turning off the Windows firewall, Medieval should ask you to create an exception if not then I wouldn't worry about it unless you mess around with it or said no when it asked you to create one, but yes you could create an exception for the medieval2.exe if you wanted. Also if you use a third party firewall like Norton Security or even a hardware firewall like a router make sure you have port 27750 open.

So make sure your router is not limiting bandwidth, I would run a speedtest first just to see what your connection is like.

i already have the exeption for the medieval2.exe .
but it still doesnt work.
neither my ares .
how do i OPEN THE PORT AND MAINTAIN THE PORT OPEN ?


:hmmm:

[Armatus]

i already have the exeption for the medieval2.exe .
but it still doesnt work.
neither my ares .
how do i OPEN THE PORT AND MAINTAIN THE PORT OPEN ?


:hmmm:

what do you mean Ares like a file sharing program? That could definitely cause lag if you're allowing connections to your computer with it. Anyway if you have another firewall or a router then there should be rules that allow you to filter ports. But having more ram never hurts when you're running resource hogs like Norton.

[druze]

mmmm...well i have norton anti-virus programm .....u think its usin all ram as i have 1024 only?? i'll uninstall it n check wat happens,,,,thx for reply

[Emperor Taizu]

It's either because your graphics card is not good enough, or the players that you play with have laggy computers which also affects you. I would reccomend a computer with an AMD Quad Core Phenom 2.3GHZ along with an Nvidia 8800 GT with 512 mb of video memory (That's my computer.)


Edit: 128 mb of video memory might be too little, but your Pentium 4 seems pretty good.

[eddy_purpus]

All recomeneded system requirments r built in my pc

1)directx9 2)dual layer cd-rom 3) sound card 4)pentuim 4 (3.2 ghz) 5)1024 ram 6)Geforce 7600 GS 256MB DDR2/128 BIT

windows xp

LAGGING WHILE PLAYING ONLINE.... i tried running both low graphics and high graphics from options, still didnt work ...help pls

i cannot play online .
cannot use my Ares p2p or whateveer its called
its driving me crazy could someone help him and help me :hmmm:

i play at high settings and it work very fine
also i already played online this game . but suddenly like a black mamba appeared .
it doesnt work anymore .
someone told me about the firewall .
its not that because i turned off and tryed to play and use Ares like a zillion times .
another guy told me about the port or something like that .
i have DSL .
could someone help me ?

[Kennylz]

Hey, even if you have a computer capable of playing the game without lag on high settings, do I have to put them on low for best performance? Will medium work? Cause it seems to ruin it for me if I have to keep changing the graphics between multi and single player games, plus it makes the game look ugly.

='(

[druze]

well i uninstalled norton programm n still it laggs while playing online

do u think 7600 GS ISNT GD ??? I HEARD GS SUX..IS THAT TRUE ? BTW ITS 7600 GS 256 BIT

[Armatus]

Well have you tried playing a 1v1 with your graphic settings on auto adjust? Gamespy can lag sometimes, but more often it's other people or the distance or networks between two people that causes lag other than a low spec system.