Ping spikes makes the game (near) unplayable

[kehmesis]

No matter which server I join (even servers where I ping under 40ms), I always get huge spikes where my ping goes over 999ms and the game becomes unplayable for a couple of seconds. I get the red "CONNECTION PROBLEM" at the bottom of my screen.

I've never had high ping playing any other games. I've never experienced local lag. My connection is top notch.

I did a tracert just now on a 90ish ping server:


>tracert 173.74.185.78

Tracing route to pool-173-74-185-78.dllstx.fios.verizon.net [173.74.185.78]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 7 ms 16 ms 7 ms 10.36.40.1
3 10 ms 11 ms 13 ms 10.170.160.146
4 9 ms 11 ms 10 ms 216.113.123.246
5 14 ms 15 ms 12 ms 216.113.123.146
6 38 ms 37 ms 37 ms 216.113.122.82
7 37 ms 38 ms 37 ms sl-crs2-nyc-0-10-5-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.13.
49]
8 37 ms 37 ms 37 ms 0.xe-7-3-0.BR3.NYC4.ALTER.NET [204.255.168.117]

9 * 57 ms 37 ms 0.ae3.NY5030-BB-RTR2.ALTER.NET [152.63.2.82]
10 64 ms 67 ms 64 ms P13-0-0.DLLSTX-LCR-08.verizon-gni.net [130.81.28
.211]
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 69 ms 70 ms 72 ms pool-173-74-185-78.dllstx.fios.verizon.net [173.
74.185.78]

Trace complete.

[lamster]

How long has this been occurring? How long did you play before without loss? Do you have a Bigfoot Networks Killer network card?

It looks like there's packet loss on your link; your internet service provider may be experiencing general issues, or there may be a specific problem connecting to a particular region. Do you experience ping spikes on european servers?

[Premier Stalin]

I occassionally get this. I have no idea why, but restarting my router always fixes the problem.

[kehmesis]

It's always been occurring playing Altutide. I've never had connection issues with any other games, and god knows I played many online games.

I get this on all servers. Some will give me the connection problem and >999ms ping every minute or 2. On other servers I get it once every 3-4 minutes, which makes the game somewhat playable.

It's still very frustrating when you lose the ball because of it.

I don't have a bigfoot networks killer card.

[classicallad]

I have this problem too, i would say for any given 10 minute period in any server i'd get between 5-10 blips where my ping rises from ( lets say im in a euro server ) 24 to 200 something. When this happens my screen freezes for between id say .3 secs to .8 secs approximately.

I do not have said bigfoot killer card either.

Also i don't experience this on other online games.

I mean, it doesnt stop me owning but i certainly would like this not to happen.

[Ribilla]

Originally Posted by classicallad

I have this problem too, i would say for any given 10 minute period in any server i'd get between 5-10 blips where my ping rises from ( lets say im in a euro server ) 24 to 200 something. When this happens my screen freezes for between id say .3 secs to .8 secs approximately.

I do not have said bigfoot killer card either.

Also i don't experience this on other online games.

I mean, it doesnt stop me owning but i certainly would like this not to happen.

This also happens to me and has been since I started playing. People have said it's to do with java dumping, but I'm not so sure.

[gammelonkel]

Me too. chars

[Karl]

If you have a dual core or higher processor you should never notice Java's garbage collection. If you have a virus scanner you should make sure it's not scanning in the background when your playing Altitude; also the virus scanner could have "real time protection" turned on that interferes with Altitude somehow.

[Danielle]

I also get it.
Seems a lot of us euros get it for some reason...

[leggomyeggo]

Originally Posted by danielle

i also get it.
Seems a lot of us euros get it for some reason...

USA USA USA l

[classicallad]

Originally Posted by Karl

If you have a dual core or higher processor you should never notice Java's garbage collection. If you have a virus scanner you should make sure it's not scanning in the background when your playing Altitude; also the virus scanner could have "real time protection" turned on that interferes with Altitude somehow.

I do run Altitude on a dual core processor, as for virus scanners i run mac which has its own protection.

[Premier Stalin]

The ping spikes are my ****ty connections fault, but in windowed mode my screen does freeze (admittedly briefly) which is a pain.