Packet Loss

[Typhoid]

Saw this on the CB forums where someone was getting lag but had an ok ping

This was the advice he got:

try typing this in console:
/cl_maxpackets
30 is default set it to 100
/cl_maxpackets 100
hope it helps

Can someone verify what this means and can I do it?

Thanks

[Jodo]

I think I've heard of this before. If I'm correct what it does is help to synchronise what you see on the screen......i.e. if you are lagging you won't see the "choppy" effect so much, but I think the result would still be the same, in other words if you were having a head to head against another player there would a chance that a lot of your shots would be at thin air cos in reality he has moved to the side while you still see him dead-centre of your screen.

Of course I may be totally wrong. |puter| |rant| |transport

[Jodo]

Well I just tried it, it was smoother but I think I was right about actual locations of people being slightly different. Example: sniping someone twice in the head and them not losing 1 point of health and not even acknowledging that they're being sniped.

[JonnyThunder]

Maybe yer just a shit shot?

|thumbup|

What are friends for?

:)

[Jodo]

hmmm......I wanna swear...