Use notepad to open most '.cfg's works most of the time..all the time
usually in hl games. In terms of t1 lines, I believe that costs about
200/mo for the service (could be wrong) but it's bloody fast with a
stable connection. Problem with satellite is that sure you get good
speeds....on average...time it and you get speeds of
500...0....500...0...500..0 best comparisson I can make is a flourescent
light...its on most of the time but on a time lapse camera...it's really
flashing on and off.
Pit Gee wrote:
I have wild blue satellite internet. It cost me $300 for the dish and
$50 a
month for the basic service. I'm on the Laredo gateway which is
apparently
the lemon in the bunch. I'm not too happy with it really but it still
beats
dail up. I get download speeds of around 400-500kbps and uploads of
60-100ish.
Here's a comparrison from wild blue uncensored (an unofficial website)
http://www.wildblueuncensored.com/sitenews.htm
The hughes net business package cost about 3 times as much for the
dish and
$100 a month but according to this review is supposed to be rock solid
although the latencys may be a bit higher. I'm pretty much sh*t out
of luck
for games either way. I'm running a business from home and I've lost
some
money due to weather and gateway related outages on wild blue. As
outrageous as the pricing of the hughes small business package is I've
probalby lost enough to have paid off the difference already.
I'm tempted to harrass the phone company and see if I can push for dsl or
t1. For the price of upgrading to the bigger, supposedly weatherproof
.98
meter dish that comes with the hughes net small office package I'd
think the
phone company would be willing to lay down a little clean cable. That's
$1200 a year plus $800 or $900 fo the dish.
Of course this wouldn't be for the sake of gaming but it would be nice
perk
to be able to play dod every once and a while.
My spectator list doesn't seem to be well populated. Spectating wouldn't
lag a sever would it?
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
I'm going to go check my console commands now and see if they match your
specs. I'm not sure how to open the config.cfg file directly. I
found it
but it asks for a program to open it.
From: "kyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [hlds] Is it possible to play day of defeat on a satellite
connection?
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:04:48 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
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What type of Internet do you have now and who's your provider.
I have heard the same thing about satellite Internet, it just cant
push a
constant steam of packets enough in order to hold the connection for
online
gaming.
But ill do some research and see if I can't find out if theres a way
to get
it done.
I have a 26 slot DOD server in LA ca. You can try to connect to it and
maybe theres other things we can do to get your pings down to were
you can
at least play a little.
Try setting your rates in your config.cfg to the following.
Rate 3000 to 5000 you may want to try lower like around 2500. I'm not
sure
how low you can go.
Cl_updaterate 10 or 20 don't go any lower then 10.
Cl_cmdrate 10 to 20 don't go any lower then 10.
Also you might want to disable all of the other things that lower FPS
too
just incase you are able to connect and play some.
Heres my servers IP address 64.69.32.190:27015 www.ethugsrus.net
Good luck I know it sucks not to be able to play such an awesome game.
I been addicted for 6 years.
-------Original Message-------
From: Pit Gee
Date: 08/22/06 22:45:56
To: [email protected]
Subject: [hlds] Is it possible to play day of defeat on a satellite
connection?
I've heard first person shooters weren't "doable" on satellite
internet due
to latency but I've also seen some claim that it can be done. I've
moved
out in the "boondocks" and was pretty much resigned to no dod or any
other
games, however every once and a while I really get the urge to play.
What
a
great game! The server screen indicates pings of 500 plus and I usually
can't even log on to a server. Presumably they have the pings
requirements
set lower. I'm wondering if there is anything I can do about this or if
there is anyone who has a list of servers with less stringent ping
requirements. Every once and a while I just really get the urge to
play.
Are there tweaks I could use to reduce my ping time or am I pretty much
stuck at about 6 seconds of delay for the uplink? I'd even settle for
spectating a game every once and a while if I can't play but I can't
seem
to
even get on to a server at all. The "nuclear fallout.net" servers
seem to
all kick me or rather not let me on. I'm not sure of this server
host now
dominates most servers or if it is just that silly kind of lagging
message
bug that seems to occur in the server host window.
I wonder what ever happened to that internet over the power lines
technology
they used to talk about so much?
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