The 87/server or 94/hlsw are basically the same and the correct ping.
The in-game ping of 2 or 3 is because the player is using a really low cl_cmdrate and it messes things up. Setting sv_mincmdrate to 30 or 40 on the server should fix this but clients don't understand this for some reason. In the client console, if they type cl_cmdrate <return> they might get a message like this: ] cl_cmdrate 10 ] cl_cmdrate "cl_cmdrate" = "40" ( def. "30" ) min. 10.000000 max. 100.000000 ** NOTE: The real value is 10.000 but the server has temporarily restricted it to 40.000 ** archive - Max number of command packets sent to server per second If the client doing this enables net_graph 3, he will see that he is actually getting 40 updates/s even though he has 10 set, so that part of the server control CVAR is working, however all the other clients on the server are not showing/calculating the ping properly for that user. Setting the cl_cmdrate low like that (without the server CVAR set) is considered abusive since it only updates the server with the clients position/actions every 100ms. As it is, this appears to be a client reporting/display bug only at the moment. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scumbucket" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:18 PM Subject: [hlds] Pings Can someone clear up a ping mystery for me. We have noticed that players are coming in more and more with super low pings of between 1 and 10. Which is fine, but we have also noticed a ping difference. If a player shows a: 2 ping in game 87 ping in the server console 94 ping in HSLW Are they cheating by way of reducing their in game ping? Now I know that there will aways be a difference from in game ping to console or HLSW. But I have seen this on players showing around a 3 ping in game but a hlsw/server console ping of 190. Is something going on here? Thanks! _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
