Tribes Connection Tweaks
There are very few settings to fine tune your
connection if you are having problems with defaults as set via the network menu. I will
document them to the best of my knowledge here so you can experiment to see which is best
suited to your connection. To set the variables open the file clientPrefs.cs in your
config directory and manually edit the relevant $pref:: entry or adjust via the network
menu. Tribes2 connection tweaks can be found in the new Tribes2
section. |
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| PacketRate | PacketRate is used to calculate how many gameworld updates you receive from the server per second. Usable range is 10 to 'server PacketRate setting'. Use this in combination with PacketSize to limit the maximum amount of bytes per second your client will receive from the server.The amount of bytes per second is calculated as follows, PacketRate x PacketSize = Maximum bytes per second. Example if you are on an ISDN connection then try a PacketRate of 15 with a PacketSize of 480 which results in 7200 bytes a second maximum. |
| PacketSize | PacketSize is the maximum data size for each packet, not maximum data per second. In combination with PacketRate it controls network packets so that your connection bandwidth does not get saturated. Use this in combination with PacketRate to tweak the maximum amount of bytes per second your client will receive from the server.The bandwidth is calculated as follows, PacketRate x PacketSize = Maximum bytes per second. Example if you are on an ISDN connection then try a PacketRate of 15 with a PacketSize of 480 which results in 7200 bytes a second maximum. |
| PacketFrame | In many games your FPS governs how many gameworld updates you send to the server, a high FPS gave an unfair advantage over those with lower FPS. In Tribes that is not the case, PacketFrame restricts the number of packets being sent to the server by your client and can be used to help connection bandwidth related problems for those with low upstream bandwidth. In most cases set this to defaults or the maximum of 32, however lowering can help in some circumstances such as limited upstream bandwidth and fine tuning. You may wish to experiment by adjusting the setting so that it is a divisor of your framerate. Use the FPS figure displayed using showfps() as a guideline for actual FPS. For example if your FPS is averaging 60 then try a value of 30. |
Suggested settings are in the table that follows. They are however guidelines, adjust them as needed by monitoring your connection in game and alter settings as needed. It is very important that you read the PacketRate, PacketSize and PacketFrame notes before you use these settings. If you do not see an exact connection speed setting then use the closest. Example, perhaps you connect at 50000 or 52000 on modem, use the 48000 setting from the table. If you are using voice communication programs such as RogerWilco, Battlecom, Teamsound etc. then please adjust settings accordingly. Allow 1024 bytes for downstream and 512 bytes for upstream usage by the voice communication program.. |
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| LAN | PacketFrame "32" |
| ADSL / Cable / Wireless | PacketFrame "32" |
| ISDN Bonded | PacketFrame "32" |
| ISDN Single | PacketFrame "32" |
| 56K Modem | PacketFrame "25" |
| V34 Modem |
PacketFrame "25" |
| 28.8 Modem | PacketFrame "25" |
| Minimum Bandwidth Settings - Testing purposes or temporary settings while lag settles. | PacketFrame "10" |
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