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maybe a small server boost ?

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:36 pm
by BasterFac
been playing with a friend lately and he or i was hosting the game.
most of the time its all right and we can play at a 11'ish ping/tick ? .

but also recently it happed that the "guest" couldn't play due to 254 (or so) max ping.
mostly sundays or evenings (19:00 gmt).

both or connections are ok (been running speed tests while this happened.
so we guess its the "connection server" or what its called in english (its showing in the lower left corner when hosting the game).

and so the question would be: whether an upgrade could fix that to make the game enjoyable at any time :)

Re: maybe a small server boost ?

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:41 pm
by ptx0
BasterFac wrote: Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:36 pm been playing with a friend lately and he or i was hosting the game.
most of the time its all right and we can play at a 11'ish ping/tick ? .

but also recently it happed that the "guest" couldn't play due to 254 (or so) max ping.
mostly sundays or evenings (19:00 gmt).

both or connections are ok (been running speed tests while this happened.
so we guess its the "connection server" or what its called in english (its showing in the lower left corner when hosting the game).

and so the question would be: whether an upgrade could fix that to make the game enjoyable at any time :)
either of you using Wifi?

Re: maybe a small server boost ?

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:07 pm
by BasterFac
I do.
my mate prolly too.

but i noticed when i wrote this post, the forum was slow too.

Re: maybe a small server boost ?

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:00 pm
by ptx0
BasterFac wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:07 pm I do.
my mate prolly too.

but i noticed when i wrote this post, the forum was slow too.
fwiw factorio works directly connected, not P2P unless maybe steam networking is involved..

Re: maybe a small server boost ?

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:08 pm
by NotRexButCaesar
This isn't a direct solution, but using https://factorio.zone/ might decrease latency depending on your circumstances.