[B65] Uplayable Lag Issues in MP

[Beckling 0]

I've tried playing TFC in various builds in SMP and I always end up stuck, the lag is unplayable, lag of a good 2+ minutes between my actions and seeing the results. Eventually I usually get a socket exception and get disconnected. Everyone else on the server is fine. I do not have this issue with any of the other Minecraft mods I have played over the years, even on the same server.

I have tried turning the graphics down to as low as possible and pushing for max FPS, but it never makes any difference, the lag between server and client is unplayable.

Does anyone have any suggestions I can try?

Thanks for any assistance!

[VegasGoat 51]

I do not have this issue with any of the other Minecraft mods I have played over the years, even on the same server.

I only ask because it's a little unclear what you mean by "the same server", but are you connecting to a server running the TFC mod, or just a generic minecraft server where you only install TFC on your client?

[Kortak 3]

Probably your own PC not up to it. or your internet...I dont have any lag on my client or the server i make

[warfighter67 124]

Unrelated, but I had quite a FPS drop since build 60. Ran an average of 60-80 with lag spikes around 30-40 and now I average 40-50 with spikes of 15-20

[VegasGoat 51]

You can try an internet speed test to check your connection: www.speedtest.net

[Beckling 0]

Thanks for your responses.

I am connecting to a server that is running TFC, I also have it installed in my client (the same version!). I have connected to it many times before when the friends I play with have tried different mods and had no problems, I am only having this issue with TFC!

My internet speed is absolutely fine to play most online games, including other minecraft mods in multiplayer, unless TFC is using substantially different packet sizes or something?

I don't think it's my system specs outright...I've got 4GB RAM and plenty of CPU punch to play with, unless there's some sort of hardware compatibility issue that only I'm having?

[renadi 258]

TFC has more data than Minecraft, and minecraft uses more data than most games I suspect because very little of the world is stored on the client end, most games have preset maps but minecraft is streaming new sections of maps whenever you move more than about 8 blocks, and it's confirming the ones that are there are right, about 20 times a second.

[VegasGoat 51]

Have you played other mods on that server recently? Could just be something wrong with the path to that server. Maybe try a tracert command (in windows) or traceroute (in linux):

tracert -d ip_address

[Beckling 0]

Most recently we played an unmodded adventure map, with no issues.

I did a tracert like you suggested, with these results:

Tracing route to [redacted] over a maximum of 30 hops

1 1 ms <1 ms 1 ms 192.168.2.1

2 19 ms 19 ms 19 ms 194.145.148.66

3 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms 82.0.242.45

4 20 ms 20 ms 22 ms 62.253.174.73

5 37 ms 31 ms 31 ms 62.253.185.85

6 83 ms 47 ms 66 ms 62.253.174.18

7 48 ms 30 ms 29 ms 195.66.224.114

8 118 ms 324 ms 79 ms 213.192.191.74

9 111 ms 86 ms 103 ms 213.192.190.26

10 106 ms 90 ms 89 ms 62.80.132.174

11 86 ms 85 ms 88 ms 62.80.132.170

12 83 ms 81 ms 82 ms 62.80.132.149

13 * * * Request timed out.

14 * * * Request timed out.

15 * * * Request timed out.

16 * * * Request timed out.

17 * * * Request timed out.

18 * * * Request timed out.

19 * * * Request timed out.

20 * * * Request timed out.

21 * * * Request timed out.

22 * * * Request timed out.

23 * * * Request timed out.

24 * * * Request timed out.

25 * * * Request timed out.

26 * * * Request timed out.

27 * * * Request timed out.

28 * * * Request timed out.

29 * * * Request timed out.

30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

I am not sure what that means but it doesn't look good, does it

[VegasGoat 51]

No that's actually ok. The other times are pretty short. Some routers and computers are configured to ignore the TTL packets so there's probably just nothing further in the chain responding.

I can't imagine what could cause only you to have issues, and only with TFC. Odd.

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

post your error message, so I can see whats wrong, in case its on the code end.

[VegasGoat 51]

It's got to be something with your client. Have you tried a completely fresh installation? That means renaming or deleting the ".minecraft" folder and letting everything download again. Then installing forge and player API (in that order) and adding TFC to the mods folder.

[Menoch 335]

I actually had to do that today... reinstall Minecraft from scratch, then Forge and Player API. Was getting some funky lag at times. But it is fine now. I also cleared the cache and checked the oil.

[abandoned mines 119]

i was getting very similar problems to what you have described

i figured out that after a resent .minecraft update my configs folders contents had not been deleted

when these were removed i got instantly better results

on a side note:

while running TFC version build 52c i have been having trouble creating new worlds

every time i try to create a new world my game runs out of memory and crashes

i was unable to use the error log as there was nothing on it

[Beckling 0]

After a lot of jiggling and poking, turns out TFC is just using a huge amount of bandwidth and it's choking my internet connection, and my ISP doesn't like it very much! I can play mostly fine at offpeak times like in the middle of the day during the week if I'm not working

Thank you for all of your help and suggestions!