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Originally Posted by Chaos Creator

-War Witch

Originally Posted by je_saist

every time a new issue hits I tend to make the requisite now hosted by SOE jokes.

As to the original poster's problem, I've been working a wide range of servers over the past couple of weeks, and I haven't noticed any particular map-dropping errors. Actually I did figure out what was causing my own "game seems to pause for 5 seconds" issue from a good while back. (it was KDE changing background wallpapers for those interested)

I've got the old net_info tool that used to be on NCSoft's support site mirrored through google docs. It can tell you if you have any problems connecting to various NCSoft games. Useful for determining if the connection problem is the server or your connection.

Also, if you are running a Cable or DSL modem, type the address 192.168.100.1 into your address bar.

This should bring up the modem control panel. If you are running through a router, you might have to set yourself as a DMZ host to view.

On a cable modem you should have both a Receive Power Level and a Transmit Power Level.

• The receive power level should be between 0 and 1.
• The Transmit level should be between 45 and 56.

If the numbers aren't in that range, and you are on a cable modem, you might want to call your ISP and have your lines checked.

Originally Posted by Mandu

Run these programs and post the results here. Maybe we will see something.
CoHHelper and Hijackthis

Originally Posted by Turgenev

Your best bet is to report this to the "Tech Issues" forum to look for any correlation with players from other servers as well.

We've seen some zone-specific insanity lately. Sharkhead on redside is always coming up these days, was that where you were? If not, some more info would be helpful (time/date, zone, what you saw, did it follow you across multiple zones, etc).

Originally Posted by Gaia

Rubberbanding is simply the result of the server and client not agreeing as to where you are. This generally is a result of lost packets somewhere between the servers and you - it could be anywhere in the internet and rarely will be anything NCSoft will have any direct control over. You, they and your ISP all can report this to those responsible for the link affected in order to try to put pressure on them to identify and hopefully correct any fault. It may however also be a case of very high load exceeding the bandwith capability of that link.

When the client is able to re-establish the connection it will redisplay your location at the location held by the server.

Lag can be the result of problems on the servers, on your PC or anywhere in between so a lot more information is needed to identify the nature of it before anything can be done to fix it.

Latency is a measure of the time it takes a network packet to travel between cliet and server and is related to physical distance, link type and number of links involved.

A high latency connection will generally be seen as displaying significant levels of lag.
Areas requiring a large amount of graphical rendering will also tend to exhibit higher levels of lag - this relates to the graphics hardware on the client.
High loads on the server will again result in higher lag.
These are all very different causes and will have slightly different characteristics but all can be described as lag.

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

I don't know yet.

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

It'll work, but it's a midgrade card so don't expect much from it. For the record, it's not even listed over at Tom's Hardware on the VGA charts. The 9600GT is listed, and it's down toward the bottom of the chart. You may get ultra mode to look pretty, but your FPS will probably be shot to hell. That's my guess.

here's the link

Originally Posted by Oathbound

Nothing to add other than that there is a great Base Builder's section Here if you didn't know about it.

Most of the regulars there are perfectly willing to provide inspiration, ideas, and/or how to's for any basebuilding problems or wants you might have.