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The Warhawk Beta Summer of Awesome (PS3)
- Thread starter chubigans
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Oni Jazar said:
Damn.
Well, at least MSC_off+Chat_off combo seem to do the job for the host. Albeit it might also be the Un-ranked status of the server.
As soon as this map rotation ends (7 mins circa), I'll recreate another dedicated server, still MSC_off, still Un-Ranked, but with voice chat enabled this time.
I'll call it MSC_off_Bloody_Marcel.
I'll check the squad balance thing in order to be sure it's checked.
EDIT: LOL NEVERMIND IT JUST FROZE. 1:37 A NEW RECORD!
:lolJB1981 said:
at least jobe is fixing it. It's a great game I think. I think there needs to be a super weapon to take out the turrets. Or maybe some kind of pulse to disable them for a few seconds. Or jam them or something.
I mean I like walking all ovah yo' mommas ass, but that was a little lopsided there
AgentOtaku
Member
still really dissapointed that we never got to see the Single-player finished....as it stands now, there isn't alotta context or history to whats taking place in the game, so it makes everything feel a bit generic....
and I really wanted to play the dude in the old trailers as well
...hopefully the MP will take off and convince the right people to go back to the SP
and I really wanted to play the dude in the old trailers as well
...hopefully the MP will take off and convince the right people to go back to the SP
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Yeah, the game, when it works, is about as much fun as I've ever had with an online multi-player game. Chasing after some poor footsoldier in your Warhawk, and having to book it real fast when it turns out the footsoldier came across an RPG... good times.
I'd love it if you could easily see manned turrets in the TOW cam. You can see enemy air units but (unless I'm crazy) you can't see ground units marked. Being able to more easily see if a turret is active would be a great benefit to the TOW and make it even more fun, there's nothing as satisfying as hovering behind your defended base and taking out the enemy base's turrets.Y2Kev said:
fatigues_gasolini
Member
Y2Kev said:
MAybe some sort of shield that deflects all incoming fire for a period of time.
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
Y2Kev said:
TOW
You just have to be a bit sneaky.
Tanks, rocket launchers, and flamethrowers will also do nicely. I haven't done it myself, but the sniper probably works well too.
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
K guys lttp but i dl'd my beta and i want in on gaf action what do i do next.
I just posted this at the official beta forum. I'll probably get flamed, and it's probably been discussed to death but I haven't seen a real discussion of server hosting qualification.
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First of all, my internet connection "tests" through Warhawk to be able to support 32 people. Great for me. I am supposed to have a 6Mbps download speed, and only 384Kbps upload. Typical tests at DSLreports.com show around 300-350Kbps actual upload.
Even while running a dedicated server (ranked or unranked), my bandwidth can't properly supply more than 8. I watch people slowly add to my server and monitor how the ping values are fluctuating. The first 1-9 people or so will often have ping ranges under or around 100. As soon as the number of people climbs higher than 9 or 10, that number starts to balloon. By the time it hits 20-24 people, the average ping is 300+. I know ping values in this beta can be a little "off", but for the most part, if you are not getting 0 or 9999, they seem to be mostly correct.
Many, many people are running servers like this. If you are hosting a game and the average ping that you see is 150+, do everyone a favor and stop hosting or reduce the maximum number of people. I've joined dozens of games that start out running smoothly and everyone is having fun, but as soon as the number of people climbs over a dozen, it turns into a lagfest (not just for me - I watch the ping values). The system also seems to crash soon thereafter.
On some servers, people will have pings in the 60-100 range with a few people, and then it will climb to be over 1000. Crappy. Clearly, they should not have been qualified to host that many people.
Incog needs to beef up their qualification tests for what people can and cannot host.
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First of all, my internet connection "tests" through Warhawk to be able to support 32 people. Great for me. I am supposed to have a 6Mbps download speed, and only 384Kbps upload. Typical tests at DSLreports.com show around 300-350Kbps actual upload.
Even while running a dedicated server (ranked or unranked), my bandwidth can't properly supply more than 8. I watch people slowly add to my server and monitor how the ping values are fluctuating. The first 1-9 people or so will often have ping ranges under or around 100. As soon as the number of people climbs higher than 9 or 10, that number starts to balloon. By the time it hits 20-24 people, the average ping is 300+. I know ping values in this beta can be a little "off", but for the most part, if you are not getting 0 or 9999, they seem to be mostly correct.
Many, many people are running servers like this. If you are hosting a game and the average ping that you see is 150+, do everyone a favor and stop hosting or reduce the maximum number of people. I've joined dozens of games that start out running smoothly and everyone is having fun, but as soon as the number of people climbs over a dozen, it turns into a lagfest (not just for me - I watch the ping values). The system also seems to crash soon thereafter.
On some servers, people will have pings in the 60-100 range with a few people, and then it will climb to be over 1000. Crappy. Clearly, they should not have been qualified to host that many people.
Incog needs to beef up their qualification tests for what people can and cannot host.
TOW missile says sup.Y2Kev said:
You can easily take out turrets with a TOW missile if you arent a knob.
I just played 4 or 5 matches straight with no freezes it was great, Zones battle valley on Eucadia was just wow, i was in a tank at the choke point at the beginning of the round wow that was a blast, missiles and bullets flying past my head taking out mutliple people at once, freaking awesome.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
So how's the performance been tonight with everything turned off? Better, worse or about the same?
It really don't think it's a freezing issue (well, couldn't help), but a lot of people are running servers that can't handle the bandwidth. Of course there are freezes as well when there are few people (or none) playing.JB1981 said:
1. The bandwidth requirements from Incog need to be increase regarding the number of people a server can host. Or, in the very least the requirements for hosting a Ranked server.
2. If your server is degrading in quality as more people join it, reduce the number of people you allow. Hopefully, Incog helps a little bit here with stiffer requirements to begin with.
3. This is only a beta - no time to panic but time to improve
4. There are some outstanding servers. When the software is released, there will be many, many more. There are a lot of altruistic people with great network connections who WILL host good servers. There are some people here that do so. No reason to play on crappy ones.
5. If Incog releases a free download on the PSN store for a Warhawk server only (no ability to play), there will be even more altruistic people who will host games.
People who are having a difficult time taking out turrets and the such are not using the artillery strikes.
This one game I stood by the artillery strike weapon (binoculars) and kept raining death upon the unsuspecting turrets/missile platforms, and he collateral damage is awesome as it will take out nearly everything within it's blast radius.
This one game I stood by the artillery strike weapon (binoculars) and kept raining death upon the unsuspecting turrets/missile platforms, and he collateral damage is awesome as it will take out nearly everything within it's blast radius.