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Cyberia

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Hey Guys, I love CSS and I love Jail and Office , But I hate lag.

Recently I have been getting very high ping and lag for no reason. No one is downloading and all , internet things have stay'd the same.

So could you guys give me some tips on how to get rid of high ping , lag and how to improve overall game performance?
Thanks!​
 
One of the things that can change your game play dramatically is settings. Change all your game settings to the lowest of the lowest and hopefully that can give you an extra boost. I went from 30 FPS to 80 FPS by changing my game settings and adding CS:S configs.

Read this guide "Increasing FPS" by Daria - http://www.edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90944

Even though your game quality might not look nice, at least it's faster.

Now, if this doesn't work, IDK what to tell you. lol
 
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Just a few noob tips:

Ping - internet speed (increased through upgrading your internet). Or move closer to Dallas.

Lag - upgrade computer hardware or settings.
 
Can someone please help me out and repost what he's saying?
I can't read it, I'm not even joking.
I seem to not be able to see that font type..
 
He says he loves css and he loves jail and office. But he has really high ping. and lags a lot.
 
There are several things you can do to resolve lag issues.

Do you own a router?
If so, make sure specific ports are open for game communication. If you've never had to do this before, it might be due to a recent CS:S update.

Have you done any modification to your CS:S settings lately?
If so, revert the changes. The reason I suggest this is because during the last update, everyone lost their original settings.

Have you noticed any difference in gameplay across other games? Or just CS:S?
If it's just CS:S, then we've narrowed down the problem. If it's ALL games, then it's more likely to fall on a driver/hardware issue.

Have you fine-tuned your PC lately?
Clean up your PC. Turn off unnecessary programs when playing CS:S to save up RAM and virtual memory.
 
Just a few noob tips:

Ping - internet speed (increased through upgrading your internet). Or move closer to Dallas.

Lag - upgrade computer hardware or settings.

One of the things that can change your game play dramatically is settings. Change all your game settings to the lowest of the lowest and hopefully that can give you an extra boost. I went from 30 FPS to 80 FPS by changing my game settings and adding CS:S configs.

Read this guide "Increasing FPS" by Daria - http://www.edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90944

Even though your game quality might not look nice, at least it's faster.

Now, if this doesn't work, IDK what to tell you. lol

Very nice guys.
 
Pro tip: Waxing your modem does not actually make it transfer faster :P

On a serious note:
While you are connected to the server and are having ping/lag issues, run a speedtest (www.speedtest.net is a good one). You can either run one to the server nearest to you, or to one of the texas servers (depending on your mood).
If your speedtest is running at an abnormally high ping, chances are your internet connection is the problem.


If the previous suggestions don't help out, let us know the answers to these questions so we can help you further:
What internet provider and service level do you have?
What are the specs of your computer?
What is your physical location (city preferrably)?
What are your current game settings?

(screenshots of your netgraph in game would be useful also)
 
Ah my fps is good ingame, But does anyone know how to make the forum site load a little faster its kinda lags for me.
 
A thing that helped me were some console commands.

rate 25000
cl_cmdrate 101
cl_updaterate 101
ex_interp 0.01

Hope this helps :)
 
Ah my fps is good ingame, But does anyone know how to make the forum site load a little faster its kinda lags for me.

Get Mozilla Firefox web browser if you don't have it yet. IMO, it's the fastest web browser. If you have Mozilla Firefox already, download "FasterFox" and use it. It doesn't make a huge difference but it's 2-3 seconds faster.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12878/ - Faster Fox.

There are about 20 other different type of Faster Fox for you to use. If that doesn't make a difference in your web browsing try another faster fox add on.
 
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CS:S FPS Config

-- Graphics --

blink_duration "0"
budget_averages_window "0"
budget_background_alpha "0"
budget_history_numsamplesvisible "0"
budget_history_range_ms "5"
budget_peaks_window "0"
budget_show_averages "0"
budget_show_history "0"
budget_show_peaks "0"
cl_c4dynamiclight "1"
cl_detail_avoid_force "0"
cl_detail_avoid_radius "0"
cl_detail_avoid_recover_speed "0"
cl_detail_max_sway "0"
cl_drawmonitors "0"
cl_ejectbrass "0"
cl_forcepreload "1"
cl_logofile "0"
cl_phys_props_max "50"
cl_ragdoll_collide "0"
cl_ragdoll_physics_enable "0"
cl_rumblescale "0"
cl_show_splashes "0"
closecaption "0"
datacachesize "128"
flex_smooth "0"
func_break_max_pieces "0"
g_ragdoll_fadespeed "0"
g_ragdoll_important_maxcount "0"
g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed "0"
g_ragdoll_maxcount "0"
gl_clear "1"
lod_TransitionDist "0"
mat_aaquality "0"
mat_antialias "0"
mat_autoexposure_max "0"
mat_autoexposure_min "0"
mat_bloomscale "0"
mat_bufferprimitives "1"
mat_bumpmap "0"
mat_clipz "1"
mat_colorcorrection "0"
mat_compressedtextures "1"
mat_debug_postprocessing_effects "0"
mat_debugdepthmode "0"
mat_debugdepthval "128"
mat_debugdepthvalmax "256"
mat_disable_bloom "1"
mat_disable_fancy_blending "1"
mat_disable_lightwarp "1"
mat_disable_ps_patch "1"
mat_envmapsize "0"
mat_envmaptgasize "0"
mat_fastspecular "1"
mat_filterlightmaps "1"
mat_forceaniso "2"
mat_forcehardwaresync "0"
mat_forcemanagedtextureintohardware "0"
mat_framebuffercopyoverlaysize "0"
mat_hdr_enabled "0"
mat_hdr_level "0"
mat_monitorgamma "1.6"
mat_parallaxmap "0"
mat_picmip "2"
mat_reducefillrate "1"
mat_specular "0"
mat_trilinear "0"
mat_shadowstate "0"
mat_vsync "0"
mat_wateroverlaysize "8"
mp_decals "0"
muzzleflash_light "0"
props_break_max_pieces "0"
props_break_max_pieces_perframe "0"
r_3dsky "0"
r_ambientboost "0"
r_ambientfactor "1"
r_cheapwaterend "1"
r_cheapwaterstart "1"
r_decal_cullsize "9999"
r_decals "0"
r_dopixelvisibility "0"
r_drawbatchdecals "0"
r_drawflecks "0"
r_drawmodeldecals "0"
r_dynamic "0"
r_eyegloss "0"
r_eyemove "0"
r_eyes "0"
r_eyeshift_x "0"
r_eyeshift_y "0"
r_eyeshift_z "0"
r_eyesize "0"
r_flex "0"
r_forcewaterleaf "0"
r_lightaverage "1"
r_lod "2"
r_maxdlights "32"
r_maxmodeldecal "0"
r_maxnewsamples "0"
r_maxsampledist "0"
r_minnewsamples "0"
r_norefresh "0"
r_occlusion "1"
r_PhysPropStaticLighting "0"
r_renderoverlayfragment "0"
r_rootlod "2"
r_ropetranslucent "0"
r_shadowmaxrendered "9"
r_shadowrendertotexture "1"
r_shadows "1"
r_spray_lifetime "0"
r_teeth "0"
r_WaterDrawReflection "0"
r_WaterDrawRefraction "0"
r_waterforceexpensive "0"
r_waterforcereflectentities "0"
r_worldlightmin "0.0002"
r_worldlights "1"
rope_averagelight "0"
rope_collide "0"
rope_rendersolid "0"
rope_shake "0"
rope_smooth "0"
rope_smooth_enlarge "0"
rope_smooth_maxalpha "0"
rope_smooth_maxalphawidth "0"
rope_smooth_minalpha "0"
rope_smooth_minwidth "0"
rope_subdiv "0"
rope_wind_dist "0.01"
showhitlocation "1"
sv_forcepreload "1"
texture_budget_background_alpha "9999999"
texture_budget_panel_height "0"
texture_budget_panel_width "0"
violence_ablood "1"
violence_agibs "1"
violence_hblood "1"
violence_hgibs "1"
weapon_showproficiency "1"

-- CPU settings --

r_3dnow "0"
r_sse2 "1"


-- Settings --

cl_allowdownload "0"
cl_allowupload "0"
cl_cmdrate "101"
cl_downloadfilter "none"
cl_interp ".02"
cl_interp_all "0"
cl_interp_npcs "0"
cl_interp_ratio "1"
cl_interp_threadmodeticks "0"
cl_lagcomp_errorcheck "1"
cl_lagcompensation "1"
cl_pred_optimize "2"
cl_predictweapons "1"
cl_resend "6"
cl_smooth "0"
cl_smoothtime "0.01"
cl_timeout "9999999"
cl_updaterate "101"
rate "35000"


-- Sound & volume --

cl_customsounds "0"
cl_soundfile "0"
dsp_enhance_stereo "0"
dsp_mix_max "0.9"
dsp_room "0"
dsp_slow_cpu "0"
dsp_spatial "40"
dsp_speaker "50"
dsp_volume "2.0"
dsp_water "14"
room_type "0"
snd_async_fullyasync "0"
snd_duckerattacktime "0.5"
snd_duckerreleasetime "2.5"
snd_duckerthreshold "0.15"
snd_ducktovolume "0.55"
snd_mixahead "0.1"
snd_musicvolume "0"
snd_noextraupdate "1"
snd_pitchquality "1"
snd_profile "0"
snd_surround_speakers "0"
soundscape_flush "9999"
suitvolume "0"
voice_enable "1"
voice_forcemicrecord "1"
voice_modenable "1"
voice_scale "0.4"
volume "0.1"



-- HUD --

cl_c4progressbar "1"
cl_autohelp "0"
cl_autowepswitch "0"
cl_min_ct "1"
cl_min_t "1"
cl_minmodels "1"
cl_radar_locked "0"
cl_radaralpha "250"
cl_radartype "1"
cl_righthand "1"
cl_wpn_sway_interp "0"
con_enable "1"
fps_max "1000"
hud_centerid "1"
hud_fastswitch "1"
jpeg_quality "100"
overview_health "1"
overview_names "0"
overview_preferred_mode "1"
overview_tracks "0"




-- CS:S Update Tweaks --

r_bloomtintg "0"
r_bloomtintb "0"
r_bloomtintexponent "0"
r_bloomtintr "0"
r_drawdetailprops "0"
r_flashlightrendermodels "0"
r_hunkalloclightmaps "0"
r_lightcache_zbuffercache "0"
r_propsmaxdist "0"
r_staticprop_lod "7"
r_sse_s "1"

cl_clearhinthistory "1"
cl_detaildist "0"
cl_detailfade "0"
cl_debugrumble "0"
cl_playerspraydisable "1"
cl_showhelp "0"

mat_alphacoverage "0"
mat_bloom_scalefactor_scalar "0"
mat_maxframelatency "0"
mat_max_worldmesh_vertices "0"
mat_software_aa_blur_one_pixel_lines "0"
mat_software_aa_strength "0"
mat_software_aa_strength_vgui "0"
mat_software_aa_tap_offset "0"

prop_active_gib_limit "0"
adsp_debug "0"


-- Multicore rendering tweaks --

mat_queue_mode "2"
cl_threaded_bone_setup "0"
cl_interp_threadmodeticks "0"
cl_threaded_client_leaf_system "0"
r_threaded_client_shadow_manager "1"
r_threaded_particles "1"
r_threaded_renderables "1"
r_queued_decals "0"
r_queued_post_processing "1"
r_queued_ropes "1"
mp_usehwmmodels "-1"
mp_usehwmvcds "-1"


-- Nick --
name "nickname"

soundscape_flush
mat_savechanges
clear

I use this, enjoy ;)
 
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hmm, i wonder why when someone complains of lag, everyone points to performance? Thats necessarily true. You could have a computer that has the best stuff inside and you could have like 300fps on css, but still lag. Vice versa as well. If you have a router, open up them ports! If not, make sure there aren't any other programs accessing the Internet (check all of your programs in the task manager, not just the ones you are using). There are miscellaneous programs that access the internet at anytime for often no real reason, most of which are consistency checkers with current updates. If none of that works, you should call your service provider to ask how stable your connection is. Although they will probably say it is, ask how many other customers are there in your area (most probably won't tell you). For example, my ISP says my connection is stable, but I can't use all of my internet speed (paying for 10 down, 3 up, getting closer to 2 down, less than 1 up). It turns out that there aren't enough customers in my area to give me my full connection speed, which sucks.

If that doesn't work, go to the Tech Help forum!
 
Turns out when I updated my Firewall and AntiVirus , The Steam and CSS ports weren't open anymore. Re-Opened them and its settled now . Thanks Guys!
 
Can someone please help me out and repost what he's saying?
I can't read it, I'm not even joking.
I seem to not be able to see that font type..
Buy some new eyes
eyeball.jpg
 
A thing that helped me were some console commands.

rate 25000
cl_cmdrate 101
cl_updaterate 101
ex_interp 0.01

Hope this helps :)

My understanding of these commands is that they need to be configured for the server you are playing on, not what your PC can do.

I frequently see these suggested and use them myself. I did, however, reduce cmdrate and updaterate to 67 as the tick rates on most servers is 66.something now. 33 on others.

I set cl_interp (I haven't tried it as ex, this is the first time I've seen it typed that way) based on the rough average of my latency to that server. I don't need to change it much between eGO servers, I get about the same across the board. I get about 75ms on average so I set it to cl_interp 0.075. It cleaned up my reg quite a bit.

rate XXXXX is another setting I see recommended for use quite a bit, often inserting or suggesting a generally really high number. I haven't set mine in a while, but I know I used the speedtest website to benchmark my bandwidth and set the rate accordingly.

A lot of people see commands like these on the internet, primarily with the values changed to be significantly higher than original and many see benefit from it. I have, personally. The more I read, though, the more I found that with a little work on your part you can set them very accurately to your specific setup to get optimal game-play.

They do generally work quite well for people to just plug in and get noticeable results, though :)

I'm trying to put together a list of my preferred tweaks for this game because all of the ones I find come up just a touch shy in some category or another. Most of them on explanation alone. Few people take the time to explain each command and how they work and just offer some blanket value without describing how you can find what will work best for your setup.



Good work tracking down the issue. A lot of people give up on a game or sometimes gaming altogether over issues like that.
 
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