Lag issues with 2142 but not battlefield 2!!!?!?!??!?!?!

2006-10-21 22:26:38

#1

graphitemamba: Member; +0|6653

I'm quite frustrated right now and am really hoping that someone can help me figure out something that I've done wrong or am over looking. Here's the problem: I finally got battlefield 2142 today after pre-ordering from best buy... heard all these reviews about how it plays graphically easier than battlefield 2.... well for me it's been the opposite in fact even on the lowest settings it lags for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On battlefield 2 I can run:
Display mode 1280-1024
Terrain Low
Effects Medium
Geometry Low
Texture Medium
Lighting Low
shadows off
D Lighting off
anit off
Texture Filtering Medium
View 90%

So I updated punkbuster.... turned off my windows firewall, allowed my firewall to access 2142, I've installed the patch.... when I enter a game I only go on 32 person servers... when I enter a game I turn punk buster to 500.....

It's really frustrating me because I can't even play the game without just getting tore up because of the jumpyness!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Help!?!??!

Computer stats are Intel 4 2.6, 2gigs of Ram, and an Nvidia 256mb 7series... I just don't know if this is all on my processor but does 2142 need more than battlefield 2?!???!?!!??! HELP Please!!!

2006-10-21 22:29:48

#2

pRiNcEkAhUnA1: Member; +6|6725

Battlefield2 had the same problem.

2006-10-21 22:50:03

#3

graphitemamba: Member; +0|6653

It did?!?! But why does it seem like just me!? Or is there a percentage that it doesn't really work right for?!

2006-10-21 22:56:58

#4

graphitemamba: Member; +0|6653

Really no help?

2006-10-21 23:00:12

#5

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6972

You may already now... I have my EAX turned off and the VOIP turned off( I use TS) and i dont get much in the way of lag... P4 2.6(Ocd to 3.1) 2 gigs X800XL agp avg 45-60 fps

unless the server is having issues and everybody else is saying their lagging

turning off dynamic shadows and lighting turned off help also... you have yours set low so thats cool

Love is the answer

2006-10-21 23:00:41

#6

KungfuBeer: The King of Beers; +31|6986|SoCal

This is why I am not going to give EA/DICE any more $$

2006-10-21 23:05:56

#7

graphitemamba: Member; +0|6653

Alright going to try the turning of EAX and VOIP and see if it helps.. what are your other settings at?? I have all low unfortunently but my display is the best with 60 because that's how I always had it in BF2 and my dymanic lights and shadows are off. Just pisses me off that it's not running smoothly!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-10-22 00:08:13

#8

.|microphage: Member; +4|6889|Vancouver, BC

i have that same problem...but i learned to how deal with it....kinda...i also had that same problem in bf2 patch 1.4! CURSE YOU DICE/EA!!!!

2006-10-22 08:56:55

#9

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6857|132 and Bush

I am getting CI's in every server now constantly .. only in 2142, it's the game. When I get a CI it doesn't effect other online stuff like ventrilo. It just loses it connection to the game. In every server I might add.
My specs are in my sig... 15 meg down conn

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2006-10-22 08:58:39

#10

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6698|Stealth City, UK

Turn your display down to the next level, that always helps me.

2006-10-22 09:02:33

#11

graphitemamba: Member; +0|6653

No get this now!!! So I did... I absolutely turned everything down to the lowest settings last night... even turned the display mode to 800 X looks like ass and it still was jumpy and lagging on me!!!!!!!!!!!

So you know what I did was turned the graphics up even a little higher on my BF2 game and played that for a couple hours perfect!

I don't know why 2142 doesn't work for me... going to try uninstalling and starting fresh without patch and then with.

2006-10-22 09:11:42

#12

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6698|Stealth City, UK

Maybe it doesn't like you..........

.......just like me

2006-10-22 09:31:11

#13

[n00b]Tyler: Banned; +505|6850|Iceland

in BETA I had everything on low and was lagging like fucking hell, 2.5 GB RAM and 6600 Geforce [im getting a 7900 ] So they are going to fix this i hope

2006-10-23 07:22:39

#14

CackNBallz: Member; +45|6999|Toronto, Canada

I am indeed getting the same problem here man! I would be able to play on High settings with my machine in BF2, but more comfortably at medium.

But even on low settings I am going around 15 frames per second if I'm in the Titan or if the Titan is hovering over me while I am on the ground. It is very frustrating!

Pentium 4 2.4B
2 GB of RAM
ATI X800 XL 256 MB
Audigy 2 w/ EAX

I'll try to disable EAX and then maybe put the sound settings to medium, but this is ridiculous and the game looks like hairy dirty arse.

2006-10-23 07:52:11

#15

i_dun_nV_u: Member; +6|6652

okay here are my system specs...
p4 dual core socket 478 3..0 3.0 OCed to 3.4 3.4
4*512mb DDR400 2.75V
7600GS AGP overclocked 500/900 >_> i want to do a pencil mod

and i'm running on 1024 768 on:
med terrain
med geo
med TF
low light
low shadows
enhanced light = off
0*AA
100% distance

and i get around 30-40fps on titan... funny enough, when i join a game i average 45-60 fps... but as the game progresses, my FPS is like 30-45...

i suggest do some hardcore tweaking haha, i spent atleast 2 hours tweaking my system down to the AGP bus frequency, RAM voltage, CPU voltage etc etc...

2006-10-23 07:57:16

#16

DoctorFruitloop: Level 13 Wrongdoer; +515|6802|Doncaster, UK

I seem to remember reading a thread sometime back about how increasing your graphics settings can sometimes improve the quality of performance instead of lowering them. It was something to do with having a bottleneck at lower settings but by increasing the settings the load is shifted from the graphics card to the processor (or vice versa) and the performance improves.

I may be wrong because I wasn't taking a lot of notice of the thread, but that's the gist of it.

Only thing I could suggest is using either fraps or the console command "renderer.drawfps 1" and monitoring your fps with different settings and see where you get the best performance.

2006-10-23 08:09:18

#17

i_dun_nV_u: Member; +6|6652

good point doctorfruitloop and i think i have a basic reason for that... by reducing the settings, your are increasing your raw power... as a result all that raw power is processed by the CPU...

in contrary, when you increase the settings, much of the graphical aspect is transferred to the GPU... fascinating i should TRY this ,

+1 karma hehe, you read my mind of the past

/edit : aww can't karma ppl yet... need to wait 24 hours... after registration

Last edited by i_dun_nV_u (2006-10-23 08:10:34)

2006-10-23 08:20:17

#18

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6805|UK

Same issue with me, I could play bf2 on mostly medium with texture on high (no shadows though) however if I run 2142 on anything other than low the game and my machine will crash to tht blue screen and I get a recovery from a serious error :S

2006-10-23 08:33:18

#19

i_dun_nV_u: Member; +6|6652

well as for crashing, i get them once every 4 rounds because i think i overclocked my video card a little excessively... Microsoft Crash Analysis detects a windows stop error being caused by a device driver. This device driver is originating from my GPU. Well atleast i think it is.

2006-10-23 08:39:24

#20

Ganko_06: Laughter with an S; +167|6901|Camoran's Paradise

I get that too. Never happens in BF2. I don't think it has to do with servers or setting. This is pure lag. Pretty sure it's something with the game. Maybe the 'spyware'...

2006-10-23 17:47:30

#21

graphitemamba: Member; +0|6653

I figured it all out though.. so if you guys need to know how to fix it write me a message.

graphitemamba

2006-10-23 17:49:03

#22

Burks: Member; +2|6899

Ganko_06 wrote:
I get that too. Never happens in BF2. I don't think it has to do with servers or setting. This is pure lag. Pretty sure it's something with the game. Maybe the 'spyware'...

Same. With BF2 I only lagged when the server lagged (all med settings). With 2142 I lagged like hell with everything on low, changing certain things to medium only made it worse.

2006-10-23 17:55:54

#23

r'Eeee: That's how I roll, BITCH!; +311|6704

sooo.. am i the only one that not getting lag:D...ermm i am Especial:D

2006-10-23 17:56:59

#24

PspRpg-7: -; +961|6954

Is your "!" key sticking?
EDIT: Stop, grammar time.

Last edited by PspRpg-7 (2006-10-23 17:58:23)

2006-10-23 18:03:07

#25

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6836|the dank(super) side of Oregon

is this lag happening in conquest and titan? My comp can handle 64 player conquest servers on medium-high settings. On 48 player titan servers, i get terrible stuttering with everything low-off. Just like the SF map Iron Gator. I think it's a combination of bad net code, server stress, and computer stress. Those titans put a lot of load on a server, especially when when they move, are close together, and are both loaded with players. I dont think the problem can be helped. guys I play with have water cooled super machines, and they have issues on titan servers.

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