This should be a help to those with lag. The information comes from the Punkbuster site, in the FAQ's and Online Manual. I also put in a ticket to Punkbuster Support, and they confirmed this, and told me how to make the setting permanent. Check the site yourself if you are not sure.
OK, as we all know Punkbuster uses a lot of resources and bandwidth, running checks on your account every 60 or 80 milliseconds. It is possible to reduce this load by telling punkbuster to check less often.
1. In game, open the console (tilde key).
2. Type pb_sleep and press enter
3. A message will show saying either, pb_sleep setting(80) or pb_sleep setting(20 to 500).
4. Type pb_sleep(500) and press enter
5. A message should show, User Rate(500)
6. Close console.
You have now set PUNKBUSTER to run every 500 milliseconds, (you can select any value between 20-500, the default is 80). This will use much less bandwidth, so less lag!
If you want to make this a permanent setting, after you type pb_sleep(500), type in pb_writecfg.
Hope this is helpful, sorry its a long post
bronco.
OK, as we all know Punkbuster uses a lot of resources and bandwidth, running checks on your account every 60 or 80 milliseconds. It is possible to reduce this load by telling punkbuster to check less often.
1. In game, open the console (tilde key).
2. Type pb_sleep and press enter
3. A message will show saying either, pb_sleep setting(80) or pb_sleep setting(20 to 500).
4. Type pb_sleep(500) and press enter
5. A message should show, User Rate(500)
6. Close console.
You have now set PUNKBUSTER to run every 500 milliseconds, (you can select any value between 20-500, the default is 80). This will use much less bandwidth, so less lag!
If you want to make this a permanent setting, after you type pb_sleep(500), type in pb_writecfg.
Hope this is helpful, sorry its a long post
bronco.