Basically I'm trying to play Command & conquer Generals online, however it's running really strange (really slow & jerky, stops & starts) when I join a battle. I've got Sky broadband, so didn't think this would be a problem. There's a box on the options menu that says something about connection speed (100ms, 200ms etc etc) but I don't really understand what this means?

Any help appreciated!

 

Generals does that on certain maps even on LAN games, try a different map.

 

Cheers guys. I've changed the ping rate to 100ms, and dropped the resolution to medium, but it's still really jerky, and the person I'm trying to battle always surrenders straight away or just disconnects. Fucking game reason I went on broadband was so I could do online gaming

 

when i play Battlefield 2142 online i get a ping of around 20-50 95% of the time, and im only on 1meg ADSL.
Your doing something wrong somewhere, on 2142 you can pick uk servers, normally there the best performing ones

 

How do I change the server? I suppose it would help if I understood these things in the first place!

It is funny though, when I asked for help on there earlier I got "FO NOOB!"
Which I presume is; fuck off, new person

 

they sound like a friendly bunch

Hmmm ive never played that game before so i couldnt tell you.

Whats your pc specs?

 

Which Generals are you playing???

 

Zero hour mate - my favourite!

Gti: I don't know mate! I got it off one of our IT guys at work, I can tell you that I'm running Sky's pikey-free 8MB broadband, but that's about it! I'm not wireless, or anything like that though.

 

Does it run ok on single player? if it does that tells me that its something to do with your net or settings etc

 

I got it sorted in the end, (not sure how, just fiddled with it till it worked)

Anyway, I now realise just how crap at it I am, got my arse kicked every time

 

sounds like you need to open the correct ports on your router or firewall for the game to run better.Sometimes games will run with lots of lag until its opened up.

same as if you D/C from games alot thats sometimes the problem.

 

I haven't playeg Geneals online for ages, might have to a bit later

 

anything above 60ms is poor for online gaming i get a nice 15ms for counter-strike

 

not really mate, plus i dont know whether its just Battlefield 2142 or not but most people have over 50ms ping.