Counter-Strike Source on Linux - Server Rates Issue?

Chandler_90 · 15 Mar 2009 at 19:06

I currently have a player on my server who appears to have a constant 5ms ping.. The player in question rates are fine so I'm kinda guessing it must be something to do with the fact he is running on Linux.

This was checked using ma_rates and zb_netinfo.

Does anyone have any experience with this.. or should I just ban the player from my server??

FrenchTart · 15 Mar 2009 at 19:07

What connection is he on? If it's University halls for instance, that ping isn't exactly suspect.

uk_viper · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:45

Pings of 5 are easy to get at some times. I used to get between 2-5ms on CS and BF, then again running on data centre level fibre does come at a plus

thepeteh · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:51

you can use what is called a ping mask by typing cl_cmdrate +100 and it takes your ping down to 5, but your rates are the same and shouldnt make the player any more laggy or difficult to hit.. etc

smogsy · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:48

i get constant 5 my rates are fine im just on be 24.8mb

i use 30000 66 66 as its a 66 tick server

Chandler_90 · 17 Mar 2009 at 23:30

hmmm.. we're still looking into this as the user hasn't done anything dodgy on his end.

Will let u know if we find anything

Rroff · 18 Mar 2009 at 00:31

I haven't played CSS in awhile but when I was living in London I'd often have 4-5ms ping times off my ADSL connection to hosts like multiplayer. Tho it was never 5ms constantly it would fluctuate 4-6ms or so with proper rates, etc.

bloodline76 · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:52

If you ping him in the console that will show his true ping.

bledd · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:54

i've had 5 show up a few times, no changes made to rates etc