Ping at 999?

iostream · 22 Sep 2011 at 14:19

Apologies if this has been covered before, just wondering if anyone else has been running into this issue.

Heard about the new Bad Company 2 patch yesterday, got it downloaded and gave it a try. I haven't played BC2 in several months, however now when I'm browsing the available servers, they all show a ping of 999 or "-"?

Anyone else come across this? Gave it a quick google, but I can't seem to find a fix.

Thanks

Kosmiche · 22 Sep 2011 at 14:21

Not sure but I'd imagine its just a bug, did everyone have a ping of 999?

Just ignore it.

valkia · 22 Sep 2011 at 14:22

Yeah, just means a server needs a reset. Depends sometimes on COD4 a 999 ping was either a cracked server or disconnect player obv or just needed a reset. Shouldn't be an issue

McGray · 22 Sep 2011 at 14:23

Played BC2 last night and loads of people had 'invalid' as their clan tag. Good ol' DICE lol.

iostream · 22 Sep 2011 at 14:25

valkia said:
Yeah, just means a server needs a reset. Depends sometimes on COD4 a 999 ping was either a cracked server or disconnect player obv or just needed a reset. Shouldn't be an issue

But it wasn't just one server, it was nearly all

The game did play just fine, there wasn't any noticeable lag. However I like choosing a server with the least amount of lag, but obviously can't do that at the moment..

Kosmiche · 22 Sep 2011 at 14:26

McGray said:
Played BC2 last night and loads of people had 'invalid' as their clan tag. Good ol' DICE lol.

No thats the disabled gamers clan, The Invalids.

iostream · 22 Sep 2011 at 14:35

Eames said:
No thats the disabled gamers clan, The Invalids.

I enjoy having my day made

PESolution · 22 Sep 2011 at 15:08

Didnt realise they used VOIP

iostream · 22 Sep 2011 at 15:16

PESolution said:
Didnt realise they used VOIP

All joking aside though, I've seen some incredible videos on youtube of people with different physical disabilities playing games, it is rather amazing what you can do with a bit of determination.

And on that note I'm rather determined to loose my 999 pings. Any bright suggestions? My other friends don't seem to have this issue. I run ethernet direct to my router...don't really know at all what I can do

PESolution · 22 Sep 2011 at 15:47

no no - my gag was different. Was interpreting 999 as the emergency call centre and suggesting they used VOIP phones now and so had a ping

kingy666 · 22 Sep 2011 at 15:55

A lot of servers show up as 999 ping for me but not all of them. I do however, have a problem with my stats as everything just shows as 0. I have only just started playing BC2 and i am only ranked at level 2 but surely i should have some stats up.

iostream · 22 Sep 2011 at 15:59

Ah, figured you were replying to Eames, apologies.

Anyways, back to the issue. Would there perhaps be a file somewhere containing my online/multiplayer info that I can delete/reload? Do games store this kind of information?

:(Rhodri:) · 22 Sep 2011 at 16:19

Its a pretty common bug with Dice's terrible server browser, just ignore it and add servers that work well for you to your favs.

iostream · 22 Sep 2011 at 16:41

Rhodri2311 said:
Its a pretty common bug with Dice's terrible server browser, just ignore it and add servers that work well for you to your favs.

Alright thanks. Is there a way to check my ping in game?

iostream · 22 Sep 2011 at 16:49

kingy666 said:
A lot of servers show up as 999 ping for me but not all of them. I do however, have a problem with my stats as everything just shows as 0. I have only just started playing BC2 and i am only ranked at level 2 but surely i should have some stats up.

I had this issue for a while as well (a few months back), but next time I logged in all my stats had been updated. Perhaps there's just a wee delay from time to time...