TF2 = Connection problem...Connection problem...lag...lag...Connection problem...lag

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Seem to be getting a lot of 'Connection problems' and bad lagging...

Seems odd as TFC is rock solid... Hope this is something they get sorted as it's quite painful at times...
 
This seems to indeed be a problem in the last week or few days etc... I have been playing since beta release no problems whatsoever on my mediocre laptop- but last night, I couldnt get into a game that was playable for more than 30 seconds or so.

Im not overly worried, a lot of online games seem to have 'off -days' on servers etc :)
 
This seems to indeed be a problem in the last week or few days etc... I have been playing since beta release no problems whatsoever on my mediocre laptop- but last night, I couldnt get into a game that was playable for more than 30 seconds or so.

Im not overly worried, a lot of online games seem to have 'off -days' on servers etc :)

A number of times I'd connect to a server, to be met with a shot of the game somewhere, and then not be able to progress until short while later I got our friend the 'connection problem'...

Other times, just during a game you'd lag badly... And all to commonly this would lead to a 'connection problem'...

Definately seems worse recently...

As you say... Hopefully some junior programmer has put something eroneous in, will be thrashed to within an inch of his life, and the problem sorted :)
 
First server tonight (at random)... Got all the way in... Then stuck there not able to continue... Then disconnected..
 
Second server tonight (at random)... Too laggy to play on... Myself and others lagging all over the shop... Long hangs... Had to leave!
 
A number of times I'd connect to a server, to be met with a shot of the game somewhere, and then not be able to progress until short while later I got our friend the 'connection problem'...

Other times, just during a game you'd lag badly... And all to commonly this would lead to a 'connection problem'...

Definately seems worse recently...

I get exactly the same problem. It happens with 90% of servers I try to play on. I no longer look for servers which might have a good match on, but just ones that'll work. It's really quite annoying. I actually spend more time looking for appropriate servers than I do playing on them most of the time.
 
mine's been really bad today. Was fine yesterday though iirc. Played on a few servers and every one the ping has been fine in the browser but in the hundreds in games :(

My connection is often terrible such that I get pings in the hundreds due to virgin. (capping I think), but this is different..

Going to play crysis instead :s
 
Ironically, I used to have connection problems on most servers until a recent updated seemed to fix it.

Since that update I've not had a single problem :)
 
if your running vista,
in steam right click->create desktop shortcut
then right click on the shortcut -> compatability tab -> run as administrator

I had exactly the same problem until i did the above
 
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