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

[NeilF]

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...

 

[NeilF]

Its more likely to be a problem with your p.c than the game itself.

Yeh... Right

 

[NeilF]

Has it done this since installing it, or just recently?

Seems to have increased over recent week(s)...

On the Steam forums people are commenting an update has made things worse...

 

[NeilF]

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

 

[NeilF]

First server tonight (at random)... Got all the way in... Then stuck there not able to continue... Then disconnected..

 

[NeilF]

Second server tonight (at random)... Too laggy to play on... Myself and others lagging all over the shop... Long hangs... Had to leave!

 

[NeilF]

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

Thankfully, no!

 

[NeilF]

I don't have a single problem with my TF2! Well happy with it

Do you tend to choose different servers at random? Or stick to a select few?

 

[NeilF]

Been trying for 20 mins now... And cannot play! Give up!

Connection problems all the time...

 

[NeilF]

Any of you guys still having problems with this game? Apparently it doesn't play nice with a lot of Speedtouch routers (this includes the the BT Home Hub, for everyone who's using it) and there's a very good fix I found when browsing the Steam FAQs. Let me know if you want me to post the fix and I will, but I can't right now as I have to be up pretty early tomorrow (today, in fact).

Seems a lot better at the moment...

I'd be interested in seeing that 'fix' anyway though!

 

[NeilF]

Okay. The fix is the same for both Vista and XP users, except the former must first carry out an extra stage.

Vista Users
Open the Command Prompt and type:

Press Return.

Type:

Press Return.
This will install a Telnet application which is optional in Vista, but it's already present on XP.

Vista and XP Users
From here on the instructions are the same for both operating systems.

Open the Command Prompt and type:

You will then be prompted to login to the modem with a username and password. The default is one of the following:

The second option worked for me.

Press Return after typing the username and again after the password.


Once you've logged in, you will be presented with the command line of your modem.
Type:

Press Return.
This will list connection bindings.

Look for a line that contains GAME and some port numbers. For example: GAME(UDP) udp 27010-27011
Type:

Press Return.
The port numbers in this command must match the numbers that are listed in your GAME port listing, similar to the example above.

And now you're done!

...and what's this suppose to do exactly?

 

[NeilF]

Also, thanks go to netripper for providing this solution.

Hmmm... But unless you 'associate' 'game' with a device (your PC) it won't apply surely? And all those 'bindings' are are just port forwardings aren't they?

So you just have a port forwarding that you can apply to a machine attached to the router? But which most likely is not, so is doing nothing... I'm confused