roguetrooper 2 Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) What exactly do the yellow and red chain symbol in MP in the lower right corner of the screen mean? Edited July 13, 2011 by RogueTrooper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gossamersolid 155 Posted July 12, 2011 Desync. You can press "P" and select yourself in the list to see the actual value you currently have. I think 5,000 - 19,999 is Yellow Chain and 20,000 - 100,000 is Red Chain (correct me if I'm wrong) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roguetrooper 2 Posted July 12, 2011 Does it indicate that there is desync 'somewhere around' or that I am de-synced? I also see that symbol when I am hosting a non-dedicated server (which I shouldn't be desync'ed to...). And 5000 of what? :o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murklor 10 Posted July 12, 2011 Yellow is essentially just a lag varning. Red is complete desync - you're not getting any info from the server and everything will rubberband once it syncs. With red for example, you can be upside down in a transport helo in the middle of a church, only to fly 2km away the next second. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KR303 10 Posted July 12, 2011 Are there any ways on our side that we can reduce the chance of Desync? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gossamersolid 155 Posted July 12, 2011 Are there any ways on our side that we can reduce the chance of Desync? Higher amount of bandwidth available. I've found at the points where my connection is slow (for whatever reason), I'll have a higher ping and a higher amount of desync. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soul_assassin 1750 Posted July 12, 2011 all hail the "1 mandatory spelling mistake in the title" rule :p sorry for o/t. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gossamersolid 155 Posted July 12, 2011 Raid Chain :) When that appears, it means you have to go raid the enemy positions. /thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kremator 1065 Posted July 13, 2011 What would be great is a tool that stresses servers and gives you the optimum values for the config, based on processor/RAM/internet connection upload and download. Hmmm perhaps I'll post this in the 'pwease make me a wittle addon' section. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maddogx 13 Posted July 13, 2011 Speaking of red/yellow chains, what's the difference between a normal chain and a broken chain? (And please don't answer "one is broken, the other is not". :p) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
icebreakr 3159 Posted July 13, 2011 Well, 10/1mbit line is usually suitable only for up to 5 folks. Any more people and you're quickly talking about 2-10+ upload in order to be able to enjoy the game. If CPU doesn't handle the mission AI can get pretty dumb/numb, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gossamersolid 155 Posted July 13, 2011 Speaking of red/yellow chains, what's the difference between a normal chain and a broken chain?(And please don't answer "one is broken, the other is not". :p) I think that the non broken one means that the connection is just harshing, while the broken one means the connection is interrupted and it's not currently updating positions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SnR 1 Posted July 16, 2011 What would be great is a tool that stresses servers and gives you the optimum values for the config, based on processor/RAM/internet connection upload and download.Hmmm perhaps I'll post this in the 'pwease make me a wittle addon' section. Dam thats a good idea, pm me when its done ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicholas 5 Posted July 16, 2011 I was curious as well MadDogX. There are four types of chains: Orange Chain Broken Orange Chain Red Chain (Really bad desync) Broken Red Chain (I believe this is complete disconnection from server) Not sure about the orange chains though, would be nice if an employee from BI could help us out here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
160thSOAR 10 Posted July 17, 2011 Dice, it's the other way around. Red chain is complete disconnection, broken red chain is just really bad desync. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
