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*NEED LOWERPING SUBSCRIPTION*
Ok so after some testing with the people from lowerping they have finally released a client that supports SC2 beta! Reduces the delay by ALOT (for me at least) im sure alot of you guys that are experiencing a little delay will appreciate the reduced delay this gives you.
People who use Lowerping for World of Warcraft should know what type of reduced delay to expect.
Instructions: Download V1.5 here http://lowerping.com/?p=16 1. Unzip/extract. (you don't need to install it if you already have a different lp installed) 2. Open Lowerping or Lowerping.exe 3. Pick server (WEST COAST SERVERS) enter your lowerping user/pass. (NOT YOUR BATTLENET ACCOUNT) 4. Click Wow/Aion -> Black box should appear 5. Open Starcraft 2 normally.
If you want to double check: Hop into game jump into a game vs computer, Close the black box, You should get disconnected from the map.
HF~
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??? i haven't really seen barely any lag on SC2 =P
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this almost sounds like a scam to get user/pw
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yeah seriously, and if ur talking about the mouse, then just use gameplay options and set the mouse delay to off...
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On February 28 2010 12:58 TelecOm1 wrote: ??? i haven't really seen barely any lag on SC2 =P
Unfortunately there are a few people with delay on it i know i do, living in australia is lame gaming wise!
Regardless, i know quiet a few people who live in the US and use lowerping to cut their delay/latency even further (this is in world of warcraft btw)
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On February 28 2010 13:00 StarsPride wrote: this almost sounds like a scam to get user/pw
No no, thats not ur user name and pw, thats the lowerping user name and pw. Lowerping is a paid service, u get a user name and pw given once u pay
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Not scam. Blizz is ok with this as well.
battleping is free fyi
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"Through various routing techniques and network tweaks through the use of proxy servers, LOWERPING has managed to provide nearly the same latency that those near the relative gaming servers experience for those that are half-way across the world. In addition, the applications also set a Nodelay setting so that the data that you are sending to a server is transferred straight away instead of having to wait to be grouped up before been sent."
This is an impossible scam.
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It is possible to reduce latency by using rerouting proxies if your ISP has bad routing, in most cases the benefit is minimal but for some routes it can make an improvement.
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Nearly all serious Aussie WoW players use a service like this, lowerping being probably the most expensive one. I don't know if you were talking about USA players but it is not a minimal improvement for us, it can easily cut 200-300ms off your average ping. I haven't felt it necessary for SC2.
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So whats the ping like when u use this program ?
When I was playing war3 connected to uswest I was getting 170 ping on good days - during peak it would shoot up to 200.
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I notice a huge difference using lowerping.
Usually my connection is really shit, I don't know why but I get huge lag spikes of 0.5-1s every few seconds. If I use lowerping I get none of this, and my ping is around 180-210 consistantly.
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You can just do that tcp-ack registry fix that's always floating around, instead of downloading and installing software. Much lighter that way.
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can mod or forum leader check validity
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This only works if you have an unusual high ping.
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why are only posters with less than a hundred posts the people claiming that these lowerping shit is good for all of us?
That says enough to me, scam or not, i will not follow a 3 poster advise on my gaming xperience, nor in my software usage.
just checked, you even have to pay for it. This is advertising...
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I use Lowerping and can confirm that this is not a scam. It reduces my delay from about 350-400 ms to 150-200 ms (I used FRAPS to test this). The way it works is by routing you through a proxy (a Lowerping owned server), so there is absolutely no way to emulate this with OS "fixes". You need to be routed through a proxy, which is most likely going to be via a paid service.
I don't know if this particular service works for people outside of Australia, but it's almost guaranteed to have little to no effect for anyone residing in the US as you are already close to the Blizzard servers.
I live in Australia and the change in delay is very noticable. I'll know straight away if I forgot to enable Lowerping before I start playing.
Edit: If you have any understanding about networking though, then you will know that results using a service like this will vary drastically.
FYI, I only bought one month just to test if it actually did anything. People are saying battleping is free so I am going to try that now!
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using battleping since it doesn't require any sort of payment after x amount of time
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You know it's free to try right? You'll just get kicked off after ~40-60 min. Try it for yourself. Don't notice a difference? Don't buy it...
Note, it's really meant for Aus or nearby region players. It's unlikely you'll notice any difference if you are relatively close to the servers.
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This is just good for when you have bad routing, right? So US players shouldn't benefit much at all. My friend used this for Aion, and he said it made a big difference. So I think this kinda thing does indeed have its uses. But I can't imagine that me as an Oregon resident would benefit much from this. The SC2 server for US is in California, right?
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As a New Zealander who has been using Lowerping for WoW for ages, I don't bother using Lowerping for SC2. No noticeable difference for me, honestly.
I wonder if we can get Lowerping sponsorships for being high in ladder or something though.
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Thanks man. This looks great. Now I just need a beta key to use it!
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What is the ip address of the SC2 beta servers, so I can ping them from home? Perhaps some actual network traffic reports would be nice so that we actually can believe all this.
I'm in Australia and I found initially the game felt laggy until I dropped to low detail. Yes, I know it sounds like my PC couldn't keep up but it didn't feel like slow frames, it felt laggy, none the less the game felt much better in low detail. (i7 3.3ghz, ATI 4890)
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This is not a scam. Maybe in most countries it is not required, but from Australia a proxy service makes a HUGE difference. In WoW even on the most expensive, best gaming ISPs (etc Internode) the latency is cut dramatically by lowerping and similar services. Aion went from around 600-700 ping to 200-350 depending on the user in AU from everyone I know (in NSW), and wow has a similar drop. I consider it almost essential for an AU player to use one of these services. Lowerping seems to do a better job than battleping and other free proxy services from my experience.
The difference is noticeable between the two, but it is not so large a difference that I feel every Australian should take a paid proxy over a free one. I will because I can afford it. But if you are Ozzy and can't, get battleping or something similar and you will still be blown away by the difference.
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On April 20 2010 16:22 tertle wrote: You know it's free to try right? You'll just get kicked off after ~40-60 min. Try it for yourself. Don't notice a difference? Don't buy it... ^^ This
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On April 20 2010 16:22 GTR wrote: using battleping since it doesn't require any sort of payment after x amount of time
Sorry but can you tell me how to using battleping with sc2 ? I did try but seem it didn't work ;(
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You choose the server in battleping, preferably the one closest to the location of the battle.net server youre going to be playing on. Click connect, a new window will pop up you will probably to type in 'Y' and hit enter, then you're connected to the battleping proxy. Now you load your game and all information will be going through the proxy.
Honestly I'm from Australia and I used a similar service for WoW, it was amazing and the difference was very noticeable, but with SC2 I can't feel much difference and delay is still pretty terrible - hard to do any intensive micro.
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yep i use battleping and it's good. i believe FA uses it as well.
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