Temporary freezing while playing

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Jay wrote:
> What would you say the main reason would be for this?
> The internet connection? I am using what they call here in Canada High
> Speed -DSL
> I didn't always experience this, it's been since a month ago or so. Just as
> I am playing all of a sudden I can't move, only rotate, and watch how I'm
> being killed. It last only like 4 seconds, but as you know 4 seconds is very
> long while you are in the middle of a fight. Of course by the time I am back
> into action, I am already dead.
> I notice also that the image of many weapons are flashed on a vertical
> column to the right of the screen, along with an underwater bubble sound, as
> if recovering from a lost of data.
> Is anyone else experiencing this too?

This usually happens whenever you're experiencing obscenely high
packetloss and/or corrupt packets. open the console and type net_graph
1 and check the graph whenever this happens.

Is there anything else sharing bandwidth with the game? eg, file
sharing progs, download utils, and maybe it'd be an idea to triple-check
for spyware + viruses. (Remember that things uploading will kill your
connection just as much as downloading)

If you've done that and you're sure its only HL2 using your b/width,
chances are there's not alot you can do about it, except complain to
your ISP.

--
Ben Cottrell AKA Bench

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Mmm, since I don't see my yesterday reply here I'll resend it now....

Yeah, " obscenely high packetloss and/or corrupt packets" sounds about
right.
No, I don't think I have anything sharing the bandwith. But I'll check for
spyware/Viruses.
Thanks a lot for the info and tips Ben : )

Jay

"Ben Cottrell" <bench@bench333.screaming.net> wrote in message
news:3mltrbF176rmkU1@individual.net...
> Jay wrote:
>> What would you say the main reason would be for this?
>> The internet connection? I am using what they call here in Canada High
>> Speed -DSL
>> I didn't always experience this, it's been since a month ago or so. Just
>> as I am playing all of a sudden I can't move, only rotate, and watch how
>> I'm being killed. It last only like 4 seconds, but as you know 4 seconds
>> is very long while you are in the middle of a fight. Of course by the
>> time I am back into action, I am already dead.
>> I notice also that the image of many weapons are flashed on a vertical
>> column to the right of the screen, along with an underwater bubble sound,
>> as if recovering from a lost of data.
>> Is anyone else experiencing this too?
>
> This usually happens whenever you're experiencing obscenely high
> packetloss and/or corrupt packets. open the console and type net_graph 1
> and check the graph whenever this happens.
>
> Is there anything else sharing bandwidth with the game? eg, file sharing
> progs, download utils, and maybe it'd be an idea to triple-check for
> spyware + viruses. (Remember that things uploading will kill your
> connection just as much as downloading)
>
> If you've done that and you're sure its only HL2 using your b/width,
> chances are there's not alot you can do about it, except complain to your
> ISP.
>
> --
> Ben Cottrell AKA Bench