So since about 1 week ago I have a really strange (I mean it) problem.
My internet is not the best with 3207 Kbps download speed but my ping is always good (28-50) and it’s unlimited and normally works perfectly fine for online-gaming.
Problem: Even though I was the only one using the internet (and had I checked that there are no other programms that use internet opened) my Bf1 was lagging really bad. (My ping was good so the problem must have been the download speed)
So I checked it with the task manager and saw that Bf1 only used about 100 Kbps.
Which is really strange since the actual possible download speed is about x30 higher. When I closed Bf1 and I opened Google Chrome for example, it used all the 3207 Kbps. It’s the same with every other programm.
When I have Bf1 and other programms opened at the same time, the other ones use like 95% and Bf1 always only 100 Kbps.
This problem is now occuring almost every time I want to play.
Does somebody have any ideas what could be causing that problem?
Thanks!
I have a 75/15Mbps connection and I constantly get lag and multiple network warning icons on the side of the screen while playing.
I can show you a video I just recorded today where my game was lagging an outrageous amount, so much so that the game audio started slowing down and distorting.
The constant lag/icons thing happened constantly in BF4 for me as well. In any other game that doesn’t run on P2P connections (and even sometimes those games), I lag very little to not at all, but I’ve had pretty regular lag and latency problems with BF, even playing solely in my region.
I can confirm, at least for myself, that it is a CONSTANT problem in BF1. There isn’t a single game played where I’m not rubberbanding and constantly seeing red or orange icons flashing on the right side of my screen.
I’m not sure what the problem is, but it’s definitely not with my connection or setup (Xbone directly connected to a 5Ghz modem of which it is the only device with a hard-wired connection, AND it has an open NAT)
You know, to get easily small lag in multiplayer game, just leaving web browser open in background does this.
One person had Facebook page open while played game and it cause it, even he had fiber 100/10 ethernet.
Bigger bandwidht not guarantee fawless multiplayer game play, it’s recommend to close unnecessary programs like skype, etc. etc.
I got a 10mbit connection with a 0.73 upload, I don’t have any issues on my 5820k going threw a 1gbps 8port managed switch with 5 other PC’s on it. Now with my i7 3770s system that thing always have the network indicators, it was always yellow or orange and it felt off sometimes. But that system the CPU was always at 100% load during gameplay, leaving no room for it to process internet traffic. Not sure if that was the case or if my Ethernet drivers were messed up. Never had an issue on BF4 on that system.
That’s definitely not the cause for lag in my case. I don’t get LITTLE lag, I get EXTREME lag and latency issues, and my game is being run off of a connection that only my console and PC are using - everything else in my house uses a separate connection on a 2.4Ghz modem, whereas my Xbone and PC are connected to a 5Ghz modem, and if I’m using one of them, I’m not using the other at all and usually have zero things open.
In saying that - I can’t imagine how leaving a single idle Facebook page open on a 75Mbps connection (I actually consistently achieve around 85-90Mbps) running through a 5Ghz modem could cause even an ounce of lag in a game.
By the way you wrote that your I’m guessing you are from the UK also secondly your using wifi (since the ghz doesnt matter for cabled connections) with possibly the power socket extenders or just on its own (I could be wrong)? Have you tried running the game on the good old trusted (Yes im old and wifi for me still sucks for playing online games) ethernet cable? If so does it still give you the same problems of latency? Also is this against certain ping players or in general?
I’m in the same boat. I have 300mb/30mb and constantly get the warnings despite all tests show everything working perfectly. No other games have issue but I am constantly experiencing something in bf1. What ever is causing it is definitely giving me position and hit detection issues. I am also hard wired in with a cat 6 ethernet cable so no wifi to blame.
Sometimes the issue is not on your end but the ISP and the connection to your house , at the moment for me i’m lagging in my favorite server because fiber cables are being installed in my street.
I’ve tried running through 5Ghz wifi with my console literally TWO feet away from my modem, and with a direct connection several times (because it happened in past BF games as well), and I get the EXACT same result - constant warning icons popping up, and constant rubberbanding and latency issues.
It’s absolutely not a problem with my connection. In EVERY other game I own that uses dedicated servers for multiplayer, I get zero lag unless there’s someone else in the server with an outrageous ping. Even in games like CoD that use P2P connections, I don’t get ANYWHERE near the amount of latency issues in that game as I do in BF4 and BF1.
It doesn’t matter if I’m hard wired to my modem or using a 5Ghz wifi connection - there’s NO reason I should be getting that outrageous amount of lag on a 75Mbps connection that consistently reaches OVER 75Mbps. About 5 or so years ago I had a 25Mbps connection and got the exact same amount of lag in BF games, and still very little to no lag in other games. I even play games similar to BF, like Heroes and Generals or Planetside 2, and get NO lag at all while playing those games.
There’s obviously a problem/bug with the game that causes several people to experience a gross amount of lag for apparently no reason at all.
(P.S. - I’m not from the UK, I’m in the US and ONLY play on US East region servers, which are in my region)
Unlikely, considering I just moved to a new city literally 5 days ago and just got a brand new ISP - getting the same lag I did when the game first came out and I was using an entirely different ISP with a higher speed connection. Got the same type of constant lag issues in Battlefield 4 when I used ANOTHER entirely different ISP with a slower speed connection than my most recent two ISPs.
I have all my ports opened/forwarded, my NAT type is open, and I lag in literally no other games, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 1 are the only games I have problems with when it comes to random, consistent lag.
That can’t be a coincidence. It seems to be something wrong with the game that only effects certain people (just like black screens that some people get and some people don’t, or frame stuttering issues that some people get and some people don’t).
I just find it HIGHLY unlikely to be a problem with my connection at all considering no other games, regardless of platform, that I play have problems with lag.
Funny coincidence! I’m also on Comcast (literally got it 3 days ago, because it’s all that’s offered in my area besides horribly generic city connections that are ridiculously overpriced) with a similar connection (my 75Mbps connection consistently reaches near 90Mbps during downloads).
It’s not my location - I live in the Eastern side of the US and only play US East region servers, I did the same with BF4.
I’ve had THREE different internet connections over the course of BF4 and BF1 and all 3 of them had lag problems while playing those two games, but no problems while playing other games.
Again - it seems highly unlikely that it’s my internet connection considering I don’t have this problem with ANY other game.
The real kicker is that in the Beta I got virtually none of the problems I’m getting in the full game. You can actually check some of my posts at the time of the beta and see that I was commending DICE for improving the lag issues I had in BF4. That was, until the game actually came out.
Can we still get the IP addresses of the servers or is that gone now.
If you can run a pathping or traceroute and see what comes up.
It’s worth a shot if anything.
In all honesty I find BF1 network wise far more stable than bf4
I run 6 ARK servers. When I have people on them my servers use about 300-100 Kbps max. Online games do not take huge amounts of data. Also if you have having HUGE lag issues most of the time its on your end. I love when people complain about this and are using Wifi. Or they have 3-4 switches in there network. Or use Cat5 cables not even Cat5E. Most of the time I see 7-10ms of ping. It could just be your ISP. If you are using cable and they use a shared network. You will always have issues.