Updated 24/03/2011
Port list updated please note
Updated 21/03/2011
First off the last title update included a Matchmaking change, what it does is allow for fasting matchmaking and hopefully better results, it's been coded in such a way to allow 3arch to change the variables on the fly without the need for another titles update. What does this basically mean to us? well for one it means they have been listening an secondly it means that they can hit sweet spots with tweaking where everyone or the vast majority of people experience better games and you should find you get placed in lobbys faster. The downside is it's possible some of you might expereince problems you didnt previously have, if you do mention then in a polite manner>
That isn't to say there isn't a need to still tweak settings to optomise your connection or to give feedback to 3arch as to how the game plays, the more info they get the better everyones experience will be.
Couple of points I want to raise.
Firstly I'm not going to walk anyone else through setting up their routers past basic settings, nothing personal it just takes up alot of my time. The only exception to this new rule is opie168 . But if you have a specific question which hasn't already been answered in this post or a slightly unusual setup thats causing problems i'll try my best to steer you in the right direction. But don't be surprised if my reply is "its in the post already" or RTFM :P Or chances are its in the original checklist of stuff to list about your connection
Secondly point- The issue that effects some people which is cited as either lag, lag comp, sync,hit detection,lack of dedicated servers, its p2p, its listen servers, its your crappy walmart internet, crappy netcode in the game ect ect ect ect all are basically the same thing the cause is how the traffic data in this game (packets) gets from the host to you and back and vice versa and what the matchmaking has done. 3arch can now tweak the settings for this as explained up the top.
Thirdly point - You may feel this is a waste of time thread but theres numerous people on here who had problems who have now resolved them (and some yes who haven't) but the time it took you to write your "omgusux3arch thread" could have been spent changing one thing on your setup which cured your problem so ...
The following is a checklist of infomation that will help diagnose problems an highlight issues, the more you can give the better.
Post the following information and ONLY that info, I will compile a database of results, you may find some of this pointless but as good old Sherlock holmes once said "“When you eliminate all other possibilities, what remains, no matter how improbable, is the answer.â€". At the very least it might highlight some areas you can optimise your connection, or allow someone to notice a theme of specific setups that cause some issues and highlight them properly.
Basics
1) A brief description of how you perceive the issue and how often it effects you and times and if you tried anything to fix your issue. If you feel video is easier than writting, make sure you only include videos recorded directly from pvr NOT theatre and its an entire game showing the bars of other players as much as possible. If you normally play as a party please mention this and if you or someone else is host.
2) A result from pingtest.net
Xbox.
3) Type of xbox and how it is connected to your router, if you aren't using a new slim xbox and use wireless do you use the official xbox adapter or a generic one, confirm you have run an Test xbox LIVE Connection and it was fine or not.
4) Go in game on the mp menu back button and post the geographical location and put where you are, Country & state/country, and what you have the matchmaking set to search..default/local ect
Router/settings/network and isp
5) Type of router brand model number, whether its drivers are upto date location compared to xbox for wireless users
6) do you have UPnP enabled and if not have you made sure the following ports are open :-
UDP: 53, 80, 88, 3074,
TCP: 53,3074
and if you use any sort of outbound traffic restriction that the following ports are open
UDP: 53, 88
TCP: 53, 80
IF you use Videochat on kinnect if you are having troubles
UDP and TCP/IP 1863 need to be opened
7) If you use wireless is the router set to the right wireless frequency 2.4 hmz and what encryption method do you use and have you tried changing the channel.
8) what else is connected to the network when you play ...laptops ..other xboxes ect
9) Is your nat open/moderate or strict
10) what is your MTU set at. if its set at 1500 have you tried lowering the number to 1364 or vice versa or changing it in incremements? more detailed descriptions later on if you read through the posts
11) what isp are you with , what type of broadband and connection speed
Solutions other people have found have solved their lag issues *disclaimer - I am not saying any of these will work for you only that people said they did either on this post or on a separate thread.
Removed their gigabit bridge and cured their sync issues...
A Couple of cable users plugged their xbox directly into their modems bypassing the routers (if you want to try this remember you need to turn the modem completely off and plug the xbox in THEN restart the modem so it assigns an IP number for the xbox)
Upgraded their stock generic router they got free with their broadband to a decent proper router (drastic)
Changing from wireless xbox to wired xbox
Changing the MTU setting for a lower rate
Changing the MTU setting for a higher rate
Playing with wiggy as host
I would like to ask a couple of favours..
1) If you find this post helpful could you spend a minute just signing ASKACAPPERS petition for custom remapping in video games.
for more info for you who aren't familar with this ... http://www.askacapper.com/petition. Chucks an amazing guy and deserves as much support as possible and I feel kinda bad as I used to drum up alot of support back in the day but have been really lax in highlighting it recently.
and
2) I know alot of you do already but if you see someone posting about problems with lag..ect ect feel free to point them here to this thread
3)Please don't use this thread as a place to rant and rage and whine.. If you have an issue with the game fine if you're issues that the Ritalin's run out shoooo
Port list updated please note
Updated 21/03/2011
First off the last title update included a Matchmaking change, what it does is allow for fasting matchmaking and hopefully better results, it's been coded in such a way to allow 3arch to change the variables on the fly without the need for another titles update. What does this basically mean to us? well for one it means they have been listening an secondly it means that they can hit sweet spots with tweaking where everyone or the vast majority of people experience better games and you should find you get placed in lobbys faster. The downside is it's possible some of you might expereince problems you didnt previously have, if you do mention then in a polite manner>
That isn't to say there isn't a need to still tweak settings to optomise your connection or to give feedback to 3arch as to how the game plays, the more info they get the better everyones experience will be.
Couple of points I want to raise.
Firstly I'm not going to walk anyone else through setting up their routers past basic settings, nothing personal it just takes up alot of my time. The only exception to this new rule is opie168 . But if you have a specific question which hasn't already been answered in this post or a slightly unusual setup thats causing problems i'll try my best to steer you in the right direction. But don't be surprised if my reply is "its in the post already" or RTFM :P Or chances are its in the original checklist of stuff to list about your connection
Secondly point- The issue that effects some people which is cited as either lag, lag comp, sync,hit detection,lack of dedicated servers, its p2p, its listen servers, its your crappy walmart internet, crappy netcode in the game ect ect ect ect all are basically the same thing the cause is how the traffic data in this game (packets) gets from the host to you and back and vice versa and what the matchmaking has done. 3arch can now tweak the settings for this as explained up the top.
Thirdly point - You may feel this is a waste of time thread but theres numerous people on here who had problems who have now resolved them (and some yes who haven't) but the time it took you to write your "omgusux3arch thread" could have been spent changing one thing on your setup which cured your problem so ...
The following is a checklist of infomation that will help diagnose problems an highlight issues, the more you can give the better.
Post the following information and ONLY that info, I will compile a database of results, you may find some of this pointless but as good old Sherlock holmes once said "“When you eliminate all other possibilities, what remains, no matter how improbable, is the answer.â€". At the very least it might highlight some areas you can optimise your connection, or allow someone to notice a theme of specific setups that cause some issues and highlight them properly.
Basics
1) A brief description of how you perceive the issue and how often it effects you and times and if you tried anything to fix your issue. If you feel video is easier than writting, make sure you only include videos recorded directly from pvr NOT theatre and its an entire game showing the bars of other players as much as possible. If you normally play as a party please mention this and if you or someone else is host.
2) A result from pingtest.net
Xbox.
3) Type of xbox and how it is connected to your router, if you aren't using a new slim xbox and use wireless do you use the official xbox adapter or a generic one, confirm you have run an Test xbox LIVE Connection and it was fine or not.
4) Go in game on the mp menu back button and post the geographical location and put where you are, Country & state/country, and what you have the matchmaking set to search..default/local ect
Router/settings/network and isp
5) Type of router brand model number, whether its drivers are upto date location compared to xbox for wireless users
6) do you have UPnP enabled and if not have you made sure the following ports are open :-
UDP: 53, 80, 88, 3074,
TCP: 53,3074
and if you use any sort of outbound traffic restriction that the following ports are open
UDP: 53, 88
TCP: 53, 80
IF you use Videochat on kinnect if you are having troubles
UDP and TCP/IP 1863 need to be opened
7) If you use wireless is the router set to the right wireless frequency 2.4 hmz and what encryption method do you use and have you tried changing the channel.
8) what else is connected to the network when you play ...laptops ..other xboxes ect
9) Is your nat open/moderate or strict
10) what is your MTU set at. if its set at 1500 have you tried lowering the number to 1364 or vice versa or changing it in incremements? more detailed descriptions later on if you read through the posts
11) what isp are you with , what type of broadband and connection speed
Solutions other people have found have solved their lag issues *disclaimer - I am not saying any of these will work for you only that people said they did either on this post or on a separate thread.
Removed their gigabit bridge and cured their sync issues...
A Couple of cable users plugged their xbox directly into their modems bypassing the routers (if you want to try this remember you need to turn the modem completely off and plug the xbox in THEN restart the modem so it assigns an IP number for the xbox)
Upgraded their stock generic router they got free with their broadband to a decent proper router (drastic)
Changing from wireless xbox to wired xbox
Changing the MTU setting for a lower rate
Changing the MTU setting for a higher rate
Playing with wiggy as host
I would like to ask a couple of favours..
1) If you find this post helpful could you spend a minute just signing ASKACAPPERS petition for custom remapping in video games.
for more info for you who aren't familar with this ... http://www.askacapper.com/petition. Chucks an amazing guy and deserves as much support as possible and I feel kinda bad as I used to drum up alot of support back in the day but have been really lax in highlighting it recently.
and
2) I know alot of you do already but if you see someone posting about problems with lag..ect ect feel free to point them here to this thread
3)Please don't use this thread as a place to rant and rage and whine.. If you have an issue with the game fine if you're issues that the Ritalin's run out shoooo