Lowest Settings

[Dervish]

What is this lowest settings u can use in open arena?
Quake 3 runs fine on my pc but it seems kinda laggy here with 52 ping

[fromhell]

Video settings won't help ping.

[Dervish]

no i mean why does it seem laggy with a ping of 52
it should run smoothly with that good ping

[jessicaRA]

do you mean the mouse feels laggy or game?

could try opening the console with ` key and type:

com_maxfps 125
cl_maxpackets 42
rate 15000

can increase cl_maxpackets to 125 and rate to 25000 but not all connections can take it (mine can't)

if your monitor is an lcd with max 75hz may be smoother using vsync at 75hz with:

r_displayrefresh 75
r_swapinterval 1
vid_restart

reason for 75 is not many monitors can do 120hz and 75fps is only 1 unit smaller in jump height than 125 fps play.

if the mouse feels laggy you could try the legacy binary which should be in a legacy folder with the oa 0.8.1 zip file.  with that try in_mouse -1 then in_restart see if it feels better.

if all fails maybe its a connection thing?  or the server has someone trying to torrent from it?  lol

[Dervish]

no the mouse is fine i got used to it some more
the game seems kinda glitchy or it might just be the game
idk never played it but gameplay feels different then other games
think it might be due to video settings but im not sure

[WaspKiller]

What is this lowest settings u can use in open arena?
Quake 3 runs fine on my pc but it seems kinda laggy here with 52 ping

First, what are your system stats:  Video, CPU, Memory?

Your ping is not the issue.  But you could be experiencing packet loss owing to your ISP or to a particular hop in the route to the server, etc.


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com_maxfps 125
cl_maxpackets 42
rate 15000

JessicaRA is right to suggest the Torrents, also AV software or Spyware (if on Windows) could be an issue.  You didn't provide any info about the quality of your system or the OS.  For all I know your system could be some Celeron Socket 478 with a GeForce 2 Video card.

However, I have to disagree with JessicaRA's suggestion regarding maxfps and maxpackets.  If you use maxfps 125 and maxpackets 42 the actual number of packets (this is where your graphical framerate can affect your connection) your client can send to a server is one every three frames.  Running your system at maxfps 62 and maxpackets 62 would be a better trade-off in video smoothness.

A simple (this is not set in stone) rule of thumb for maxfps and maxpackets is to set them in tandem.  That is, if you have a 128kb connection or lower use maxfps 30 and maxpackets 30.  If you have a 256kb or 384kb connection use maxfps 62 and maxpackets 62.  From 512kb and higher you should be able to use maxfps 125 and maxpackets 125 unless you have OA, a VoIP program like TeamSpeak/Ventrillo/Xfire/Mumble AND several other Internet apps running simultaneously.

maxfps and maxpackets are an endless source of confusion for many gamers (especially when you mix in other variables like  cl_packetdup, cg_smoothClients, rate, snaps, cl_timeNudge, etc.) but there are some great resources out there... Here are 3:

http://www.funender.com/quake/console/q3connection.html

http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Quake3/FAQFPSJumps.html

http://www.funender.com/quake/articles/fps.html