Playing Online matches as an Aussie is out of the question

[harry5518]

been a while since i played FAF online and 90% of the matches the game lags to the point where it's unplayable. While i have tolerable ping to America and the UK the enormous russian player always complains and moans about aussie players lagging the game when i've always noticed russians causing lag issues in other games. i get either kicked or asked to leave 50% of the matches i play to the point where i almost give up playing FAF online which is a shame, but the playerbase down in the southern hemisphere isn't large enough to justify hosting local only games.

The game is supposed to not have an issue with ping under 500 which is what 99% of the ping i have to players is, but there is alot of the time packet loss or whatever issue is causing stuttering and lag.

[Geosearchef]

Take a look at the ice adapter debug window and tell us if you get a relay connection or a direct one (srflx/prflx/host). You need to make sure you're not behind a carrier grade NAT (a lot of australians are and succeeded by calling their ISP), otherwise you will be relayed via europe.

[Louvegarde]

Kicking people on flag is a real issue though. I advocated for that we allow people to change their flags some time ago, but it was deemed unnecessary. If you know other players with the same issues, group up and complaint to the Player Councilor. If it gets through, actually implementing flag change on FAF is not that complicated.

Regarding the connection issues themselves though, we can't do much more than what we currently have. There is not enough australians player to host local matches only, so it gets laggy with people from the northern hemisphere. Unless we get more australians playing FAF, I dont know if that issue will ever be solved.

[harry5518]

Take a look at the ice adapter debug window and tell us if you get a relay connection or a direct one (srflx/prflx/host). You need to make sure you're not behind a carrier grade NAT (a lot of australians are and succeeded by calling their ISP), otherwise you will be relayed via europe.

how do i do this? and most of the time i have a connection to the other players as direct.

[mirddes]

Its definitely gotten better