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Multiplayer as client
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:59 pm
by Jonathan Pollard
Tried first multiplayer with the new official patch, we chose the Normandy campaign. Like the beta, deployment of individual units during the deployment phase prior to the start of combat for the client was excruciatingly slow, actually much worse than with the beta. And when battle started timer froze at 29:59. Maybe one of us had bad internet, has anyone else played multiplayer without problems with the new official patch?
RE: Multiplayer as client
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:19 am
by Nomada_Firefox
ORIGINAL: Jonathan Pollard
Tried first multiplayer with the new official patch, we chose the Normandy campaign. Like the beta, deployment of individual units during the deployment phase prior to the start of combat for the client was excruciatingly slow, actually much worse than with the beta. And when battle started timer froze at 29:59. Maybe one of us had bad internet, has anyone else played multiplayer without problems with the new official patch?
what ping had you? one player with green and the other with red?
RE: Multiplayer as client
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:41 am
by Jonathan Pollard
ORIGINAL: Nomada_Firefox
ORIGINAL: Jonathan Pollard
Tried first multiplayer with the new official patch, we chose the Normandy campaign. Like the beta, deployment of individual units during the deployment phase prior to the start of combat for the client was excruciatingly slow, actually much worse than with the beta. And when battle started timer froze at 29:59. Maybe one of us had bad internet, has anyone else played multiplayer without problems with the new official patch?
what ping had you? one player with green and the other with red?
I don't remember now, but when we switched host and client, the client had the same problem.
EDIT: I checked just now and saw that I was still opted-in to the beta on Steam, I turned it off but haven't had a chance yet to try more multiplayer.
RE: Multiplayer as client
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:14 pm
by SteveMcClaire
If one of you has a low end machine / video card this can slow down multiplayer for both players when it is trying to stay in sync.
I would recommend turning off ground clutter and shadows on each player's machine, one at a time, and see if that helps.
RE: Multiplayer as client
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:27 pm
by Jonathan Pollard
I tried playing multiplayer today with beta turned off on Steam and it was possible to play, so I think that was the problem.
RE: Multiplayer as client
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:20 am
by STIENER
Jon...are you still seeing timer issues?
RE: Multiplayer as client
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:35 pm
by Joqqemanzinho
Hello! I've been having the exact same problem with my brother. It started with a patch about 2-3 months ago. We've been periodically trying out the game every patch to see if it's fixed but no help. Tried to do the no clutter, no shadow trick, both PCs are well above minimum specs and the game worked fine in earlier patches. Tried both as hosts too but nothing works.
RE: Multiplayer as client
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:03 pm
by SteveMcClaire
I've made some tweaks for the next update to try and help with this. The issue seems to be specific to certain systems but I haven't been able to reproduce it.
RE: Multiplayer as client
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:13 pm
by Joqqemanzinho
Glad to hear! We will definitely give it a go as soon as the next update comes out. Like the game and we've been waiting for years to get a functional CC game to play online.