Offset Upset

[ddmx]

Within the last week of playing online I've been having issues with my offset. I'll get in a few races with the offset around 0, then it will start creeping up steadily into the tens of thousands. Restarting the game does nothing, it merely starts back and 0 and rises. As far as I can see, no new processes are running on my comp. Thoughts? I initially thought I'd remembered reading something about sending and recieving packets but don't know anything further than just that.

[jasper125]

i have the same problem

[Mikey]

Same here, TBH i didnt really read your post because ive been up for 24 hours lol but my ping goes from 300 > 1000 up and down all race its so weird!

[jlv]

It should speed up the game to compensate. I'll take another look at it after tonight's race. You are getting a smooth framerate right?

[ddmx]

Smooth framerate, but the audio starts getting real glitchy and my bike and the others start jumping around.

[jlv]

If you start the game with --draw-time 1 and compare a stopwatch to the time in single player, does the time stay in sync?

The game will scale its clock by up to 1.125 to catch up to the server.

[ddmx]

No time difference even after 20 minutes.

[jlv]

Can you test this? It will run at double speed instead of 1+1/8 speed to catch back up to the server.

http://mxsimulator.com/snapshots/mx-2011-03-22.exe

[ddmx]

3 races in 02, offset starts rising steadily. 6 races in 00, steady at 0. 26GB free on hard drive. hard drive is 5 years old, 5400 write speed. I'm blaming it on a failing hard drive lol. gonna reformat and report.

[Phathry25]

0. 26GB free on hard drive.

..too much porn.

[ShackAttack12]

3 races in 02, offset starts rising steadily. 6 races in 00, steady at 0. 26GB free on hard drive. hard drive is 5 years old, 5400 write speed. I'm blaming it on a failing hard drive lol. gonna reformat and report.

Uhhhh yup, that'll do it.