Thread: Let's talk about RATES

Actually guys, for those of you running NVIDIA SLI, id recommend downloading the nhancer application: http://www.nhancer.com/

Youll want to actually tweak the flags for source games, default nvidia flags can actually cause performance loss depending on the hardware.

Hmmm...So I was experiencing lag on the server so I decided to mess around with my shit. Mind you I have a 45ping on the server, and I assume results will be different if your ping isn't like mine. I set my rates to 66\66\30000 like normal. My lerp in game is a content 100. Honestly idk if it had anything to do with it, but I messed with it anyways. I changed my cl_interp to 0 and it set my lerp to 30, then my interp_ratio to 1 instead of 2 and it dropped to 15(also made it change to an orange color). I did however experience less lag, and it seemed I was making more shots than normal. idk how it works with different pings\rates\fps, but it seems to be working for me.

Adretheon, its better if you make it so that the lerp stays white. The orange means that packets are being "dropped", meaning some shots aren't being registered as being shot by the server (or so I believe). Tweak with the interp until it is as low as possible and white in color, and that should be perfect.

My current rates for my horrible, horrible connection (generally have a 80 ping):

cl_updaterate 66
cl_cmdrate 66
cl_interp .0304
cl_interp_ratio 1

Good starting place for someone with a somewhat slower connection, and the rates seem to work well. That interp is as low as possible without going orange, btw.

Then why did I seem to be making more shots? Maybe I was just having a good run. I do know that the lag stopped when I changed the ratio to 1.

So... what the hell does orange mean? haha

That sounds both good and bad.