RyanandLink Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hey there, I recently was playing DST LAN with a friend. He was the host, and I got my usual (for some reason) terrible connection to cause a lot of lag (rubberbanding, character moving without touching keyboard, etc.) Since he is the host he doesn't get any lag, but could I minimize mine by connecting our laptops with a LAN cable/whatever its called? What would be the difference? I'm asking this because I wanna try getting one (could you imagine? A Together game without lag?!) So... sorry if I sound like a noob, I've never used these before haha. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowhusky5 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 If you are already on the same network, and you're connected to a strong wifi signal, a cable won't make a difference. If the wifi signal is weak (it has to go through walls), a ethernet cable might help, but you would both need to use one to connect to the router for the best effect. Unless your wifi signal is really bad, you shouldn't be having these rubberrbanding problems. Do they happen on every server you join, or only lan servers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanandLink Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 8 hours ago, Snowhusky5 said: If yn the same network, aconnecteflnd you a strong wifi signal, a cable won't make a difference. If the wifi signal is weak (it has to go through walls), a ethernet cable might help, but you would both need to use one to connect to the router for the best effect. Unless your wifi signal is really bad, you shouldn't be having these rubberrbanding problems. Do they happen on every server you join, or only lan servers? Yeah, the wifi signal is very strong and we're both in the same room. I do have this lag on any server I connect to, even if my ping to it is very low (Online or lan). But I think you misunderstand me, I was talking about connecting our laptops with a cable because I read somewhere quite a bit ago that the host doesn't get lag because its going through their machine first? I don't know if its true or not, but maybe when going through the cable instead it will be faster/better? (From laptop to laptop, not being connectefd to wifi). Again, I really don't have experience with this, so sorry if I sound really stupid . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowhusky5 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 There is currently another topic going on about issues with a direct pc-to-pc connection not working with this game, but you could try it. Just use an ethernet cable and plug in your two pcs to either end; if the server doesn't show up on the menu, then try connecting each of your pcs to a router (such as your wifi router, but any router would work) via ethernet cable, if that is possible. If you get lag on any server, lan and online, then there is some sort of problem with your computer, most likely. Does your friend have the same lag that you do when he connects to an online server (using the same wifi)? How's the lag if you host and he connects to you? If your friend does not have the same lag as you when playing on a random online server, then the problem is probably in your computer somewhere. If you both have lag when connecting online or to each other, there is a problem with your wifi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanandLink Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 23 hours ago, Snowhusky5 said: There is currently another topic going on about issues with a direct pc-to-pc connection not working with this game, but you could try it. Just use an ethernet cable and plug in your two pcs to either end; if the server doesn't show up on the menu, then try connecting each of your pcs to a router (such as your wifi router, but any router would work) via ethernet cable, if that is possible. If you get lag on any server, lan and online, then there is some sort of problem with your computer, most likely. Does your friend have the same lag that you do when he connects to an online server (using the same wifi)? How's the lag if you host and he connects to you? If your friend does not have the same lag as you when playing on a random online server, then the problem is probably in your computer somewhere. If you both have lag when connecting online or to each other, there is a problem with your wifi. Okay, so I connected out laptops with an Ethernet cable and configured it (I looked up a tutorial) so now my friend sees my server, but when he clicks on join game it loads, but returns to the title screen with the message "Server not responding. Try yelling louder?" If he is the host I don't see the server pop up. When checking his log the bottom was spammed with "ID_CONNECTION_ATTEMPT_FAILED" and I don't know what to do with it. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowhusky5 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't know at this point, you will have to ask someone else for tips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer 255 Posted January 26, 2016 Developer Share Posted January 26, 2016 @RyanandLink: Could you post the log files from both machines after getting the ID_CONNECTION_ATTEMPT_FAILED messages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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