your internet setup

[M4D_L33k]

Ok guys, i've been playing COD 5 for a couple of weeks now and while i'm getting better something just doesn't feel right.

i can see the other team, i can shoot them before they shoot me...but often nothing happens! no little x, no noise?? they then shoot me and i'm dead! i think it'll be more effective if i take all those bullets, put them in envelopes and post them to the guys i'm trying to shoot, i reckon i'll have a better chance of hitting them first!

i know playing against Aah, FEVER and liewi i'm gonna get more deaths than kills, i can live with that: yesterday i knived someone; nothing! they then turned around and killed me, 10 seconds after i respawned it registered my kill???

so what i need to ask is what kind of internet setup do you guys use? i'm on wireless using the homehub, the wii is in the same room about 2 metres away. I think i can't be THAT bad, so i want to try a different setup, any advice would be most welcome

sorry for the long un

[Skooshbag]

I have seen a few folk say that the homehub is a bit pap, but a few folk have remedied their problems by changing the b and g settings of the router to just g. it's worth a try.

If it makes you feel any better then I also have that trouble from time to time, but alot of the time it's because the person your trying to shoot had a slightly worse connection. I saw it explained somewhere, but when someone is playing with slight lag the game registers then in one place (which is the place you see) but they are actually just slightly behind that. so, if they are moving from left to right across your screen, then shooting directly at them you are actually hitting the air in front of them, aim for slightly behind them and you should hit them.

When I start a match, I always press the 2 button to get an idea of connections and adjust my line of fire accordingly

[geostar]

the bt home hub is crap! im using an orange livebox here with no lag at all!

[M4D_L33k]

Originally Posted by geostar

the bt home hub is crap! im using an orange livebox here with no lag at all!

that's putting it mildly!

i've not really been into online gaming (used to play HL2 years ago)
so i didn't notice how pants it is. we've had a call from them asking if we're renewing. i think i know the answer now! Might have look at orange then

so if i'm shooting slighly ahead of them, anticipating where they'll be and they have a bad connection, i guess i'm way off. cheers Skooshbag, i'll try to compensate from now on.

one more thing, when knifing someone how far from them should you be? i never can seem to win in a knife fight (i'm trying to work on this skill, so i'm going for a knife kill on purpose)i'm swing like a madman, while they swing once and i'm dead..could it be the lag thing again?

[Skooshbag]

I detest knife fights, I always try and get round behind them. Last night I had a merry dance for a minute, we were both trying to knife eachother, in the end I backed off and shot him from afar.

[FEVER]

I always wondered why I was so crap at melee'ing. I always seemed to come worse off. Now I've disabled 'gestures' in the options and I seem to be doing a lot better with just pressing down on the d-pad.

Although, what is still really annoying is that if I have a bayonet and press down on the dpad it attacks the first time but if I press it twice in succession it switches to my sidearm! I thought it was my cumberaland sausage thumb at first catching another button it definitely isn't the case!

[M4D_L33k]

yea, i'm not mad keen on knives myself. just on maps like dome and courtyard it's a handy skill to have, it's so confined you could run into the other team on any corner.

i did a decent knife kill yesterday...some guy was using riflenades on dome. and i've got a class that uses extreme conditioning..so he shoots, i sprint out of the way come round the side and stick him in the gums (felt quite chuffed at that, although got shot during my victory dance )

[Skooshbag]

Originally Posted by FEVER

Although, what is still really annoying is that if I have a bayonet and press down on the dpad it attacks the first time but if I press it twice in succession it switches to my sidearm! I thought it was my cumberaland sausage thumb at first catching another button it definitely isn't the case!

I think it's because the dpad is pap. a few nights ago on Upheaval I was trying to jump up onto a post to get ontop of a train car, each time I jumped it was springfield...jump...pistol...jump...bazooka...jum p...pistol....jump...knifeslash...jump...bazooka etc etc etc

[randomblok3]

Originally Posted by M4D_L33k

Ok guys, i've been playing COD 5 for a couple of weeks now and while i'm getting better something just doesn't feel right.

i can see the other team, i can shoot them before they shoot me...but often nothing happens! no little x, no noise?? they then shoot me and i'm dead! i think it'll be more effective if i take all those bullets, put them in envelopes and post them to the guys i'm trying to shoot, i reckon i'll have a better chance of hitting them first!

i know playing against Aah, FEVER and liewi i'm gonna get more deaths than kills, i can live with that: yesterday i knived someone; nothing! they then turned around and killed me, 10 seconds after i respawned it registered my kill???

so what i need to ask is what kind of internet setup do you guys use? i'm on wireless using the homehub, the wii is in the same room about 2 metres away. I think i can't be THAT bad, so i want to try a different setup, any advice would be most welcome

sorry for the long un

Hi, you could try one of these as your router is already in the same room. It rules out interference on your wireless connection as a problem.

Wii LAN Wired USB Network Adapter - £9.95 : TheGameTrain.com

Also port forwarding may help - nicked this from BT Support:

Does BT Home Hub allow game and application sharing/ port forwarding facilities?


The BT Home Hub has an in-built firewall and can handle game and application sharing/port forwarding for gaming.

To set up these features, please follow the steps given below (based on firmware 6.2.2.6):
Open the BT Home Hub Manager http://bthomehub.home
Click Advanced
Click Continue to advanced
Click Application Sharing in the menu
Check to see if the game/application is listed in the game or application drop down
If listed, select the relevant game or application and then select the device (eg PC/PSP)
Click Add

This completes the process. If the game/application is not listed, create a new game or an application by selecting the ‘click here’ link in the text and follow the steps given below. You must know the details of your port forward at this stage.
Enter a name for the port forward rule
Select Manual entry
Click Next
Select Protocol > Port range > Translate to (port no) > Trigger port
Click Add
Complete the process using Step 4 described above

This is the ports you need to add:

Allowing TCP and UDP Traffic:
The Wii console may require unrestricted access to several sites across various ports and protocols to function correctly. These addresses and ports vary, and may change in the future without notice. Many software firewalls restrict outbound access. Only if your firewall blocks outbound traffic do you need to enable this traffic:
TCP:
Allow traffic to all destinations on ports: 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920, 80, and 443
UDP:
Allow all traffic to all destinations. (Necessary for peer-to-peer connections and game play).

Please note that by allowing the traffic to the destinations listed above, you are essentially removing a significant amount of firewall protection for your network. While Nintendo provides this information for our consumers' use, it is up to each consumer to determine what security needs they have for their own networks, and to decide how best to configure their network settings to meet those needs.

[geostar]

someone works for bt!