This has lowered my ping by 14. It was 46 and is now 32.

Turning on the console.

-Start by opening the game.
----Then go to "Options and Controls"
----Select "Game options"
----Select Yes in enable console


Increasing the max packet flow. (DO NOT BE IN A GAME SERVER)

-At the main screen of Call of Duty Press "~" tilde
----Then enter the following "cl_maxpackets 100"


Now i cannot guarantee this will work for everyone and not all ISP's will allow this. But like i said it lowered my ping by 14

This info was given to me by GunnerB1

I'll have to try that.  Myself and anyone with Verizon in my area, consistently have the highest pings.  I wondered if there was something I could try.

SFC.McCauley*BK*

Dropped mine about 14 as well on comcast.

Thanks Boss

Tried it on mine and lowered it by almost 30, but I also had the highest to lose ;Þ

I heard someone saying the you have to change it every time you load the game, is it true?

You would need to repeat every time if you use the tilde key to get to console. Try putting it at the end of line in your properties shortcut. Right click on the shortcut click properties and paste or type  the command at the end of the line. That should invoke it everytime on startup. HTH Will try myself nex time on.

You can set it permanently in your config_mp.cfg under each player profile.

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles\<player>\config_mp.cfg

Edit the file with WordPad.exe, find the line for cl_maxpackets, change the value to 100 and save.  You can change pretty much any setting you can put in via the ~ console but be careful.  You may want to make a copy of the file before editing in case it fails.

There's another tweak for PunkBuster that bumps up a scan/report interval.  I haven't done it in a while but I know it is "legal".

This is indeed a great config; we used to change settings like this a lot when playing competitive Counter Strike and I forgot all about it.

Word of caution on this: it will work great for fast connections, but may make slower connections worse. If you're on 512 Kbps, I certainly wouldn't set it to 100. If you got 1Mbps DSL connections - not sure... maybe try setting it to 50. It basically controls how many packets a second it sends or something of this order, so with a fast connection you have enough pipeline to send more packets, but with a slow one - it will fill up your pipeline and cause stuck/lost packets, which is bad. They set it to 30 by default b/c that makes the game playable and allows 99% of people to play.

Most of us probably have broadband cable so this warning doesn't apply... but if you have DSL, try setting it to 80 or 70 - might get better results depending on your DSL connection speed.

Hey Gentlemen,

i always have a high ping this time, cause i am connecting from Germany, it´s about 150 to 200. At the moment i just have 3000DSL cause of my relocation to a new flat. I will see how it works after the 29th of October cause then i will get my 27000DSL again. But thanks for the Information i will try it if the problem still persists.

Greetings by the Rabbit ^.^

bump

GOA.Luke*BK*

WOW - thanks for the post took me from the 60's to the 20's!

Can i use the cl_maxpackets 100 into the steams set launch options?

Yes, as -cl_maxpackets 100

THough I always prefer to manually edit my config_mp.cfg. Yes this little tricks lower my ping by at least 20ms. It's a shame there's no similar tweaking available for BF3.

Also, setting "snaps" from 20 to 30 helps. But it's a server-side option, so it'll only take affect if they set it. Otherwise, you'll run at the default value with no issue.

howdy

if you goto www.bashabdslash.com and start reading in the cod2 section then move to the W@W section between the two there are a lot of setting for you to try and this will help with guy with weaker ( i hate this word) systemsie vid cards. just remember to change one setting at a time and back up your player profile. most settings will stay after shutting the game down and from my list of settings i use i only have to input 4 setting changes when i bring up W@W.

this is a copy of my player config file to see what i use. i find that i turn most if not all eye candy off.  cod2 you could also drop down on the screen res to gain grafic speed, but i have found that if i do that with W@W i find that i run better with the higher res then droping back to 800x600 like i use to do with my old laptop and the older system i use to use.. so over all game effect may very system to system....
most settings in cod2 can be used in W@W, black ops and maybe new ones for the black ops game . been a while that i have done aany reading on the game.one can also find good info at cod4central.com and other such sites.

i can't say this enough NO wifi anything........................

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seta ui_maxclients "32"
seta ui_netGametype "0"
seta ui_netGametypeName "dm"
seta ui_netSource "2"
seta ui_serverStatusTimeOut "7000"
seta ui_smallFont "0.25"
seta vid_xpos "3"
seta vid_ypos "22"
seta winvoice_mic_mute "1"
seta winvoice_mic_reclevel "65535"
seta winvoice_mic_scaler "1"
seta winvoice_save_voice "0"


hope this helps

Bags

Worked for me, I was wondering I saved weapons files to a flash drive when I had to make a name change, and recently my computer crashed with a nasty virus and I lost everything. I reinstalled a new OS, Installed the game but like I said I lost everything including the weapons I had. I can't remember how to place those into a player profile any ideas? Feel free to PM me.