Constant packet loss icon while playing
I have been getting constant packet loss in game for a couple weeks now with latency periodically. The server list doesn't show any ping or packet loss issues. This is only in game while playing.
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EA_Kent
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Community ManagerAh, I see. Thanks for letting me know.
Which datacenter are you normally connecting to? Have you tried switching to a different one to test and see if that makes any difference at all?
/Kent
- EA_Kent
Gotcha, thanks!
Have you had a chance to try using a different DNS in Windows to see if that helps? I've seen some cases in the past where changing the DNS can help get around issues like this.
You can change the DNS in Windows through the TCP/IP Settings. For more details on how to get there check out the Microsoft Support website. If you choose Manual you can then enter the DNS you would like to use. I typically suggest using the public Google DNS (primary: 8.8.8.8, secondary: 8.8.4.4), but if there's a different, open DNS you would rather use that's OK as well.
Let me know how that goes when you have the chance to try it. Thanks again.
/Kent
- EA_Kent
Ah, gotcha.
What happens if you start up your PC in a Clean Boot before launching Apex Legends? If there's something else running on your PC that might be related the packet loss a Clean Boot may help to get around it.
For more details on how to set one up check out the EA Help website. Let me know how that goes when you have a chance to try it.
/Kent
Is there just no visibility into the one server showing complete packet loss in the traceroute?
@EA_Kent It does seem like based on another thread, https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Apex-Latency-and-Packet-Loss-issues/td-p/7976473/page/3, that the time frame of about a month ago others suddenly began to experience a similar issue to myself.
- EA_Kent
Usually when it shows 100% packet loss it just didn't actually report any results rather than every packet being dropped at that particular hop.
It is interesting that your issues seem to have started happening around the same time. Does it seem like your performance in-game is actually affected by this? Are you running into problems with lag or rubber banding while the packet loss icon is coming up? If not, I'm wondering if it's a false positive of some kind.
/Kent
- @EA_Kent Yeah, since that server isn't making information public I was curious about it.
I have definitely seen rubber banding with the packet loss icon up. While not as frequent, the speedometer for lag will pop up and then it behaves as expected with some lag different than the rubber banding. - @EA_Kent Hi, I have the packet loss problem for several days already on every server.
Usually I play in the evening.
Is it some Respawn problem? Is there any fix coming? - EA_Kent
Thanks for the updates!
If it's happening around the same time each day I'm wondering if it could be a local issue of some kind. Have you tried reaching out to your ISP to see if they're seeing any problems in the area around that time of day?
/Kent
- @EA_Kent The only traffic going on at the time would be the computer playing Apex. It does seem like things have improved somewhat, but nobody has been able to give answers on why. The game was completely unplayable for about a month. Something happened on the EA servers side clearly because a number of new ones have been added and while it now wants to default me to New York every time, at least those actually show 4% packet loss consistently and I avoid them.
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