So we went to cheap mode? Another cost-cutting move? I have never seen a 20Hz server/instance until today. I was wondering why the time nudge was more than my ping and everything was playing laggy. What the hell is this DICE?
On the 4th:
Today:
Look at the TN and STR. What is going on? This is absolutely unplayable and hard to test weapons in slow motion.
Found a reddit video showing the difference between 45Hz and 20Hz servers. It's brutal.
@sk1lld Hz is basically the same thing as FPS.
Server tick rate (STR) 20Hz means network packets between the server and console are sent at 20fps.
Server frame time (SFT) 7ms means the server CPU is running at 143fps. (1,000ms ÷ 7ms = 143fps)
Since servers don't render graphics or frames. Technically Hz is used for servers, not FPS. Servers simulate the game world on the CPU without rendering any graphics. Simulations such as hit registration, player and vehicle location, etc. Basically processing everything being sent to it by the consoles.
@Adamonic It looks like a bug. Doesn't last gen console servers run at 20Hz. It looks like last gen server settings of 20Hz are being used instead of current gen server settings of 45Hz.
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@Adamonic
Ok got it, low is bad. what prevents them from going to 60 hz if they can drop the hz they can increase it I would think? Is it consoles holding us back?
Money. Higher tick rate increases cpu usage and means they need more instances. This would mean paying more money to Amazon. It also means more bandwith usage since you have more client updates. Amazon not only bills for instance usage, but also bandwidth.
Keep in mind, I'm only explaining a reason. I don't agree that it is a valid reason. EA has plenty of money. Corporate greed is a real problem.
My question is why now? Another knee * reaction to bad 4Q earnings just like last year? We went 16 months running at 45Hz and all of a sudden, it gets reduced to 20Hz right when the game is supposedly turning the corner?
That change doesn't happen by accident either.
@Adamonic wrote:My question is why now? Another knee * reaction to bad 4Q earnings just like last year? We went 16 months running at 45Hz and all of a sudden, it gets reduced to 20Hz right when the game is supposedly turning the corner?
That change doesn't happen by accident either.
Indeed very intriguing and bizarre step back!
(and the consoles are no excuse for EA/DICE either...)
Even in the now near 10 years old BF4 we had no servers running that slow as 20Hz!
On the contrary, the absolute lowest was 30Hz. Many still run at 45Hz. While we at times also had the great pleasure and enjoyment to run the game in 60, 120 or even up to 144Hz !!!
You have the BF4 server browser here, and the server tick rate (as we call it) is always listed for each:
Multiplayer - Battlelog / Battlefield 4
So its the tick rate at the server, which indicates how many times per second it makes the game mechanics update per second and transmit that to each of the connected players in the game. So its also a question about how repeatedly the server updates the movements on your screen, how frequent it updates the bullet calculations, the hit registration, the health and the ammo levels, the damage calculations, etc etc.
As far as I recall, then game servers for aka CS:GO and Valorant run on servers with a 128 Hz tick rate.
WP had a nice article around that subject a few years back:
What is tick rate? The key to Valorant’s appeal to pros and streamers, explained. - The Washington Post
And yes, EA will pay the server hosting partner more money for increasing the server tick rate.
And vice versa... EA will save money if asking to turn down the heartbeat on the server... :o(
I need to check Portal custom games to see if they have changed as well. '
Try Solo/Coop now, it is a waste of time, there is no way to test out weapons as you are playing in slow motion.
It is an odd decision as I can't believe there are that many players using Solo/Coop that you need to go to 20Hz servers to save money, but alas, they did.
Nothing surprises me with this studio.
Product: Battlefield 2042
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number RTX 3050, RYZEN 5 5600X
Enter RAM memory size in GB 32GB,3000 MHZ
Are you using any software with an overlay? Yes
If yes, can you list them here? MSI Afterburner or Nvidia performence overlay
If you disable this software, does that have any effect? No
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Game Menu
In which game menu were you when the bug occurred? SOLO /COOP (PLZ add a section for it)
Please select your region Europe
On which server did this happen? SOLO /COOP
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) Last 3-4 days
Summarize your bug I play alot of solo/coop and then onde day it just started getting wierd like the servers were 10hz and the game was just laggy (not performence wise) the gun recoil was laggy the hitreg everything and this happennes every time. tested this for about 3 days every day the same thing. normal multiplayer is completley fine from what it looks like but the solo/coop is very laggy.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Start a solo/coop game
What happens when the bug occurs? Lag that feels like 10hz servers or something like that and its constant for the whole match.
What should be happening instead? The game should be running normally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWPmDgErB7Q&ab_channel=yarincool123
Here too, solo/coop mode has been turned down to 20hz tick rate servers for some reason, on screen network stats confirm in game. Recoil gets all buggy and the game feels laggy as all heck. As an aside, 45 is still not good enough for AOW.
