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Hey all,
Delay when playing matches could depend on many different situations. Here, we can help you understand the cause and how to fix it.
- Check your connection. Be sure you're using a stable connection through Ethernet Cable.
- Use our Connection Quality Report tool. (LINK) This page will check your connection's latency/stability and provide Troubleshooting steps to help you improve your response when playing online.
- Check if yellow or red icons appear at the top of the screen during the game. We give real-time feedback if you're having issues with your connection.
- Turn off the Reaction Time Modifier. If it is enabled, go to Game Settings, disable that feature, and try to play a new game.
If you still need help with input delay playing online, please turn on the Input Overlay (Local Input + Online Response) and share a clip video here.
I tried all the methods that were in other forums already and they haven't fixed anything yet. my fps is fine but theres so much input delay that everything i do in any online mode is delayed by a whole second. They do this every year and theres so many complaints about it so im confused as to how they don't see this, from what i've heard it's even bad on the consoles. Please help me fix this issue im just trying to play the online modes without delay and I dont want to be forced to only play the singleplayer modes to have fun.
- RadioShaqs8 months agoHero@Aguapate Try posting the video. I know last year very few ended up having delay. I only saw about 5 or so post a video. Besides sa there was 800 or so and ea fixed the server.
- pawanwazza8 months agoNew Adventurer
I will try and post it tomorrow. For now I am resetting my PS5 and reinstalling fc25.
But how soon do they fix it for u? Can they do it before fc pro open ladder?
It's like a person uses the same internet as I am using and is in the same city but different location has an awesome gameplay but I don't have it......anyways that is why I m resetting my PS5...hope this works.... Is it something like if share play is on it cause hindrance with the network? And is PSN playing any role in the connection or is it just the EA verifies the credentials and that's it.... Let me know
Thank you for keeping up with all of this. Really appreciate it
- pawanwazza8 months agoNew Adventurer
Also I have noticed. Right after the kick off until the ball goes out my game is as fast as the opponent but after that I get back to being slow again... I know this not believable but please trust me. It does happen... Also....one day I experienced the smooth and fast gameplay for a few mins before it dropped again... Like what kind of issue can this be man
- RadioShaqs8 months agoHero@pawanwazza Depends what the issue is but it would be up to you or ea to fix it. Sa server took a few weeks. People not on sa it was up to them to fix their connection as it wasn’t a server issue. People who had a worse connection had the problem though. Nobody said their gameplay got better the worse their connection was. You are saying the opposite so might not be a server issue.
Would be up to ea to decide. - pawanwazza8 months agoNew Adventurer
Thank you can you please tag EA admin here so they can keep up or do they keep up with forum at all times themselves?
Thank you very much mam!
- RadioShaqs8 months agoHero@pawanwazza The ea admin posted asking for videos a few pages back. I am sure he will keep up with the videos and pass them on.
- 8 months ago
https://streamable.com/u7fdcz this is the clip, it's good for the first couple seconds then it becomes so delayed like every input i have is almost a second later.
- 8 months ago
Mate they won't do * ! they don't have the servers to accommodate us all .Consumer protection should do something. They shouldn't be able to sell us this game as long as we are not in range of the servers. When you go in to buy the game, it doesn't specify anywhere that your location affects the performance of the game.
- RadioShaqs8 months agoHero@Ticaqq They have fixed servers in the past though so with enough examples they do fix it.
- viscagala137 months agoSeasoned Novice
I've been playing UT mode since Fifa16, for the last 3 years I've been getting constant packet loss, jitter warnings. Oddly enough the only game I've had this problem with is the FC series and I've done everything there is to do.
I had the main port checked, changed my modem countless times, redirected my ports, had the cable of my service changed to CAT5 cable, I've had a wired connection for at least 6 years, and I tried playing on different devices, but none of them gave me a solution.
My game has button delay, sometimes it doesn't reflect in the game even though I press certain buttons and this happens most of the time when I do skill moves, my player switches with the right analog do not work correctly, my game is always heavy as other friends have said and it is obvious that we are not playing the same game as my opponents.
Gameplay-wise, my opponents may be better than me, but I was a Div1 player before Elite Division was added, and I've played Elite Division countless times since then, and you can be sure that there is a huge difference between me in matches where I have connectivity problems and me when the game is smooth.
This lag makes me feel like I have to manually control all 11 players, during co-op rivals I've heard my friends say “man why isn't our team moving, it's like they're not taking positions” and when I played rivals myself I realized that this happens all the time and I always have to give my players an extra directive.
It was as if there was a problem in the optimization between me and the opponent and my game was lagging, and sometimes my game would freeze for a moment.
The FC 25 issue is very strange, as other players above said, there is a big difference between kick off mode and rivals in fut mode and even in squad battles, on the online side, command inputs seem to go meaninglessly late and the game feels like it is played at 0.75x speed.
Maybe it has something to do with the matchmaking system, and it's not routing correctly, but it's very annoying, and I can tell you from my years of FC experience that this company doesn't care about this kind of problem for its players. - Dancing_Ukr7 months agoNew Adventurer
Exactly! But how does consumer protection work? Someone have to report or? I mean ea sell not only game full of different bugs but also fool people about their servers. Input delay makes this game actually unplayble.
- RadioShaqs7 months agoHero@chachachainside You could always try to get a refund if it’s been 24 or 72 hours if you think it’s a server issue.
- 7 months ago
This is my gameplay in rivals that has as you can see very much delay. For example when I take the shot with Thuram and he takes another touch after i press circle. Is this the problem yall are having aswell? Heres a link to the video on my yt channel: https://youtu.be/YrLoQ169eh4
- 7 months ago
I also want to mention that in the first like 2-3 minutes of the game I have no delay at all as you can see in the vid.
- RadioShaqs7 months agoHero@The_owl06 You don’t have the online input overlay on. You need two controllers on screen. One is connected to the server the other is local.
- 7 months ago
yes i know but how do i fix that. And can't you see the delay without it?
- RadioShaqs7 months agoHero@The_owl06 I mean if you think it’s connection related. You wouldn’t be able to tell without the second controller.
- NornIron117 months agoNew Veteran
I still don't get why's there's two controllers when the delay happens the minute you sign into ea servers.
Now if something was actually wrong with your connection and it wasn't EAs server delay I could see how it would work. One would be in normal sync with EA servers and one would be delayed.
But they're both out of sync because EA servers are out of sync.
- RadioShaqs7 months agoHero@NornIron11 That’s the thing rather it’s your connection or the servers the one controller would be off. Your local hits right away. The closer they are to being in sync the better your connection is to the server.
- 7 months ago
i dont struggle with bad connection with any other game. And I tried playing online on two different places with diffrent internets. My friends that live nearby dont have this problem. So it really can not be my internet's problem. Heres a closer look at what I was talking about earlier: https://youtu.be/-PW9syURToA
- NornIron117 months agoNew Veteran
@RadioShaqs that doesn't make sense but if they're both online, imagine everything is delayed because of server delay. Just imagine everything on one players screen is delayed and the person you're playing has normal gameplay.
How can one be online and one offline if UT always needs a connection to the server.
The delay has nothing to do with opponents.
- AjaxAmsterdaaaam7 months agoNew Traveler
Guys listen, Ea dont give f, its that simple, you can send all videos you want they will and cant fix anything, the game is not for everybody, the servers are to far away and they are overfilled, they are also to bad.
Lets try somthingelse then, log out from Ea servers and play an other online game instead and you got 100 % proof there is nothing wrong with youre connection, now unistall Ea open youre trashcan and dunk that trashgame where it belongs, you guys will never ever in a lifetime be able to play their game and iam suprised that thats comes as a suprise.....
- RadioShaqs7 months agoHero@NornIron11 Why would there be two controllers if one wasn’t connected to the server. It would be redundant to have two of the same controllers if they never go apart if there was an issue. Plus other people do have them out of sync so suggests they work.
If the person you are playing has normal gameplay then it’s not the server. A server issue would impact both and everyone else on the server. Your saying it’s not a server issue if what your saying is right.
When someone says everyone has delay then this would be a server issue. Not only I have delay the other person is fine. - Dancing_Ukr7 months agoNew Adventurer
@RadioShaqssure, 72 hours. Are you saying smthg like that on purpose people to lost their patinece and insult you in any way sp moderatos could have a reason for ban? Is it your mission here?
- Dancing_Ukr7 months agoNew Adventurer
Here is video of input delay in rush. In other online modes it`s bigger. I have doubts anyone from ea officials answer me why I had 96-98 score (which means no packet loss) in ea connection quality report in fc 24 in september, and now with all same conditions on my side including same 23-30 ping I have only 80-81 score with 0.7 - 0.8 % of packet loss. I have two new controllers inculding xbox series x wired. My pc is good for any AAA game, 100mbit wired internet, I have no any connection related problems in any other dynamic online game. But in this game (also in fc 24 even in late september while having 98 score) I have damn input delay which just do not let me have comfort gaming expirience turning it into stress mess full of anger and disappointment. One of basic features of this game is player`s, any player`s ability to sprint, even really slow player`s. In game, in "customise controls/controller settings" it says - RT button - "sprint". Then whywhen I press acceleration button most of the times my players don`t actually accelerate, they start doing it 1 or even 2 seconds later, at times even like 3 secinds later! They start running faster (but not all and not always) but they don`t run for 100% of their abilities! Just in case I have to mention - of course I have analog sprint off. It`s literally impossible to play like that! It`s unfair, outrageous and absolutely unacceptable. I even don`t wanna start talking here about pro clubs experience... mode that I used to play for many years. And many other situations where input delay literally doesn`t allow you to play this game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXTtxZVr4og
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