Thanks for the replies. Looks like I won't be able to create my Mass Effect/Starwars hyrid universe as well as I thought haha. Happy new year :)
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I've tried hosting through direct connect and the constant stutter and other lag effects seem to have gone and it runs very smoothly. Also I have a 50mbps download and 15mbps upload almost entirely to myself so I don't think that's a problem. Seems I am having a problem only when I host through ICO. Find this odd since I have all necessary ports forwarded and the necessary exceptions in my firewall. Also I have played a game hosted by a friend with almost identical internet connec
I checked all cpu usage and pings all were at 3 or 4 and all players ping was in the range of 80-120 with a very occasional spike to 300 or more. What puzzled me was all players spiked simultaneously.
So ive recently persuaded some friends to play Soase and begun to play online with them. The problem is ive been getting some strange lag effects. The lag is not affected by increased activity or whats on screen, it is an even, constant lag right from the start. It is most noticeable in ship movement and combat, a stuttering effect as well as a very slight delay on the interface. My pc is more than capable of running the game, (i7, 12GB Ram, GTX560Ti) as are all of my friend'
Been browsing the forums for a while and struggling to find anything along the lines of what I'm looking for. Does anyone know of a mod, or know how I can alter my game so that I can increase or remove the character limit for in game planet names? I like naming my planets and the default limit doesn't give me as much room as I would like.