Game stops and "catches up"

[Kalandros]

This is still ongoing and only affects FFXIV - nothing else, at all

sigh.

[joelvelez93]

There's a sticky thread regarding throttling P2P stuff. The reason no other games receive it is because FFXIV doesn't run like any other game. None of the popular ones, at least. It runs the same way a torrent does

[joelvelez93]

So, it's not Square Enix, and it's not your ISP, it's more of just the way they talk to eachother.

[Kalandros]

no no no

not only do I live really close to the servers physical location, I have had perfect connection with zero issues until patch 2.35 and that maintenance that they "fixed" something just after patch

Thats when it started, it was fine before that.

[Blindheart]

I've been seeing this for a few weeks, i am on time warner and play on PS3, but never had a problem till recently, also been able to do a number of other things online with other devices no problem. Seems only to be FF14

[Squa11_Leonhart]

There's a sticky thread regarding throttling P2P stuff. The reason no other games receive it is because FFXIV doesn't run like any other game. None of the popular ones, at least. It runs the same way a torrent does

it runs exactly like the other mmos do in the fact it uses UDP for lowest possible latency.
UDP does not support resends of information, which is why teleporting appears to occur when packet loss occurs.

This occurs on just about any mmo or first person shooter where latency matters most.

[Niadissa]

Been happening to me as well. All other games are running fine, no lag whats so ever. I have a ping of 23ms, download 81.05mbps, and the upload is 4.39mbps. I ran a test to see if i was having any packet loss issues and packet loss was at 0.1%. So I don't think it's my ISP, at least not directly.

[reliquum]

Same issue. I have AT&T and they had a tech come out and try to blame my computer. In the end I received a new modem and they left. Still have the pauses. My issue is this...

I tracert my server when things go wonkey and pause, and 7 out of 10 hops? Are timed out. Tech said it was my ethernet cable causing the time outs. I asked how my computer, in texas, is causing time outs in other cities.... yup. he stammered an excuse about my wires and crap.

Needless today, he left and the issue was still there.

I had this issue with WoW back when i first started playing. It took a week or two of constant calling AT&T, to get a tech who knew what was going on. In the end, no idea what he did but he went afk on the phone for 10 to 15 min and WoW never had an issue after. Guess I gotta do the same with FF14.

When the pause happens, I hover over the sending/receiving and i have 0 sending, and over 2k to 5k receiving. It stays at 0 sending for a while, till it "catches" up and goes in fast forward.... then pops to 500 to 2000 sending >.<


Edit: No other game i play has any issues.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

This
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...on-in-New-York

and many other threads like it apply to the situation you are experiencing.

[reliquum]

Wanted to update, I did get AT&T out again. Explained to the tech it is a gaming issues with the server I play on. He found upload problems during the time I had problems in game. And again they did give me a new modem, this time the newest one out and moved me to my own WiFi channel. I live in an apartment and 5 of us were on the same one. After this, my upload which is usually .80 doubled to 1.95 mbps. Yea, I know that is low but it is the best I can find out here. My download speed stayed the same at 22mbps which is fine, as I am paying for the 18/1.5 plan. (i've just been "dealing" with .8mb up and happy it is where it is supposed to be now)

So far I have had ONE problem in the last 7 hours, it lasted less than 5 seconds. It did the pause, I did the scooby doo and ran in place, 5 seconds later it fast forwarded and I have not had issues since then. My computer is hard wired, I feel weird gaming on WiFi.

The tech gave me his works cell number, said to send him a text at anytime (even 3am...I asked, cuz I am up at odd hours..) this happens so he can run a line check right then and there from where ever he is at. <-- this is why I stick with AT&T. Techs, seem to actually care. Kinda helped this one was a gamer and understood where I was coming from.

So when you call your ISP ask them to look at your upload and see if there are any problems, issues, hiccups or blips, and if they can up it or fix it in anyway possible.