As the title suggests a friend is having an issue in my game, i was hoping we could narrow it down to why and what we could do to correct it.
We are playing on a map, i am playing on the Western most part of the map, one friend is on the northern most part, another on the south-east.
My friend in the north is having an issue where he is placing blocks and after a few seconds they seem to be disappearing. Sometimes disappearing and reappearing after several seconds. He does an activity and it sometimes doesnt register. I will give some examples to see if anyone else notices a pattern:
He will place multiple blocks as part of a bridge, he will walk across the blocks to get something, turn around to come back and the bridge is gone. Sometimes the items are back in his inventory, sometimes they are just gone.
He will use a tool. The tool will show usage(lets say a shovel), the area he just flattened will go back to normal but the tool will still show all the usage(effectively halving the life of all of his tools).
He will build a tower(i will be watching him), and he will be talking to me, his character will not be doing what he says he is doing in chat, such as he is telling me he is actively adding the 6th tier on his tower but to me he will be standing in the corner not moving or spinning.
He will mine blocks and they will reappear right where they were, sometimes staying in his inventory making it so he can harvest it twice.
He has died several times because of this, as i have seen him put down a bridge over lava and i will walk away, then i come back he is dead and the entire bridge is gone like it was never placed.
EXCEPTIONS
We did a group project on another part of the map, he had no issues at all.
The part of the map he is in is all dessert, could this cause a problem?
The other person is having no issues at all.
I am not noticing any lag or slowdown at all.
If he does something and it isnt registering correctly, if he leaves and comes back in it shows properly to him.
A few other things, he will try and attack me and he will swing wildly several blocks from where i am. But i am to able to attack him, he does the damage animation but his life does not go down.
I was thinking it was a lag issue on his end, but it is constant whenever he is near his part of the map but when we went to a different area there was no problems.
Possibly because we are so far apart on the map?
But any help anyone could give i would appreciate it.
its because when you are on either side or the map the game has to render more blocks than if your closer to one another. it can also be the internet connection of the host if you have a moderate connection that could be a problem. if you use a multi. port router or modem you can port forward one of your ports to have a stronger connection. im not sure on how to do it but im sure its on youtube.
I am the host, I already have port forwarding and DMZ setup.
I would assume its distance apart but when he is in other locations on the map it goes away even though he is far from me. And if i go to him it still occurs. And again the other person is unaffected.
I have the same problem with some of the people that join my world but with others it doesn't happen so it is partly the rendering problem and also it could be that you have conflicting internet connections on the server your on.
It's because of your friend's internet connection. I myself have great internet, along with my one friend, so we don't have any lag when playing together. But, I also have a friend with crappy internet and when I connect to his world the lag is so bad at times that I can't place blocks.
I am the host, I already have port forwarding and DMZ setup.
I would assume its distance apart but when he is in other locations on the map it goes away even though he is far from me. And if i go to him it still occurs. And again the other person is unaffected.
Your friend has to make his connection better in order for less lag if you have a better connection.
Alright. Good to know. I think next time i am over at his house(probably today) i will check on his router/speed and from what it looks to me he is just getting massive packet loss. I will run some checks on his system.
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We are playing on a map, i am playing on the Western most part of the map, one friend is on the northern most part, another on the south-east.
My friend in the north is having an issue where he is placing blocks and after a few seconds they seem to be disappearing. Sometimes disappearing and reappearing after several seconds. He does an activity and it sometimes doesnt register. I will give some examples to see if anyone else notices a pattern:
He will place multiple blocks as part of a bridge, he will walk across the blocks to get something, turn around to come back and the bridge is gone. Sometimes the items are back in his inventory, sometimes they are just gone.
He will use a tool. The tool will show usage(lets say a shovel), the area he just flattened will go back to normal but the tool will still show all the usage(effectively halving the life of all of his tools).
He will build a tower(i will be watching him), and he will be talking to me, his character will not be doing what he says he is doing in chat, such as he is telling me he is actively adding the 6th tier on his tower but to me he will be standing in the corner not moving or spinning.
He will mine blocks and they will reappear right where they were, sometimes staying in his inventory making it so he can harvest it twice.
He has died several times because of this, as i have seen him put down a bridge over lava and i will walk away, then i come back he is dead and the entire bridge is gone like it was never placed.
EXCEPTIONS
We did a group project on another part of the map, he had no issues at all.
The part of the map he is in is all dessert, could this cause a problem?
The other person is having no issues at all.
I am not noticing any lag or slowdown at all.
If he does something and it isnt registering correctly, if he leaves and comes back in it shows properly to him.
A few other things, he will try and attack me and he will swing wildly several blocks from where i am. But i am to able to attack him, he does the damage animation but his life does not go down.
I was thinking it was a lag issue on his end, but it is constant whenever he is near his part of the map but when we went to a different area there was no problems.
Possibly because we are so far apart on the map?
But any help anyone could give i would appreciate it.
I would assume its distance apart but when he is in other locations on the map it goes away even though he is far from me. And if i go to him it still occurs. And again the other person is unaffected.
Your friend has to make his connection better in order for less lag if you have a better connection.