Bandwith for Multiplayer

Ishach · Post by **Ishach** » 29 May 2006, 10:36

How much bandwith is required for hosting orplaying in say, a 2v2 game of AA on a medium sized map?

I ask cause my internet speed has been capped for a week or so by my ISP down to 64kbs (Download) and I dont want to miss out on spring till its back

Spectre · Post by **Spectre** » 29 May 2006, 12:05

Hmm spring needs about 1kBps * player^-1. So 64k should be enough for an 2v2 on any map.

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 29 May 2006, 12:08

Remember: 1kB is not same as 1kb

I think Ishach means bits.

So 64kbps = 8kBps

Wtf you ment with that formula: player^-1 ??? seems like what more players, that less bandwith needed? makes no sense...

Spectre · Post by **Spectre** » 29 May 2006, 12:10

haha :] kBps*player^-1 = kBps / player

edit: I know but 3 clients * 1kBps = 24 kbps ..

24kbps<64kbps

Ishach · Post by **Ishach** » 29 May 2006, 12:54

Thanks for the answer

Deathblane · Post by **Deathblane** » 29 May 2006, 18:34

How much upload bandwidth is required?

Leaderz0rz · Post by **Leaderz0rz** » 29 May 2006, 19:25

I have about a 4500/300 connection and can host 3vs3 with no problem.

FireCrack · Post by **FireCrack** » 29 May 2006, 19:41

I got 6750/950 kbps or 840/120 kBps

I'm capable of hosting big 8 and 10 player games....

cyclerboy · Post by **cyclerboy** » 29 May 2006, 20:21

ive got 9400kbps/768kbps and have never had any lag whatsoever hosting. spring does an awsome job at bandwidth usage

mongus · Post by **mongus** » 29 May 2006, 21:10

ppl using a modem (56kbps) can play fine 1v1 games.

On 2v2 games, it may get slow if you have too many units, so use a lower unit limit like 250 and it will be good.

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 30 May 2006, 07:28

I have a 56k modem, and I have no difficulties playing up to 2v2, but I stay away from the larger maps, and longer games in general.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 30 May 2006, 07:47

cyclerboy wrote:ive got 9400kbps/768kbps and have never had any lag whatsoever hosting. spring does an awsome job at bandwidth usage

you have 10 megabit download and 768kbps upload. Not sure if you realize htis, but that is A LOT of bandwidth.

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 30 May 2006, 08:00

I have a dial-up, and I've participated in a number of games up to 10-player games where other people drop well before I do (if I even do). So I guess what I'm saying is that "Your actual bandwidth performance varies."
I think that the connection and bandwidth performance of the host is much more crucial to how well a game comes off than anything else.

Ishach · Post by **Ishach** » 30 May 2006, 15:26

Played some 2v2s today and they went fine. Thanks for the info

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 30 May 2006, 18:43

Forboding Angel wrote:
cyclerboy wrote:ive got 9400kbps/768kbps and have never had any lag whatsoever hosting. spring does an awsome job at bandwidth usage
you have 10 megabit download and 768kbps upload. Not sure if you realize htis, but that is A LOT of bandwidth.

yeah... that's more then most people get at premium service levels...

cyclerboy · Post by **cyclerboy** » 31 May 2006, 05:42

i know, it kicks ass

Ishach · Post by **Ishach** » 31 May 2006, 08:57

Here in australia 24,000/1000kbs plans are pretty common an inexpensive, Dont they have ADSL/2 in other places?

(Its what my connection usually is at, but its been speed capped to 64kbs)

Ishach · Post by **Ishach** » 29 Mar 2007, 09:14

Nixa is arguing with me that a spring game uses like 50mb of bandwith in a game.

I dont think he is right

is he right

Relative · Post by **Relative** » 29 Mar 2007, 10:59

Ishach wrote:Here in australia 24,000/1000kbs plans are pretty common an inexpensive, Dont they have ADSL/2 in other places?

They offer those deals all over the place. However, those are just the advertised bandwidth limits that you are only to get if you live 2 feet away from your local exchange. For example, I currently have a package that has a max bandwidth limit of 8mb/448kb, but due to the fact that I'm relatively far from my exchange point and I have high line attenuation I can only get about 3.5-4mb/350kb.

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 29 Mar 2007, 17:34

Note that I can host a 2vs2 BA game on a medium sized map on 45.2k dial up with little to no lag. That should give you an idea of how much bandwidth spring requires.
Oh, and I can play 10 people games easily. And usually its not me lagging the game out.

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