Hey all,
We've seen some reports about lag over the past couple of days, particularly from players using Verizon FIOS. We're working on ironing this out!
If you're experiencing this issue, please post your traceroute information (which measures how quickly various connections between Cryptic and you respond) here, by using the following steps:
- In Windows, hit the start button
- Where it says Search All Files and Programs, type CMD and press ENTER
- The first result should be cmd.exe
- Right-click on cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator
- A black, command-prompt window should appear
- From here type the following command:
- tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Good Results:
- Values lower than 180 are ideal for playing MMOs (and anything under 100 is outstanding). Higher values usually cause lag and rubber-banding in-game. Report any values above 180ms. Right-click in the Command Prompt Window and select all. Save as a text file (txt).
If you'd like to help out even more, please follow all of the steps in
this post as well and add them here.
Thanks so much!
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Originally Posted by ursusmorologus View Post
Are any of you Verizon customers? I started having massive lag yesterday, and it looks like there is 10% packet loss at Verizon's interconnect router to pnap in Boston. I dont know if the problem is with Verizon's router or if its just reporting on problems with the link to pnap.
both cryptic and verizon connect at bostons pnap. so i would imagine the problem is in boston.
I ran the test just to see and the jump before the end is showing 480ms, the other 16 are fine - do I report this?
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Traceroute:
C:\Users\Living Room>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 4 ms 13 ms 1 ms Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]
2 6 ms 4 ms 5 ms L100.BSTNMA-VFTTP-164.verizon-gni.net [108.7.231
.1]
3 6 ms 10 ms 7 ms G0-14-4-5.BSTNMA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net [130.81.
60.104]
4 19 ms 5 ms 5 ms xe-1-1-0-0.BOS-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.1
51.68]
5 7 ms 7 ms 6 ms 0.so-0-2-0.XL3.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.16.137]
6 7 ms 7 ms 8 ms 0.xe-8-3-0.GW15.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.24.38]
7 22 ms 25 ms 22 ms internap-gw.customer.alter.net [152.179.134.214]
8 30 ms 29 ms 21 ms border11.te7-1-bbnet1.bsn.pnap.net [63.251.128.4
1]
9 88 ms 88 ms 90 ms perfectworldent-4.border11.bsn.pnap.net [216.52.
61.78]
10 100 ms 91 ms 89 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.
CrypticNetTest:
contacting nettest server..
Local IP: 108.20.198.235
Ping: 100.1 msec
Port: 80: 27 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 43 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 16 KB/sec 3 KB/sec 24 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 17 KB/sec 1 KB/sec 19 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 20 KB/sec 1 KB/sec 22 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 20 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 23 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 22 KB/sec 1 KB/sec 24 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 24 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 26 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 22 KB/sec 1 KB/sec 24 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 18 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 21 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 20 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 24 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 15 KB/sec 1 KB/sec 16 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: timed out
Port: 80: 20 KB/sec 1 KB/sec 22 KB/sec 500
Idle NIC bandwidth Send: 0 KB/sec Recv: 1 KB/sec
hit return to exit
The bandwidth between me and the patch server seems abysmally slow..
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If you're experiencing lag outside of Verizon FIOS, please consult with Tech Support at http://techsupport.perfectworld.com/. Thank you!
Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to resolve this on my end - doubtful...
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\*****>cd downloads
C:\Users\*****\Downloads>crypticnettest
contacting nettest server..
Local IP: *.*.*.*
Ping: 103.5 msec
Port: 80: 40 KB/sec 73 KB/sec 153 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 48 KB/sec 56 KB/sec 144 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 47 KB/sec 124 KB/sec 201 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 37 KB/sec 47 KB/sec 95 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 98 KB/sec 46 KB/sec 156 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 53 KB/sec 28 KB/sec 88 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 63 KB/sec 75 KB/sec 148 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 43 KB/sec 73 KB/sec 155 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 39 KB/sec 70 KB/sec 165 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: timed out
Port: 7499: 41 KB/sec 61 KB/sec 176 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 40 KB/sec 77 KB/sec 171 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 38 KB/sec 56 KB/sec 167 KB/sec 500
Idle NIC bandwidth Send: 60 KB/sec Recv: 72 KB/sec
hit return to exit
Using Qwest West Coast. latency doesn't look very decent, but most of the bad times are on this Savvis ISP on the east coast (I have no control over that)
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Elyx>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms modem.Home [192.168.0.1]
2 204 ms 242 ms 154 ms 63.231.10.249
3 198 ms 32 ms 25 ms tukw-agw1.inet.qwest.net [71.217.185.193]
4 80 ms 42 ms 32 ms sea-brdr-02.inet.qwest.net [67.14.41.18]
5 99 ms 108 ms 95 ms 208.173.49.93
6 233 ms 129 ms 193 ms msr1-te-0-5-1-0.sea.savvis.net [206.28.98.174]
7 161 ms 186 ms 187 ms cr1-te-0-5-0-2.den.savvis.net [206.28.96.185]
8 91 ms 265 ms 155 ms cr2-tengig-0-7-0-0.chicago.savvis.net [204.70.19
6.246]
9 186 ms 186 ms 291 ms cr2-ten-0-13-0-0.nyr.savvis.net [204.70.200.77]
10 256 ms 216 ms 200 ms er1-te-2-1.newyorknyd.savvis.net [204.70.196.70]
11 199 ms 247 ms 194 ms msr1-te-0-3-0-0.bos.savvis.net [206.28.97.205]
12 190 ms 199 ms 210 ms 206.28.97.137
13 230 ms 216 ms 226 ms internap.Boston.savvis.net [208.172.51.230]
14 210 ms 215 ms 212 ms border11.te7-1-bbnet1.bsn.pnap.net [63.251.128.4
1]
15 276 ms 230 ms 272 ms perfectworldent-4.border11.bsn.pnap.net [216.52.
61.78]
16 270 ms 213 ms 279 ms patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
Trace complete.
However, the bad latency and rubber banding didn't start till post patch. Being a tech myself, that's too much of a coincidence to overlook.
PA, Verizon FIOS
>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [*.*.*.*]
2 7 ms 7 ms 6 ms *.*-*-*.verizon-gni.net [*.*.*.*]
3 8 ms 8 ms 11 ms G0-13-4-2.PHLAPA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net [130.81.212.208]
4 6 ms 9 ms 10 ms so-9-0-0-0.PHIL-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.22.58]
5 17 ms 16 ms 17 ms 0.ae1.XL3.BOS4.ALTER.NET [140.222.226.13]
6 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms 0.xe-8-2-0.GW15.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.24.34]
7 19 ms 19 ms 19 ms internap-gw.customer.alter.net [152.179.134.214]
8 58 ms 55 ms 56 ms border11.te8-1-bbnet2.bsn.pnap.net [63.251.128.104]
9 107 ms * 99 ms perfectworldent-4.border11.bsn.pnap.net [216.52.61.78]
10 87 ms 87 ms 87 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.
contacting nettest server..
Local IP: *.*.*.*
Ping: 200.1 msec
Port: 80: 15 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 74 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 22 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 85 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 9 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 68 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 22 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 80 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 22 KB/sec 9 KB/sec 147 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 18 KB/sec 14 KB/sec 129 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 25 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 83 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 24 KB/sec 3 KB/sec 86 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 28 KB/sec 4 KB/sec 90 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 19 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 77 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 18 KB/sec 2 KB/sec 76 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 19 KB/sec 4 KB/sec 80 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 23 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 86 KB/sec 500
Idle NIC bandwidth Send: 4 KB/sec Recv: 61 KB/sec
hit return to exit
I just played Mechwarrior Online to test (servers on the West Coast, as far as I know) and my ping was always between 35 and 50 there.
Edit: Hours later, I try again... lag is gone. Whatever it is, it's intermittent.
Ping: 83.3 msec
Port: 80: 236 KB/sec 15 KB/sec 301 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 654 KB/sec 20 KB/sec 702 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 664 KB/sec 19 KB/sec 713 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 581 KB/sec 16 KB/sec 626 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 571 KB/sec 16 KB/sec 618 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 686 KB/sec 21 KB/sec 735 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 548 KB/sec 13 KB/sec 587 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 651 KB/sec 19 KB/sec 693 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 526 KB/sec 14 KB/sec 565 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 575 KB/sec 12 KB/sec 614 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 131 KB/sec 6 KB/sec 149 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 636 KB/sec 17 KB/sec 678 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 674 KB/sec 19 KB/sec 718 KB/sec 500
Idle NIC bandwidth Send: 4 KB/sec Recv: 8 KB/sec
"Sir, were now surrounded"!
Thats great news son, now we can attack from ALL sides"!
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [*.*.*.*]
2 7 ms 7 ms 6 ms *.*-*-*.verizon-gni.net [*.*.*.*]
3 11 ms 7 ms 8 ms G0-13-4-2.PHLAPA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net [130.81.212.208]
4 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms so-9-0-0-0.PHIL-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.22.58]
5 19 ms 20 ms 19 ms 0.ge-4-3-0.XL3.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.16.34]
6 73 ms 19 ms 19 ms 0.xe-8-0-0.GW15.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.24.26]
7 22 ms 24 ms 22 ms internap-gw.customer.alter.net [152.179.134.214]
8 146 ms 222 ms 227 ms border11.te7-1-bbnet1.bsn.pnap.net [63.251.128.41]
9 89 ms 89 ms 89 ms perfectworldent-4.border11.bsn.pnap.net [216.52.61.78]
10 * 94 ms 97 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.
The high pings still appear late in the route.
I can't figure out if this is just something I hadn't played long enough to notice before last week, or it actually just began last week. I guess I've been playing around a month now.
While waiting for my newest CrypticTest to run (it takes forever when the slowdown hits) I did a search for border11.te7-1-bbnet1.bsn.pnap.net and I get mostly tracerts on game forums with it giving high pings. Star Trek Online, League of Legends, etc.
Looks like they're a cloud hosting company... is that incidental or is the game "renting" from them? If so, looks like maybe someone needs to make a phone call.
Ping: 250.0 msec
Port: 80: 14 KB/sec 6 KB/sec 277 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 26 KB/sec 6 KB/sec 295 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 25 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 284 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 28 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 294 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 20 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 272 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 29 KB/sec 6 KB/sec 296 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 15 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 267 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 20 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 276 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 16 KB/sec 6 KB/sec 270 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 24 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 294 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 20 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 287 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: timed out
Port: 80: 18 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 275 KB/sec 500
Idle NIC bandwidth Send: 3 KB/sec Recv: 159 KB/sec
Hm... first time one side was low but the other was high. No idea what that truly signifies, though. *shrug*
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
contacting nettest server..
Local IP: 173.49.14.94
Ping: 51.7 msec
Port: 80: 353 KB/sec 22 KB/sec 434 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 502 KB/sec 19 KB/sec 531 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 334 KB/sec 17 KB/sec 362 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 472 KB/sec 21 KB/sec 516 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 398 KB/sec 25 KB/sec 508 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 184 KB/sec 9 KB/sec 195 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 218 KB/sec 9 KB/sec 230 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 319 KB/sec 14 KB/sec 336 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 466 KB/sec 19 KB/sec 500 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 418 KB/sec 18 KB/sec 446 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 408 KB/sec 17 KB/sec 444 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 546 KB/sec 26 KB/sec 607 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 359 KB/sec 18 KB/sec 410 KB/sec 500
Idle NIC bandwidth Send: 1 KB/sec Recv: 3 KB/sec
hit return to exit
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]
2 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 10.7.30.108
3 6 ms 12 ms 11 ms G1-3-2-5.PHLAPA-LCR-22.verizon-gni.net [130.81.1
69.96]
4 94 ms 6 ms 4 ms ae6-0.PHIL-BB-RTR2.verizon-gni.net [130.81.199.2
10]
5 17 ms 19 ms 17 ms 0.ge-1-0-0.XL4.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.19.245]
6 18 ms 16 ms 16 ms 0.xe-11-0-0.GW15.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.21.42]
7 21 ms 18 ms 16 ms internap-gw.customer.alter.net [152.179.134.214]
8 20 ms 21 ms 19 ms border11.te8-1-bbnet2.bsn.pnap.net [63.251.128.1
04]
9 60 ms 55 ms 52 ms perfectworldent-4.border11.bsn.pnap.net [216.52.
61.78]
10 145 ms 151 ms 139 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms 192.168.254.254
2 22 ms 23 ms 23 ms 10.210.0.1
3 23 ms 22 ms 23 ms 10.109.9.33
4 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 222.127.222.238
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * 164 ms be2022.mpd22.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.88
.1]
12 200 ms 200 ms 200 ms te0-0-0-5.ccr22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.5.193]
13 214 ms 214 ms 214 ms te0-0-0-7.mpd22.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.29.13]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 232 ms * * te0-7-0-5.mpd22.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.41.30]
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 248 ms 251 ms 251 ms 38.111.40.114
19 238 ms 238 ms 238 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.
i started lagging last week i think its after the patch my game always freezes almost everytime
just pressing N(profession) makes my game freeze
i dont know if they removed directX from video settings but i cant see it there anymore
I wanted to buy more game cards before the special ends but if I can't play smoothly any time but like 4am, there's not much point in doing so.
The game ran great the first couple weeks.
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone.
C:\Windows\system32>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Śledzenie trasy do patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
(tracing route from patcgserver.... [ip]
z maksymalną liczbą 30 przeskok
Microsoft Windows [Wersja 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone.
C:\Windows\system32>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms host89252251.netland.3s.pl [89.25.225.1]
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.100.100.1
3 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms do-netland.3s.pl [85.14.85.93]
4 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms kat-war-r1.3s.pl [85.14.102.78]
5 3 ms 2 ms 3 ms host93179218250.static.3s.pl [93.179.218.250]
6 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms 79.141.44.13.available.above.net [79.141.44.13]
7 24 ms 37 ms 23 ms ge-2-0-0.mpr2.ams5.nl.above.net [64.125.27.1]
8 24 ms 23 ms 24 ms xe-5-1-0.er1.ams5.nl.above.net [64.125.22.58]
9 * 24 ms 24 ms ge-1-2-0.mpr2.ams5.nl.above.net [64.125.26.149]
10 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms so-4-2-0.mpr1.ams1.nl.above.net [64.125.28.89]
11 99 ms 99 ms 99 ms xe-5-3-0.cr2.lga5.us.above.net [64.125.25.57]
12 99 ms 99 ms 114 ms xe-1-0-0.cr1.lga5.us.above.net [64.125.29.45]
13 105 ms 104 ms 105 ms xe-0-1-0.mpr3.bos2.us.above.net [64.125.24.109]
14 105 ms 105 ms 105 ms 208.184.110.70.IPYX-072053-002-ZYO.above.net [208.184.110.70]
15 105 ms 105 ms 105 ms border11.te8-1-bbnet2.bsn.pnap.net [63.251.128.104]
16 105 ms 105 ms 106 ms perfectworldent-4.border11.bsn.pnap.net [216.52.61.78]
17 106 ms 105 ms 106 ms 208.95.185.41
Tracing complete. Same Sh#t, different toilet, still spiking.
"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."
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Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Verizon FIOS - NJ
tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]
2 6 ms 8 ms 8 ms L100.NWRKNJ-VFTTP-102.verizon-gni.net [173.70.11
8.1]
3 11 ms 9 ms 7 ms 130.81.185.24
4 57 ms 56 ms 11 ms ae0-0.NWRK-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.209.1
54]
5 13 ms 15 ms 14 ms 0.ge-4-0-0.XL3.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.17.30]
6 18 ms 16 ms 17 ms 0.xe-10-2-0.GW15.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.21.138]
7 18 ms 20 ms 21 ms internap-gw.customer.alter.net [152.179.134.214]
8 20 ms 19 ms 20 ms border11.te8-1-bbnet2.bsn.pnap.net [63.251.128.1
04]
9 108 ms 107 ms * perfectworldent-4.border11.bsn.pnap.net [216.52.
61.78]
10 96 ms 97 ms 98 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.