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Fix your latency!! - DrRusty - 2010-04-22

http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info13581-LeatrixLatencyFix.html

It says it works with other games, but I just downloaded it this morning for WoW and the difference is awesome.

What happens?
Basically, computers by default are set up to bundle packets together when sending information over the internet. This "latency fix" tells your computer to send packets individually rather than waiting on multiple packets.

I'm not 100% sure this will work with Maple Story or DFO, but it's worth a shot if any of you want to test it out.


basically this is what it does in a nice little youtube video. It does all this for you
[video=youtube;A5fjysf-hUw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5fjysf-hUw[/video]

Fix your latency!! - Takebacker - 2010-04-22

Testing now, expecting little.

Fix your latency!! - DrRusty - 2010-04-22

For people who play WoW, here's an add-on you can use to help increase reaction time.

http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info15078-SnowfallKeyPress.html

WoW by default uses a skill when your button is released on your keyboard, rather than pressed. This add-on makes your skills go off when you press the skill rather than when you release it.

Fix your latency!! - XTOTHEL - 2010-04-22

After some reading around, people are saying that this only works well on windows XP, Vista and 7 have no apparent effect.

Also it is NOT recommended, read: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic252342.html

Fix your latency!! - DrRusty - 2010-04-22

That's an interesting read X. So it will help your ping, but reduce actual data transfer.

I'm guessing that means it'll work great for a video game, but not so well for downloading music files?

Fix your latency!! - Fiel - 2010-04-22

It works better when more instantaneous information is needed - consider VPNing into a compy

Fix your latency!! - DrRusty - 2010-04-22

Fiel Wrote:It works better when more instantaneous information is needed - consider VPNing into a compy

could you translate that into english?

Fix your latency!! - Evilince - 2010-04-22

You can do this on XP. I'm guessing the reason this doesn't work on Vista/7 is because it's already done.

Fix your latency!! - Takebacker - 2010-04-22

Evilince Wrote:You can do this in the registry yourself on XP. I'm guessing the reason this doesn't work on Vista/7 is because it's already done.

I'm running 7 and it wasn't already done for me.

Fix your latency!! - Evilince - 2010-04-22

Did it change anything for you on 7? I just thought it might have already been done elsewhere.

Fix your latency!! - Takebacker - 2010-04-22

I didn't notice any real change, but if there was any change it was a negative one.

Fix your latency!! - DrRusty - 2010-04-22

That sucks that it didn't work for you. Someone else told me about it. I tried it and noticed an immediate difference.

Fix your latency!! - Takebacker - 2010-04-22

Are you running XP?

I will try this on my other computer which is a couple years old and is running XP that i use specifically for maple. I'll post my results when i actually try it.

Fix your latency!! - DrRusty - 2010-04-22

I'm on Vista. The guy in the video is on Vista as well

Fix your latency!! - Khoi - 2010-04-22

I majored in Networking a lot and learned about how packets are processed, but I've never tinkered with that stuff because I don't know 100% what I'm doing. You can change priority of packets, I know that much.

Tl;dr: QoS

For lazy people: http://vonage.nmhoy.net/qos.html

Enjoy. Also, yes, you can set it so that media has the highest priority and you'll lag significantly less.

Fix your latency!! - Evilince - 2010-04-23

Well I did it on XP and noticed the difference but on 7 I didn't see any difference really.

Fix your latency!! - Kalovale - 2010-04-24

If I want to disable this, do I just change the value to 0 or delete the registry whole value?

Fix your latency!! - Chewy - 2010-04-24

Kalovale Wrote:If I want to disable this, do I just change the value to 0 or delete the registry whole value?

I just deleted it to disable.

Fix your latency!! - Rob - 2010-04-24

I'm pretty surprised this is news, it has been there since the SP1 of WinXP, if not before. I actually think I recall this feat being available on WinME.