Constantly being teleported a few steps back

[byo13]

Hey guys, First of all, great game. It has a lot of potential and it plays well already.

The issue I'm finding is that every minute or so my character is being teleported a few steps back. It seems like a network issue, like the server is failing to register the player's new location.

Does anyone know any workarounds or if it's being already reported and are being looked upon by the developers? Thanks a lot.

[Stelar Seven]

Could be the server. Could be your net, of the two yours is the only one you can work on.

After patch be sure you select game server you are near, hopefully we can see ping, look for a low number.

Then check your net setup. What is your up and download speed? Do you need to optimize a firewall? Have you got the min connection speed? If your internet is under 200 mbps you may just be sol.

[Tric Bear]

They are currently doing server maintenance i believe, should be back to normal in an hour.

[Dave Higgins]

I've experienced that a few times. As it only happens to me in cluttered areas and goes away if I wait a moment without moving, my theory is that it's related to follower tethering: the follower gets stuck so can't keep up but the algorithm for randomly determining where they "blip" to hits a place they can't be, so the game yanks you closer instead.

[wildbill]

Let's just call this what everyone in every game calls it, lag.

Lag is simply caused by the fact that this is a client/server type game architecture. The player in the client (the game running on your PC) will do something like move forward and then notify the server (the game running at the remote location) of it. The server then responds that it has updated the player position. If the client gets no response from the server, it then moves the player back to its original position. There is a specific time allowed for a server response to reach the client. This is called a timeout when it doesn't happen quick enough. When a timeout occurs, you get that little rollback. The lag.

[byo13]

Thanks, guys. My internet is fine and I'm currently playing alone.
Maybe it is the maintenance they're doing because I just got disconnected with "network error" and now I'm getting a "error getting shards for client".
Should I just wait a little?

[wildbill]

Originally posted by byo13:

Thanks, guys. My internet is fine and I'm currently playing alone.
Maybe it is the maintenance they're doing because I just got disconnected with "network error" and now I'm getting a "error getting shards for client".
Should I just wait a little?

Yes, we are all waiting. Can't play the game until the servers are done updating. Their discord might have more on this.

On the discord at about 15 minute ago:
Hour Update: Maintenance is still ongoing. Thanks for your patience.

[byo13]

Thanks. I failed to read the news before. Maybe, as a feedback to the developers, change the error message to show that maintenance is happening would be better than this shard text thing?

[subwaybananas]

Originally posted by byo13:

Thanks. I failed to read the news before. Maybe, as a feedback to the developers, change the error message to show that maintenance is happening would be better than this shard text thing?

its already in this patch

from the first patch insight:
Additional / updated messaging for future server maintenance periods

[wildbill]

Originally posted by subwaybananas:

Originally posted by byo13:

Thanks. I failed to read the news before. Maybe, as a feedback to the developers, change the error message to show that maintenance is happening would be better than this shard text thing?

its already in this patch

from the first patch insight:
Additional / updated messaging for future server maintenance periods

It funny how software works. You need to add the code first that shows a patch is being applied, before it can show the message that a patch is being applied. Almost as if the game was released a few weeks before it was actually ready

[Martin]

Originally posted by byo13:

Hey guys, First of all, great game. It has a lot of potential and it plays well already.

The issue I'm finding is that every minute or so my character is being teleported a few steps back. It seems like a network issue, like the server is failing to register the player's new location.

Does anyone know any workarounds or if it's being already reported and are being looked upon by the developers? Thanks a lot.

This would have been they setting up the patch and bring servers down for maintenance.

[Kleber]

check your ping and fix your internet