Lag Fix!

[Half-Fast]

After playing the game and suffering from trouble lag for 800+ hours, my fellow =KZO= clan mate & friend Matt and I came up with the following fix that worked great for me and may do the same for you.

Video of game play before fix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpobzRkEDUU

Use the link below to open the following ports in your Windows Firewall.

33000 - 34000 TCP & UDP

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/open-a-port-in-windows-firewall

Use the link below to open the same ports in your Router.

http://portforward.com/

After you have opened the required ports in your Windows Firewall and in your
Router, download and install this free and easy to use port checker tool:

http://portforward.com/help/portcheck.htm

Using the port checker tool, verify that 33000 - 34000 TCP & UDP ports are open.

Launch the game.

After the game launch, use the Windows key to exit the game.

Access the Windows Task Manager by pressing Ctrl, Alt & Delete.

From the windows Task Manager screen on the Processes Tab, right click on:

Infestation process and select set priority and set priority to High and click the
Change priority box.

Right click on the Steam process and select set priority and set priority to Low
and click the Change priority box.

Right click on the PnkBstrB process and select set priority and set priority to High and click the Change priority box.

Left click on the previously opened game icon located on your task bar to reenter the game.

You may need to set the game priority to High each time you start the game.

After accomplishing the above, my game now run's better then its ever before!

Video of game play after fix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiHZNbK6BRw&feature=youtu.be

My Rig:
Windows 7 Home Premium
Service Pack 1
AMD FX 8150 Eight-Core Processor 3.60 Ghz
8 GB RAM
64-bit Operating System
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2 GB of RAM Overclocked

My internet speet test results:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2820448501

=KZO= Want's You!

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/noobserverhost

Thanks,

[Half-Fast]

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[deathRat]

Could you make a video of this?
I had the same amount of lag after doing all of these directions.

[The doctor is in]

why do u need to open up 1000 ports?

i dont think this is needed

also that port range r u sure warz is using it cause its used by some very nasty stuff

ports.my-addr.com/tcp_port_list-udp_port_list_search_by_number.php?filter=on&protocol=TCP&ports_list=33000-34000


port WIKI Library Gasmy Library IANA Library Beta Library
port 33123 no data no data no data
aurora-balaena Aurora (Balaena Ltd)
port 33270 no data no data
Trinity [trojan] Trinity
no data
port 33331 no data no data no data
diamondport DiamondCentral Interface
port 33333 no data
trojan Prosiak Trojan

Blakharaz [trojan] Blakharaz
Prosiak [trojan] Prosiak
no data
port 33335 no data no data
EmpireEarth Empire Earth
no data
port 33434
traceroute

traceroute traceroute use
no data
traceroute traceroute use
port 33567 no data no data
Lion [trojan] Lion
T0rnRootkit [trojan] T0rn Rootkit
no data
port 33568 no data no data
Lion [trojan] Lion
T0rnRootkit [trojan] T0rn Rootkit
no data
port 33577 no data no data
SonofPsychWard [trojan] Son of PsychWard
no data
port 33656 no data no data no data
snip-slave SNIP Slave
port 33777 no data no data
SonofPsychWard [trojan] Son of PsychWard
no data
port 33911 no data no data
Spirit2000 [trojan] Spirit 2000
Spirit2001 [trojan] Spirit 2001

[Half-Fast]

From:
https://warz.zendesk.com/entries/22223183-each-time-i-join-a-server-my-character-freezes-and-LOADING-DATA-GAME-screen-comes-up-and-boots-me-of


According to War Z Suvivor Support:

Wes Thatcher (The War Z Survivor Support)

Oct 29 12:30 (PDT)

The issue was closed as it doesn't look like there's anything you yourself can do to fix the issue. It's something we'll have to put on in a patch. There are a couple of steps you could take that might clear up the issue, but I'm not sure how effective they'll be.
1. Add exceptions in your firewall and antivirus for the launcher and game (warzlauncher.exe and warz.exe)
2. Ensure ports 33000-34000 are unblocked.
3. Enable DMZ on your router.
If none of that helps, you can try bypassing the router and plug your computer directly into your modem and turn off your antivirus and firewall.
And if absolutely none of that works, you're just gonna have to wait for a patch from us.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks,