MW3 Lag

[matey246]

At the main menu of MW3, everything works fine. However, whenever I actually start playing whether it be campaign spec ops or multiplayer, it lags way too much for me to play. I switched over to pc from mac, and it lags just as much. I need HELP AAAAAHHHHH

[matty]

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[matey246]

Originally posted by _dasyy' Maaxim`:

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It literally won't let me change the graphics, and even when I do it doesn't do anything. I don't understand... Can I get my money back or nah

[Nilla Wafers]

how does it literally not let you? as in, the highlighted options won't click to the next variable?

or as in - you notice no difference in gameplay.
when you change settings, does your game re-load from desktop (depending on setting)?

you can always try to manually edit your cfg file - changing the render options and wut not.

maybe your graphics options are staying on reload of game? Is your steamfolder / or game files set to read only? I use read only alot- to stop games from changing certain things back on me, like mw2 would try to do with ping bars.

[«pigrond»]

this game will play on anything short of a calculator. list your specs and current settings maybe then we can help. i used to play this on a dual core opteron cpu at 2.4ghz with an 8800gts card and vista 64bit. and though it wasnt great graphically it played smoothly.

[Bluedog]

I have found some extreme difficulties with lag, There are some things you can do in terms of port forwarding, open NAT type etc and switching off your antivirus programs(Norton etc) and switching off theatre mode but it is still a major pain.

I have found the biggest improvement came when I realized that the problem related to the ping I have(about 30ms) and the lobbies I was playing in - some are up to 175ms. When the lag compensation system built in to MW3 clicks in, those with low ping get hammered.

I picked up the following tip in a number of blogs but I cant remember the blogger's handle, so apologies for the failure to attribute the source.

You need to look at the "maxping" parameter in the Steam library on your machine. When you do so, you will find that the programmers figure that the game will play with lobbies up to 800ms and man, that is death. - in the game - it's literal!

I have found a significant improvement by lowering the "maxping" to 50 ms. it is not cheating as all I am doing is reducing the number of lobbies I can play in. I understand that the console players have the option of selecting the quality of the lobby (in terms of ping), you don't on a PC - not that I could find, anyway. It does mean that I have to wait quite frequently to get a game - but it's worth it.

So have a go, change maxping and see how you go. it hasn't made me into a super player but I am now more competitive head to head and I can usually understand why I lost out in a competition - wrong weapon parameters etc. - much less frustrating.

From memory,you need to step through the following on your C drive - or wherever Steam is resident - Steam/Steam apps/player2/ mw3 config (am a bit hazy on the last bit). then look through the code and find max ping - change it using notepad and you are done.

Good luck.

[Bluedog]

this where I found the method. I merely chased down the same file sequence for MW3 rather than Ghosts.

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[Steveishungry]

Originally posted by Bluedog:

I have found some extreme difficulties with lag, There are some things you can do in terms of port forwarding, open NAT type etc and switching off your antivirus programs(Norton etc) and switching off theatre mode but it is still a major pain.

I have found the biggest improvement came when I realized that the problem related to the ping I have(about 30ms) and the lobbies I was playing in - some are up to 175ms. When the lag compensation system built in to MW3 clicks in, those with low ping get hammered.

I picked up the following tip in a number of blogs but I cant remember the blogger's handle, so apologies for the failure to attribute the source.

You need to look at the "maxping" parameter in the Steam library on your machine. When you do so, you will find that the programmers figure that the game will play with lobbies up to 800ms and man, that is death. - in the game - it's literal!

I have found a significant improvement by lowering the "maxping" to 50 ms. it is not cheating as all I am doing is reducing the number of lobbies I can play in. I understand that the console players have the option of selecting the quality of the lobby (in terms of ping), you don't on a PC - not that I could find, anyway. It does mean that I have to wait quite frequently to get a game - but it's worth it.

So have a go, change maxping and see how you go. it hasn't made me into a super player but I am now more competitive head to head and I can usually understand why I lost out in a competition - wrong weapon parameters etc. - much less frustrating.

From memory,you need to step through the following on your C drive - or wherever Steam is resident - Steam/Steam apps/player2/ mw3 config (am a bit hazy on the last bit). then look through the code and find max ping - change it using notepad and you are done.

Good luck.

Hello, 9 years later this game is unbearable to play online in any coop setting with a friend. Both of us lag really bad and its borderline ass. Do you know what specific setting you have to change under the config file to fix this?