- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
My Settings:
iMac G3 500Mhz, Marathon Infinity, Aleph 1
Cable Modem, and it's always good practice to turn everything down to the lowest resolution possible when playing AO tcp/ip.
vs. Many different machines (all macs)
I've had lag before, but never so much as to make the game unplayable, even when playing with up to six people. And as you can see, I have a much lower end rig than you do. This could be a compatibility issue. Make sure both you and your friend have downloaded and installed the latest stable build from source.bungie.org. Also, many times a firewall will cause problems: make sure both you and your buddy have holes punched through your firewalls for your respective machines. And always, always follow the Aleph One port forwarding instructions. If any of you are behind a serial buss (like a home network or something) you’re going to have to put some holes in that also.
Other than that, you’re probable just going to have to troubleshoot until you get it right. That’s what I had to do. Took about an hour, but now it works just fine (my iMac at least, I’ve has some trouble getting AO PC to work on tcp/ip)
If you have any more trouble, you could try the marathon story forum, or the orbital arm.
Marathon.bungie.org