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Lag - The time it takes for one packet of information to
go from one location to another. In other words, if you right click
a marine to go from the top left of a map to the bottom right, and
the marine just sits idle for 10 seconds, then you have A LOT of
lag!!
Ways to Decrease Lag
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When in a multiplayer game, go to Menu >
Options > Sounds. For best latency, you should unckeck
all four boxes because that will put less of a stress on your
computer for resources. Of coures that will make the game quite
boring, but there's a trade-off for everything! Below is a picture
of what the window should look like when configuring for Best
Latency by disabling sound
- Another method is to go to Menu > Options > Video.
Uncheck Enable Color Cycling and change the radio button
to Disable unit portraits as shown on the picture below.
This, for the same reason as the Sound configuring, will also
help decrease lag
- Another very important thing that helps reduce lag during Multiplayer
games on Battle.net is when the gaming is counting down. People
are not suppose to be "talking" during that time, for
that as when all the computers sync themselves together. "talking"
during that time will cause a slowdown. The purpose of the 5 second
countdown is to reduce lag. Please don't "talk" while
the time is counting down during your next game
- Also, in most Battle.net game nowadays, people are always changing
the game to Extra high latency! Believe it or not, if you've
ever read the note on top, changing it to extra high latency will
make for smooth performance, but setting a lower latency reduces
the time between when you click and when the unit responds. Keeping
the a Battle.net game on Low Latency should help to improve
the lag
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