Efros Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) Didn't see any section for PTS posts but this may be of general interests if it carries over to the live server. I've been playing a few games on the PTS server, hosted somewhere far away, and get the usual 100 ms pings or thereabouts. What has surprised me over the last few days has been the FPS being reported. Normally on the live server I see around 175 fps pretty consistently, on PTS it is reporting close to 240 all of the time. Edited September 30, 2023 by Efros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewbassg Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Efros said: Didn't see any section for PTS posts but this may be of general interests if it carries over to the live server. I've been playing a few games on the PTS server, hosted somewhere far away, and get the usual 100 ms pings or thereabouts. What has surprised me over the last few days has been the FPS being reported. Normally on the live server I see around 175 fps pretty consistently, on PTS it is reporting close to 240 all of the time. Well...I can tell you that PTS has a VERY different look and feel (as perspective) vs the regular servers. NEVER was able to replicate it on the regulars, no matter what I did (tho I REALLY tried, even by messing with the config files and almost getting a ban for it). At least that was the case back when I played on. By virtue of my (lets say former) job, I'm very apprehensive of seemingly minuscule artsy details, which actually could make a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utt_Bugglier Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Efros said: Didn't see any section for PTS posts but this may be of general interests if it carries over to the live server. I've been playing a few games on the PTS server, hosted somewhere far away, and get the usual 100 ms pings or thereabouts. What has surprised me over the last few days has been the FPS being reported. Normally on the live server I see around 175 fps pretty consistently, on PTS it is reporting close to 240 all of the time. Compare your PTS graphics settings to your live client graphics settings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efros Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 9 hours ago, Utt_Bugglier said: Compare your PTS graphics settings to your live client graphics settings. Identical, same result 170ish on live server and 240ish on PTS PTS Live server 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Karasu Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 175 fps tells me that you are connecting to a server some distance away (barring any other explanations), like roughly from EU to Singapore or so. Where exactly are the PTS servers located, BTW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfswetpaws Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Admiral_Karasu said: 175 fps tells me that you are connecting to a server some distance away (barring any other explanations), like roughly from EU to Singapore or so. Where exactly are the PTS servers located, BTW? I'm a bit confused. Frames-Per-Second, or FPS, is an indicator of how well one's computer is running the game (as I understand it). Better hardware = better performance. But, lag, measured in milliseconds, is an indicator of how well one's computer is communicating with the game server (as I understand it). So a high FPS number indicates a good gaming system, but a high ping/lag number indicates slow internet service or a lot of distance between the player and the server or some sort of extra demand on the communication lines between the server and one's gaming computer. Example: I can get ping/lag times of 35ms to 45ms, unless my Wife turns on the television and begins watching a TV show or a movie. Because our home set-up to only have internet and our television is using a ROKU device to stream entertainment via our internet connection. Thus, gaming + television usage = WOWs ping/lag times of 50 to 999+ms in our situation, due to demands upon our internet bandwidth. So, how can 175 FPS indicate a distant server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_cant_Swim_ Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said: So, how can 175 FPS indicate a distant server It doesn't. I think the admiral ate the wrong kind of cookies... or I need to have some. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efros Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 Yeah ping is a measure of that, although other stuff can mess up the reliability of ping. I suspect the PTS version of WoWS has some graphical optimization that the Live server does not have as yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Karasu Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 21 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said: I'm a bit confused. Frames-Per-Second, or FPS, is an indicator of how well one's computer is running the game (as I understand it). Better hardware = better performance. But, lag, measured in milliseconds, is an indicator of how well one's computer is communicating with the game server (as I understand it). So a high FPS number indicates a good gaming system, but a high ping/lag number indicates slow internet service or a lot of distance between the player and the server or some sort of extra demand on the communication lines between the server and one's gaming computer. Example: I can get ping/lag times of 35ms to 45ms, unless my Wife turns on the television and begins watching a TV show or a movie. Because our home set-up to only have internet and our television is using a ROKU device to stream entertainment via our internet connection. Thus, gaming + television usage = WOWs ping/lag times of 50 to 999+ms in our situation, due to demands upon our internet bandwidth. So, how can 175 FPS indicate a distant server? 10 minutes ago, I_cant_Swim_ said: It doesn't. I think the admiral ate the wrong kind of cookies... or I need to have some. Er... oops, I must have mixed up fps and ping somehow. Maybe this is why I flunked programming..... Back to the cookies... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfswetpaws Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 17 minutes ago, Efros said: Yeah ping is a measure of that, although other stuff can mess up the reliability of ping. I suspect the PTS version of WoWS has some graphical optimization that the Live server does not have as yet. Hmmm. Food for thought? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonRoads Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Admiral_Karasu said: 3 hours ago, Wolfswetpaws said: Hmmm. Food for thought? Er... oops, I must have mixed up fps and ping somehow. Maybe this is why I flunked programming..... Back to the cookies... That is food for thought. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Karasu Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 2 hours ago, HamptonRoads said: That is food for thought. 😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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