DD LAN time & date goes out of sync

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We were having big problems with the game constantly going out of time sync playing MP over LAN. Is this a known issue? Are there any solutions? The two computers are not equally fast. We were running the fastest as host. Should we have done it the other way around? Both computers are running DD 1.2 REBB.

 

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the host should be the best machine. If you have lag then just slow the game down.

 

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the host should be the best machine. If you have lag then just slow the game down.

I would not really describe it as lag but rather that suddenly (happened a couple of times per year) the two computers were out of sync. The game seems to freeze on my computer and suddenly it is one or two days after the host. In between theese events the game is completely in sync.

 

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That sounds like what happens when the Autosave runs on the host.

Andrew

 

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yup - like andrew said.

 

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Me and SE had a similar issue once.

We were on lan and always going out of sync. Always coming up with the message in game as well. I believe we fixed the problem by replacing the Cable we were using. (Originally just on Crossovercable).

I picked up a cheap hub and we had 2 patch leads then it ran fine.

 

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We are running it with WIFI up to 54 Mbit/s. Surely that must be enough?

So it could be the autosave that is the problem? Should we skip it and save manually? Could that5 solve the problem?

We are about to resume our game tomorrow. I appreciate all input.