The Orange Box Update

[magik]

I just got an Xbox Live title update for The Orange Box... is this the Team Fortress 2 update that we've been waiting for?

[cha0s]

I just got the same update...lets hope!

[thollian]

is this update for PC users as well? or did PC users already get it?

[exUBERance]

PC users got an automatic patch

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Well the lag hasn't gone, but there's a lot less than before! Just a shame now nobdy is playing the game :/

[MediaSoldier]

I'm playing :p I'll add you to my friends list Munky.

[magik]

Looks like that Orange Box update was for TF2:

Here?s what?s changed:

* Reduced network bandwidth usage in multiplayer

* Improved overall game performance

* Arranged search results to favor preferred host conditions

* Improved searching for ranked games

* Addressed a possible false report of too little storage space on larger hard drives.

Xboxic

Kudos to Valve for addressing this so quick(Y) (Y)

[Pheee]

Great I will try it out soon, my last match although was great, lagged out, and it was almost on the 45 minute time limit :(

[TheFlusher]

less lag than before..

[Huleboeren]

PC users got an automatic patch

PC users never had this lag :p

[Nightz]

awesome. i'll be on TF2 much more now. :)

[Smigit]

PC users never had this lag :p

PC users are probably playing on better hosts but, not sharing bandwidth with some ones home internet connection but rather using dedicated servers with dedicated bandwidth.

[Huleboeren]

PC users are probably playing on better hosts but, not sharing bandwidth with some ones home internet connection but rather using dedicated servers with dedicated bandwidth.

Riiiiiiiiiiiight, THAT was the reason :huh:

[Ayepecks]

Actually, it probably was part of the reason. The best PC servers are dedicated host servers. Ever play on a PC server where it's being hosted by someone who's playing on a home connection? To me, that seemed about the same, if not slower, than playing on the 360.

Runs great for me now... even at my dorm! Very little lag in most games, albeit some are still fairly laggy. I hope in a future patch Valve makes the game automatically recognize the hard drive and set it as the default storage option if no other option is available, as many users are requesting on their forums.

[Huleboeren]

Actually, it probably was part of the reason. The best PC servers are dedicated host servers. Ever play on a PC server where it's being hosted by someone who's playing on a home connection? To me, that seemed about the same, if not slower, than playing on the 360.

Runs great for me now... even at my dorm! Very little lag in most games, albeit some are still fairly laggy. I hope in a future patch Valve makes the game automatically recognize the hard drive and set it as the default storage option if no other option is available, as many users are requesting on their forums.

If R6V can host 16player matches and Resistance can host 40player matches on a 'home connection' without any lag I am sure its not impossible for TF2 to do it too!

Obviously your upload defines how many players can be in your server without any lag - but this is just shoddy netcode :s

[Ayepecks]

If R6V can host 16player matches and Resistance can host 40player matches on a 'home connection' without any lag I am sure its not impossible for TF2 to do it too!

Obviously your upload defines how many players can be in your server without any lag - but this is just shoddy netcode :s

Hence why it was patched ;) It runs fine for me now, as I stated. And Valve had the patch in the works for a while, Microsoft just had to certify it. Valve probably just wanted to make sure the 360 and PC versions launched at the same time is my guess... but who knows?

[neoadorable]

good that they got around to it relatively fast.

[Smigit]

Riiiiiiiiiiiight, THAT was the reason :huh:

I'm not saying it's the sole factor, but it helps to have setups with dedicated bandwidth. Maybe it's less of an issue in some places but I regularily see people on the Australian XBox site complaining about lag in regards to almost any game. Half of the people are trying to run maxed out servers on not an aweful lot of bandwith, many with 512 or bellow connections and due to the plans offered in Australia many believe 512 upstream bandwidth is alot.

SO yeah, I know it's not the only reason but if your comparing a PC copy playing on a dedicated connection with someone with a not so great connection at home who happens to be sharing with other family users, then there is going to be a big difference.

[Huleboeren]

True - but then it is not up to Valve to fix.

[Smigit]

ohh absolutly not. They can't fix that. Glad to see they worked on the netcode but.