Street Fighter 4

lewis

I`m having problems playing SF4 online, there`s not anyone i can find that has anywhere near a strong signal, no matter what type of game i look for. Whats the story, its no good unless I can fight online!!!

Dreddybajs

You'll find mostly Americans just doing the quick search stuff, though if you're just playing casually and both have alright connections, you may not notice the input lag.

Some games can be unbearable though.

Helix

not a single fight ive ever had has shown up any signal at all, yet ive never encountered any lag at all

Kev_ps3

Helix wrote: »

not a single fight ive ever had has shown up any signal at all, yet ive never encountered any lag at all

same!

CodeMonkey

I think the signal status bar is kinda broken. Most connects I see is at one red bar but the connection varies from laggy to no lag at all. It's actually putting me off playing SF4. Just out of interest, what ISP are you guys with? I am using UPC which is generally not great for games.

Wonda-Boy

I get at least 3 yellow bars upon 2nd search....was playing last night with my mate in Dublin (Im in Meath) both using bluetooth headsets and the CRAIC was mighty!!!!:D:D

lewis

well I also play killzone 2 and bad company online and there a hell of a lot more graphics and ppl on there than ST4, but from day 1 the best I`ve seen is 3 bars and thats jumpy as ****, its really regreting buying ST4, but all the other games I have theres no problem with going online, why is there with ST4? I`m with eircum...

Helix

ST4?

Dreddybajs

Yeah, it's really tough fitting all those graphics over the internet.

lewis

The thing i cant work out is why cant i get online with street fighter 4, but i cant get online with killzone 2 and bad company eyc who have much more **** going on????

Dreddybajs

You're probably fighting mostly Americans, try adding some people's gamertags from the thread here and see if it's better.

lewis

Why should the other games i`ve played online be any different than this, this should be simple ****,i`ve never had any trouble with connecting with other folks on other games no matter where they are, i think were getttin ripped off

Dreddybajs

Yeah, let's go burn down the offices of Capcom, they're stealing our bandwidth and using it to host nazi propaganda.

On a more serious note, fighting games require low latencies down to the frame level, which most other games can do without.

Niall0

lewis wrote: »

Why should the other games i`ve played online be any different than this, this should be simple ****,i`ve never had any trouble with connecting with other folks on other games no matter where they are, i think were getttin ripped off

Why should it be simple though? it has to process really fast button combinations and stay in sync, possibly more work than an FPS for the console.

lewis

will you ever crawl out of your mammys bra, how can you compare killzone 2 which has only been out what 2 or 3 wks and ive no probs with that but Street fighter I do why??? its as simple as games cum!!!

Dreddybajs

It's been explained to you in the last few posts.

lewis

Bollox nothingshould be explained, its a game like the rest its as simple as they cum but no online action, if that aint happening then F YOU. simple as that

Captain-America

So you started a thread on Boards.ie hoping that would make your Street Fighter IV signal become stronger?

Dreddybajs

He's railing against the oppressive Capcom machine.

Cunny-Funt

lewis wrote: »

Bollox nothingshould be explained, its a game like the rest its as simple as they cum but no online action, if that aint happening then F YOU. simple as that

Yeah its frustrating alright in terms of finding people to connect to (1 out of every 6-7 unable to connects) and then not really knowing where the guy is (is he in the EU or US or Australia)

The game uses p2p connections where as other games would connect to a server.

You start making yourself look bad m8 when you start saying **** like fighting games are really simple so should be less taxing on internet bandwith. Its doesnt work like that, and sure fighting games might just be the hardest genre to get decent online play with.

PSN and the online console experience in general is a bit annoying I must say. Can't wait for the PC version.

Anyway Lewis heres some tips for yea.

Try connecting to people from here and see how things go when connecting to someone in Ireland.

Try hosting games instead of joining them. Press R1 when at the menu screen and allow for people to challenge you when your playing arcade mode. So instead of sitting waiting , you can play the game while waiting for someone to challenge you. Normally they come fast enough.

That should help you gets some games in. Good luck. & calm the feck down man.