Post: [PS3] How to fix the Lag on BO
11-10-2010, 11:59 PM #1
PHO3NIX~
Regenerated and Reborn
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); If you are lagging on Black Ops and you know its not your connection causing the problem or if your the host of the game and your still lagging:
Its because there is so many people online who are using up Treyarch's server's resources
Black Ops mainly relys on p2p (peer2peer) connections between a host and other clients. But your ranks, stats, emblems, friend list info, etc... is stored on Treyarch's server's
If there is too many people playing on BO at once, the server's cant handle it and you will receive whats called a "high ping" (won't go into too much detail now)
And also, the game is running too much stuff at once for the PS3 to handle

But we can bypass high ping if we lower the amount of resources the client/host (your ps3) needs
And even when people lose interest in the game and less people are online, your PS3 will still freeze occasionally in menus and take long amount of time to load, because the PS3 can't handle Black Ops effectively

So I am going to address two things with this thread:
1. Server Latency
2. PS3 Tweaking


(If your connection is weak or you have connection problems or you don't know what post forwarding/DMZ is, then this thread isn't for you)

The only way to have a good Latency / low ping is to have a decent connection and to wait for people to lose interest in the game
When there is about 400,000 people online, the game should run smoothly once you get into a game. But this does not solve the issue of slow loading times and freezing in menu's. I am going to discuss how to lower your ping as much as you can at the moment:

The ps3 has a low amount of RAM, 256mb infact.
So it can't do much at the same time. e.g. Can only send 12 messages at a time.
So when Black Ops is constantly updating information about your friends list and your recent players, and their fileshare. And stats, and theatre mode, etc... Then its no surprise your going to experience slow loading times
So the way round it is to minimise the amount it has to do as much as possible. So delete all your received messages on your ps3. And all your sent messages. And delete all unnecessary friends from your list. This will lower your ping, and will decrease loading times in the menus and you will have slightly less lag online

Also when you are in the Playstation Network menu in multiplayer, press select and change the option to "LOCALE ONLY"

If you do as I said, this is what you can expect to happen:

Slightly faster loading times in menus on Black Ops
Your friends list on your XMB will load MUCH FASTER
Your in-game XMB will operate MUCH FASTER
Your ping will be reduced slightly in Black Ops
You will play against players in your country only, so lower ping overall and you can understand each other Winky Winky


This is confirmed to work (by me)
Black Ops was sticking for me and I was experiencing a lot of lag and freezing in menu's. Now I'm experiencing no freezing in menu's. The lag has been reduced, but there is nothing more we can do about that now until there is less strain on the server's.
My in-game XMB is opening/closing much faster
I can send messages much faster
Takes a lot less time to sign in, and my friends list is loaded much faster
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02-17-2011, 09:13 PM #110
zMercury---
Do a barrel roll!
Or you could dmz your ps3. That gives a more stable connectin if you're trying to connect through a router and usually registers all your shots better.
02-18-2011, 07:40 AM #111
liam a
Banned
thanks!!!!
02-22-2011, 02:16 PM #112
Very nice man, did everything you said and now its smooth as a whistle Happy thanks
02-26-2011, 10:33 AM #113
uK oBz
Keeper
thanks this kinda helped me keep this up,
yu could be helping a lot of people !! Smile

:jim:
02-27-2011, 01:38 AM #114
xNike
Can’t trickshot me!
Yeh black ops gets laggy all the time for me, and good post bro Smile
02-27-2011, 04:35 AM #115
thanks ill try it
03-01-2011, 02:20 AM #116
lame. every 1 knows this...
03-01-2011, 04:02 PM #117
I haven't been lagging very much. I think they fixed it up pretty good.
03-02-2011, 05:51 PM #118
sr50
̿̿̿ ̿' ̿'\̵͇̿̿\з=(•̪●Winky Winky
nice :-) ... i tried and it worked for me!

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