Team Fortress 2 players will be happy to hear that The Orange Box has finally received the update promised by Valve. The patch went up over the weekend, and players will be prompted to update the title whenever they load the game on their 360s. We haven't had a chance to see if Team Fortress 2's lag problems have been effectively addressed yet, but here's hoping. Anyone out there noticing a difference?
Team Fortress 2 players will be happy to hear that The Orange Box has finally received the update promised by Valve. The patch went up over the weekend, and players will be prompted to update the title whenever they load the game on their 360s. We haven't had a chance to see if Team Fortress 2's lag problems have been effectively addressed yet, but here's hoping. Anyone out there noticing a difference?
Reader Comments (32)
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 9:35AM (Unverified) said
Yes, I've noticed that I can actually play it now. Nice work on the patch!
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 9:37AM DjDATZ said
Posted by Rich...go figure. LOL...not knockin' ya. lol It's just that every Orange Box post is made by you. LOL
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 9:43AM (Unverified) said
The lag issue has completely killed my desire to play TF2. I hope the patch inspires me to go back and play it again.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 9:43AM xenocidic said
what's even more unsurprising is who it is NOT posted by - Canada's own David Dredger - who hasn't made a blog post in as long as I can remember.
methink Dustin and Richard have him locked up on the roof of Fanboy Towers and are plotting something evil. I can only hope David can find a helpful butterfly to summon a large eagle to speed him back to the shire in time to prevent them from securing The One Ring from Frodo.
methink Dustin and Richard have him locked up on the roof of Fanboy Towers and are plotting something evil. I can only hope David can find a helpful butterfly to summon a large eagle to speed him back to the shire in time to prevent them from securing The One Ring from Frodo.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:01AM (Unverified) said
one ring to rule tehm all.....
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:01AM (Unverified) said
damn typos messed it all up.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:16AM DjDATZ said
xeno...i just sent you an FR via XBL.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:17AM (Unverified) said
I received an/the update Sunday morning (GMT) but I've still had a number of issues with lag that's so bad I've had to drop out of the game. This nearly always affects other players too as I can hear the countless WTF voices over the mic.
Certainly won't stop me playing though...
...until CoD4!
Certainly won't stop me playing though...
...until CoD4!
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:42AM (Unverified) said
Ya this has definitely helped. Cause what it does is boot a player that is lagging out the room. Well at least that is my experience.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:35AM RedlineRonin said
Seems to me that there is less of the "lost connection to host" and instead the game, when it starts to lag, just tries to push through the lag. Perfect it is not but i guess some patch is better than no patch at all. Valve get some DLC out!!
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:42AM ObiBen8 said
got my first taste of TF2 on Saturday night and everything seemed fine to me!
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:43AM AtomicAgeZombie said
I tried playing over the weekend and still had problems with lost connections and locking up. This fun little gem is being ruined by something lesser games seem to get right.
Worthless...
Worthless...
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:44AM (Unverified) said
Most of the lag problems in TF2 seem to be the host. There are too many people trying to host 16 man games that simply can't. Find a room that is lagging and chances are it's a 16 man room. Have the host start a new game with 12 and under and you'll find the lag problems gone.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:53AM (Unverified) said
The main improvement is that you can see little green bars (or red) to see if the host has good latency before joining a game. If they have green bars and it's not a 16 player game, then join up and enjoy!
Posted: Dec 29th 2007 2:17PM (Unverified) said
You see, john, there's a reason why we pay for XBox Live. It's to not have lag on our games. This isn't the fault of the host, it's Valve's fault with the programming. I played CoD3 for a long time and had lagless 24 player matches. You had to screw around with your router for it to work right, but when you did it, it all worked.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 11:02AM (Unverified) said
Does the job for me, although coincidently I only picked up a copy of the game on the day the patch hit xbl, but its been smooth playing since I ARGHHHHH! (Damn it ive been stabbed in the back by the Spy AGAIN!!!)
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 8:05PM BearShark said
i noticed a little to no difference. theres still some major lag, mainly depending on the ping of whos hosting. basically 1/5 games i quit because of unbearable lag. i'm starting to regret buying the console version of the orange box, as the pc at least has capacity for dedicated servers, and modding.
still my current favorite game.
still my current favorite game.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 11:19AM (Unverified) said
There's still lag. Tried to play in a 12 person match and a 16 person match. I hosted. Never have problems hosting in other games and there was tons of lag. Laggy, lag ... lag..
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 11:35AM BigDaddyM said
Less crashes, still lag.
For whatever reason, the Team Fortress crashes my system, not just lost connection, but teh patch fixed that, but now I notice the lag much more. The patch is an improvement, but not a fix.
M
For whatever reason, the Team Fortress crashes my system, not just lost connection, but teh patch fixed that, but now I notice the lag much more. The patch is an improvement, but not a fix.
M
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 11:27AM xenocidic said
@kogen, that's pretty funny. so you think the yearly subscription to Xbox Live is for dedicated servers? you are sorely mistaken sir!
the yearly subscription provides us matchmaking servers, live messaging, friends list, etc.
dedicated servers are NOT part of the equation and any dedicated servers are at the cost of the publisher/developer. (see BF2:MC for example)
the yearly subscription provides us matchmaking servers, live messaging, friends list, etc.
dedicated servers are NOT part of the equation and any dedicated servers are at the cost of the publisher/developer. (see BF2:MC for example)
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 1:23PM (Unverified) said
Yeah this game sucks i traded it in. I was really looking forward to tf2 since I've played TF1 and Classic.
This game really does suck......
This game really does suck......
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 11:52AM Omega Aero said
Yeah, with the patch I was able to play a lagless 12 player game, something I couldn't do before the patch/ I've yet to try a 16 player game but I presume that'll work too.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 12:43PM (Unverified) said
I was prompted for the update Friday evening around 1 AM EST. I had been playing TF:2 for a few hours prior to it and had just power cycled my XBOX from the latest TF:2 caused lockup when Valve released the patch.
Can't say if the lag has improved but other issues still occur such as the aforementioned XBOX freezes in TF:2 and the random player drops during match startup.
Can't say if the lag has improved but other issues still occur such as the aforementioned XBOX freezes in TF:2 and the random player drops during match startup.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 1:26PM (Unverified) said
@17:
You were host and it was laggy?
You can't know whether it's laggy or not when you're host unless it was the graphics lagging on your system, and in that case it wouldn't be a connection problem.
You were host and it was laggy?
You can't know whether it's laggy or not when you're host unless it was the graphics lagging on your system, and in that case it wouldn't be a connection problem.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 1:41PM (Unverified) said
LLLLLLLLLLL
AAAAAAAAAAA
GGGGGGGGGGG
!!!!!!!!!!!
I got the patch, it is barely any better, tons of lag some disconnects... How to screw up a near perfect game in 3 weeks or less...
AAAAAAAAAAA
GGGGGGGGGGG
!!!!!!!!!!!
I got the patch, it is barely any better, tons of lag some disconnects... How to screw up a near perfect game in 3 weeks or less...
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 2:07PM eazimmerman said
the only thing i noticed was that the demoman now has less ammo for the grenade launcher. it only holds 4 rounds now.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 3:23PM (Unverified) said
Still lags like crazy even after the update. Also, achievement issues have not been fixed.
I have 25/25 head shots and the Grey Matter achievement still has not unlocked.
I have 25/25 head shots and the Grey Matter achievement still has not unlocked.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 4:29PM afrosheen said
Man I'm glad Warhawk and other PSN games don't let you overhost like Orange Box does. How hard is it to test players upstreams first, Valve?
Maybe Gabe should put the delicious cakes down and make sure things are built properly from now on.
Maybe Gabe should put the delicious cakes down and make sure things are built properly from now on.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 5:37PM (Unverified) said
i can haz rumble now?
kthx.
kthx.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 5:49PM (Unverified) said
I think if most people experiencing lag issues should test their highspeed connection. You don't get what you pay for. Test your connection speed you will see.
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 6:12PM (Unverified) said
I recieved more lag this round than before the patch for some reason
Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:30PM Hoffer said
The game is lag free for me until I get in a game over 12 people. Then it is ridiculous lag fest. No it isn't my connection. I have 6m down and 1m up. I tried many different games and all were the same. Maybe every game I was in had a slow host, but who knows.
Luckily the game is fun with only 12 people. I also have the PC version. So, for big games, I play it there.
Luckily the game is fun with only 12 people. I also have the PC version. So, for big games, I play it there.
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