Explanation of LERP and Hitboxes... I hope.

[Ford 1st MRB]

As the video shows, the higher your LERP, the farther off the hitboxes are from your actual target when it is moving. This makes shooting at the player you see pretty much pointless because their hitbox is in a different location according to the server.

High LERP means, no packet loss, but inaccurate hitboxes, Low LERP means some packet loss but very accurate hitboxes.

The suggestion would be to play with your rates to see how low you can get your LERP and still have it in the white. A yellow LERP means you are losing packets, so try and avoid that if at all possible.

The commands:

net_graph 1

cl_updaterate 100

cl_interp_all 1

cl_interp_ratio 1

cl_interp 0.021 (this is the value you need to adjust to adjust your LERP in the server. Setting it to decimal points will adjust it. IE: cl_interp 0.1)

Keep adjusting the cl_interp rate until you find the lowest possible LERP that stays in the white. 0.021 was as low as I can go but depending on your connection speed, processor, yadda yadda yadda, you may be able to go lower.

Hope this helps explain why you all suck so bad.

[Collazo 1st MRB]

Thanks Ford, works great.

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

Yeah, it's cool.

[Marsden 1st MRB]

i can drop my lerp to .001 without packet loss lol. dont ask how it lets me but it does

[Ford 1st MRB]

That's just a glitch

You are receiving heavy packet loss, trust me. cl_interp 0.021 is as low as you should go.

[Jasko]

Thanks Ford, helps a lot

[Ford 1st MRB]

I should also mention, this should be placed in an autoexec file in your dod folder otherwise you would have to manually type these commands in every time you join a server.

To do so:

Go to your dod folder C:/Program Files/Steam/Steamapps/your name here/Day of Defeat Source/dod

Right click in the dod folder and click new > text document and name it autoexec.cfg

Open that text document in word pad or Microsoft Word or a similar program, and put the commands in there, then click save and you're done.

[I have no arms BAR]

I've been messing with it, but I can't seem to get my LERP below 100 ms even after lowering the cl_interp to 0.005 . Any suggestions?

Edited February 4, 2010 by Snell 1st MRB

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

Yeah, the autoexc.cfg doesn't seem to work for me.

[Vogt]

Go to C:/Program Files/Steam/Steamapps/your name here/Day of Defeat Source/dod/cfg. Right-click in the window and hover over "New" and select "Text Document" from the menu that comes up. Now a window for "Notepad" will come up.

Copy the following below:

cl_updaterate 100

cl_interp_all 1

cl_interp_ratio 1

cl_interp 0.021 (Make sure you use what setting worked best for you 0.021 might not work for everyone.)

Now paste what you have copied and change the "cl_interp 0.021" if you need to. Now click "File" in the upper-left hand corner of the "Notepad" window and click on "Save" from the menu. Now name it "autoexec.cfg" be sure you remove the ".txt" extension before you save it. So when you are finished it should look like this.: autoexec.cfg

Now start up the game and it should work, a good way to check this is by going into the developer console and start typing in "cl_interp." Your customized interp settings should be what is shown or what you have changed them to. Now one of the settings always returns to default, but don't worry it doesn't make much of a difference, but change it if you want to. And there you go, happy gaming!

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

I've saved it as "all files" it was making it autoexec.cfg.txt

I'll see if that works.

[Vamp]

Thanks for the commands also dont forget "cl_cmdrate 67 for a 66 tick server and cl_cmdrate 100 for a 100 tick server.

[Warren 1st MRB]

My comp can run at 22.2 most of the time. but I've noticed it depends on how many people are in the server.. if theres only like 15 people its fine... but when its full pub i need to run at about 30 or 40 in order to keep it solid white.

Don't know if it's true or not but I've heard lerp doesn't just make you more accurate to hitting enemy's. it also makes their shots more accurate on you as well... any truth to this?

Default lerp is 100 ms. I've been playing with 30 or 40 for atleast 5 or 6 months now lol

[I have no arms BAR]

Still can't get mine lower than 100 even after fixing my rates...

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

My comp can run at 22.2 most of the time. but I've noticed it depends on how many people are in the server.. if theres only like 15 people its fine... but when its full pub i need to run at about 30 or 40 in order to keep it solid white.

Don't know if it's true or not but I've heard lerp doesn't just make you more accurate to hitting enemy's. it also makes their shots more accurate on you as well... any truth to this?

Default lerp is 100 ms. I've been playing with 30 or 40 for atleast 5 or 6 months now lol

Yeah, I've also read that when they did the the 'upgrade' to the orange box platform, the lerp setting doesn't help you at all. The fact that people play better with it at a lower number is more of a placebo effect than actual usefulness.

[Warren 1st MRB]

Coming from a guy with a lower end computer, believe me when i say it has more then a placebo affect... lol

[Bullock]

all this is way over my head LOL

[Garrett]

Good to know, thanks. I have to download netgraph now to better see.

Edited November 17, 2010 by Garrett 1st MRB

[Dillon 1st MRB]

Netgraph is a command already within DODS. In console, type netgraph_3 and you'll see it.

[Garrett]

I started using lower lerp, really helps with hitboxes, but it caused really bad stuttering. Must be my damn PC, piece of shit. Well at least I know where most of the hitboxes are now.

[Fujiwara]

Its not always a user-side error. Sometimes its the servers'.

[Cast 1st MRB]

Using elf config and fuck me(no am not offering) can i hit stuff now, before was 3-26, now it more 19-25

[Gearhart 1st MRB]

This post is a little old but this lerp stuff is just confusing me lol. The autoexec file that i am using is from the medical supply office and it sets my lerp to 0 but according to this thread it should be in the 20's. am i receiving packet loss from this? if anyone understands what i mean please reply lol

[Zorbanos 1st MRB]

all this is way over my head LOL

this lol

[C. Norris]

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As the video shows, the higher your LERP, the farther off the hitboxes are from your actual target when it is moving. This makes shooting at the player you see pretty much pointless because their hitbox is in a different location according to the server.

High LERP means, no packet loss, but inaccurate hitboxes, Low LERP means some packet loss but very accurate hitboxes.

The suggestion would be to play with your rates to see how low you can get your LERP and still have it in the white. A yellow LERP means you are losing packets, so try and avoid that if at all possible.

The commands:

net_graph 1

cl_updaterate 100

cl_interp_all 1

cl_interp_ratio 1

cl_interp 0.021 (this is the value you need to adjust to adjust your LERP in the server. Setting it to decimal points will adjust it. IE: cl_interp 0.1)

Keep adjusting the cl_interp rate until you find the lowest possible LERP that stays in the white. 0.021 was as low as I can go but depending on your connection speed, processor, yadda yadda yadda, you may be able to go lower.

Hope this helps explain why you all suck so bad.

just want to add you can do it in further decimals not just .0#0 , IE: mine is set to .0332. yes i know this is being a lil over picky, but it does work, if i use .0331 the lerp turns yellow jsut a FYI

[E. Morgan]

Thank you so much Ford!