Overwatch's multiplayer netcode is now better than Counter-Strike's

[RyanBrothwell]

Overwatch's multiplayer netcode is now better than Counter-Strike's

Over the last couple of days, Blizzard has been quietly working on its multiplayer network code for Overwatch, yielding massive improvements.

 

[BeoTeK]

All fair and well... but I wonder how this will affect people like us with already 200ms+ pings?

 

[Jamie McKane]

All fair and well... but I wonder how this will affect people like us with already 200ms+ pings?

Slightly better round-trip-time, but we are limited by our lack of local servers

 

[BeoTeK]

Slightly better round-trip-time, but we are limited by our lack of local servers

We were limited before. Now with a higher tick rate that's more data being sent/received meaning higher pings or latency, am I understanding this correctly?

 

[Jamie McKane]

We were limited before. Now with a higher tick rate that's more data being sent/received meaning higher pings or latency, am I understanding this correctly?

I don't think so. I believe that a higher tick rate simply requires slightly more bandwidth, meaning it shouldn't affect latency unless your line speed is exceedingly low.

The increase in client updates means that overall lag between two players can be reduced due to the more consistent flow of information between client and server

 

[Blazzok]

I bought Overwatch over the weekend. Great fun, I am sitting at work wanting to play more.

While playing, I saw a constant downstream of about 70 KB/s, which I think is quite high. I didn't check what the upload was, will have a look tonight when I play again.

 

[DarthMol]

I should try it out again - I've been hooked on CSGO at the moment though.