Uncontrollable lag in TF2. - Games

Yesterday I bought myself a Logitech ClearChat Style headset. And ever since then I've been having problems. What will happen is the game will start with barely any sound(sometimes none at all). I'll see a scout or something get hit with a rocket, then I start hearing his grunt sound. Followed by 10 seconds of studdering. I thought it was a problem with the server, but every server I've gone to this has happened. When I first booted up TF2, I saw in the console "Cannot buffer audio" like 10 times in the log. The mic works fine; the headphones do not. I saw some reviews of the headset, some saying the mic was terrible and the headphones uncomfortable(which they are but that's a problem with every headphone I get), but none of them saying they have the problem I do.

Have you tried going back to your main sound card? Might be a driver issue. I'd make sure that the USB headset is plugged in way before loading TF2.

[QUOTE=BeefMcGraw;24217193]Have you tried going back to your main sound card? Might be a driver issue. I'd make sure that the USB headset is plugged in way before loading TF2.[/QUOTE] It's not a USB headset. It plugs into the front(or back) green and pink ports. I did try restarting my comp with the headphone part unlpugged, but the exact same thing happened with my speakers. [editline]02:38PM[/editline] Also, the headset is plugged in before even starting TF2.

Ok then TF2 lagging has NOTHING to do with your headset. Dont know what's wrong though, sorry.

Also, I've been getting a problem whenever I try to start TF2. This has been going on since the update last night. If I start TF2, then close it, then try to start it again, I get an error saying "SteamStartup() failed: SteamStartup(0xf, 0x0012E584) failed with error 1: failed to take master pipe connection lock". The only fix to this is restarting Steam, but it's really irritating I just wish I wouldn't have to do it. [editline]02:49PM[/editline] [QUOTE=BeefMcGraw;24217619]Ok then TF2 lagging has NOTHING to do with your headset. Dont know what's wrong though, sorry.[/QUOTE] Alright. I was about to send it back to wallmart, thinking that it was the headset's fault. Thanks for that.

"uncontrollable lag" is there such a thing as controllable lag

[QUOTE=Kinglah Crab;24218402]"uncontrollable lag" is there such a thing as controllable lag[/QUOTE] Sort of. You know like when you always lag when certain things happen? For expample, if I always lagged whenever flaregun particles showed up, I could "control" it by not using flare gun, expecting it to happen etc. I'm the king of terrible topic titles. [editline]03:59PM[/editline] Fixed the sound problem but instead of TF2 going from it's usual 30 fps, it's going at 10 fps with some [B]painfully[/B] long studders. Using this autoexec, with gibs/ragdolls and voice_loopback set to 1. [url]http://fakkelbrigade.eu/chris/configs/cfg/maxframes.htm[/url]

Avoid FPS autoexec.cfg at all cost. They are full of garbage [the longer they are, the worse they are]. They cause more problems than they fix. [b]Okay try adding this to your launch option: -primarysound[/b] This will help with compatibility and stability for the audio hardware. A side effect is that if you minimize TF2, you'll still hear all the audio :p Also, if you're using Windows 7, make sure you disabled the automatic volume reducer caused by using communications device. Go in the control panel, then open the sound menu, and do this.. [img]http://i35.tinypic.com/oi6p10.png[/img]

If your Aussie, the lag may be caused by the workers installing the NBN. They were putting cords on the main road about a week ago, and ever since then I get lag. I might ask them tomorrow or Monday if Gillard wins today

[QUOTE=teeheeV2;24221352]If your Aussie, the lag may be caused by the workers installing the NBN. They were putting cords on the main road about a week ago, and ever since then I get lag. I might ask them tomorrow or Monday if Gillard wins today[/QUOTE] Sorry but I'm from Minnesota. We're basically half canadians:downs: [editline]05:04PM[/editline] [QUOTE=BeefMcGraw;24220925]Avoid FPS autoexec.cfg at all cost. They are full of garbage [the longer they are, the worse they are]. They cause more problems than they fix. [B]Okay try adding this to your launch option: -primarysound[/B] This will help with compatibility and stability for the audio hardware. A side effect is that if you minimize TF2, you'll still hear all the audio :p Also, if you're using Windows 7, make sure you disabled the automatic volume reducer caused by using communications device. Go in the control panel, then open the sound menu, and do this.. [IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/oi6p10.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Will try those fixes. Thanks. Also, this FPS config actually works. I know what you mean, but this config gives me a standard 30fps, compared to 20fps normally/in fights 10fps with studdering.

[QUOTE=Blueridge;24221391]Also, this FPS config actually works. I know what you mean, but this config gives me a standard 30fps, compared to 20fps normally/in fights 10fps with studdering.[/QUOTE] You're still probably losing a lot of gfx quality that you wouldn't need to give up and keep the same FPS. Anyway, that's another matter entirely and too long to deal with unless you spend hours with tests and benchmarks with each changes made to the CFG.

[QUOTE=BeefMcGraw;24221525]You're still probably losing a lot of gfx quality that you wouldn't need to give up and keep the same FPS. Anyway, that's another matter entirely and too long to deal with unless you spend hours with tests and benchmarks with each changes made to the CFG.[/QUOTE] I can keep the same FPS with better GFX(high textures/models, no AA, bileaner filtering) but what goes on it I get major studdering with the first 30 minutes of playing. After that, yes it's the same FPS but I'd rather always get 30 FPS straight. Plus I have edited the config to give me slightly better visuals Anyway, studdering stopped(Well around 80% of it or so) but the FPS has dropped from around 30 to 10-20. Sound problems have returned.

[QUOTE=Kinglah Crab;24218402]"uncontrollable lag" is there such a thing as controllable lag[/QUOTE] Using shittier interwebs?

[QUOTE=Blueridge;24222168]I can keep the same FPS with better GFX(high textures/models, no AA, bileaner filtering) but what goes on it I get major studdering with the first 30 minutes of playing. After that, yes it's the same FPS but I'd rather always get 30 FPS straight. Plus I have edited the config to give me slightly better visuals Anyway, studdering stopped(Well around 80% of it or so) but the FPS has dropped from around 30 to 10-20. Sound problems have returned.[/QUOTE] Use trilinear filtering. It gives more fps than bilinear filtering on most systems, and looks better.

Deleted the tf folder(and did snd_restart when I stareted), and now my steamstartup error and the sound problem is gone. Thanks, I really wanted to play tf2lobby today. [editline]07:34PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Ond kaja;24239283]Use trilinear filtering. It gives more fps than bilinear filtering on most systems, and looks better.[/QUOTE] Will try that, didn't know.