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[VANILLA-L:632] Re: simulating lag



Quoting James Cameron (cameron@ripper.stl.dec.com):
> > This may be totally out there, but is there a way to simulate lag
> > under the vanilla server?
> 
> Nothing that I've found.  I'd like to be able to do it.  I'd also like to have
> an option that normalises lag for two teams.  It would measure the average of
> the standard deviation of ping times and delay packets on the team with the
> better result.
> 
> Remember, it's not the lag that kills, it is the change of lag.  

Yah, that is true. I had a user come in who normally plays 28.8 modem
and said on the local ethernet and complained that him timing was all
off.

> 
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