Online Game Manual

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This manual provides a few simple tips to making the best of playing Gmod online. In short, this is how to avoid pissing off other players.


Finding A Good Game

Before you start looking for a game, make sure that you don't have dial-up and that you're not already using your internet connection to download torrents, music, games, etc. Joining a server with one or both of these (especially torrents, as they tend to allocate a large amount of your bandwidth) will most definitely upset the other players.

Clients with bandwidth issues can NOT cause lag for other clients, only a server can cause clients (The players on it) to lag. If a single client is lagging (High ping) then they need to either free up their bandwidth, make sure that the server is close to you (You're never going to get good ping if you're an American playing on an Australian server, etc), upgrade their computer and/or graphics card. After you've checked that, make sure you check your game options and give yourself a name other than the default "Mingebag". Joining a server with this name will instantly label you as a newbie and eliminate pretty much any chance of anyone respecting you online. Many people also prey on this and either harass/menace you or get you to do generally stupid things.

In the server browser, check all three boxes in the lower right (since you don't want to see any of these games) and change the latency option to <150. Now you should see a decent list of Gmod servers. The best ones to look for will have a low ping (usually less than 100), a map that you already have, and around 1-8 players. Also check the server name and game type. If there is no "[L]" in the "Game" column or if the name has "dedicated server" in it then you're in luck!

Properly set up dedicated servers provide the best gameplay as far as latency is concerned. This is simply because on a listen server, the admin is typically playing on the server as well. Their computer, in addition to running the server, is also having to render graphics, physics, and whatnot for the admin. While a person can run a dedicated sever off the same machine they are using, it is more common that the servers that say they are dedicated are actually running on a dedicated machine.

Etiquette

The best way to avoid being harassed, kicked, or banned while playing online is to be nice.










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