Best way to find servers...

What is the best way to locate servers? Is it simply using the the game
itself, or is there some all encompassing program that does a better job?
Nothing like clicking a server and the game says there is 30 of 32 players
and a ping of 65 only to enter the game and find there are only 4 people and
my ping is over 180.

Anyone? Anything?

Thanks,

Peng
aka ChikenNuts

Michael Bain <poppa@wetleather.com>:

>Yonni> I use ASE (http://www.udpsoft.com/eye2/) to find servers. Lots
>Yonni> of options. I select ping <100, auto-balance off, no password,
>
>One thing I don't get, is ASE will show a ping of, say, 56, and the
>ingame ping will indicate > 100.

Mmm, I always thought in-game ping was a bit lower. Never saw such
a big difference.

--
Yonni

Michael Bain <poppa@wetleather.com> Ran in the back door and shouted
news:m33c8hsvfe.fsf@desmo.duc916.com:

>>>>>> "Yonni" == Yonni <yonni@xs4all.nl> writes:
>
> Yonni> I use ASE (http://www.udpsoft.com/eye2/) to find servers. Lots
> Yonni> of options. I select ping <100, auto-balance off, no password,
>
> One thing I don't get, is ASE will show a ping of, say, 56, and the
> ingame ping will indicate > 100.
>

When I played UT2K3, people complained about that too.
The explaination was that the server browser was reporting pings from the
master server to the game server, not the ping from your PC to the game
PC.
Since the master server is on a fat pipe and on a large backbone, the
reported ping was lower.
I suspect the same thing happens with BF42's master server, and ASE's
master server, etc.

--
MrToad
[aka [AGB] Weisses Fleisch]

I can filter by the maps i want, but I haven't seen how to see what map is
currently being played on a particular server. The 'mapid' in the bottom
right just shows desertcombat.

ron

Ron wrote...
> I can filter by the maps i want, but I haven't seen how to see what map is
> currently being played on a particular server. The 'mapid' in the bottom
> right just shows desertcombat.
>
The map currently playing on a server is displayed in the serverlist-
window. You might have to scroll a bit to the right.
We are still talking about ASE, right?
--
[AGB]Lansenerd
"Just a humble bounty-hunter, Ma'm."

"Penguine" <not@home.net> wrote in message news:<104qko1405rfm17@corp.supernews.com>...
> What is the best way to locate servers? Is it simply using the the game
> itself, or is there some all encompassing program that does a better job?
> Nothing like clicking a server and the game says there is 30 of 32 players
> and a ping of 65 only to enter the game and find there are only 4 people and
> my ping is over 180.
>
> Anyone? Anything?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peng
> aka ChikenNuts


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I must be an idiot. I still don't get it. I only see NAME, PING, FLUX, PL,
PLAYERS, GAME ADDRESS. There is nothing more to the right.


"Lansenerd" <lansenerd@NO_SPAM_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ab91fed886df46a9897af@news.online.no...
> Ron wrote...
> > I can filter by the maps i want, but I haven't seen how to see what map
is
> > currently being played on a particular server. The 'mapid' in the
bottom
> > right just shows desertcombat.
> >
> The map currently playing on a server is displayed in the serverlist-
> window. You might have to scroll a bit to the right.
> We are still talking about ASE, right?
> --
> [AGB]Lansenerd
> "Just a humble bounty-hunter, Ma'm."