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Choke?

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What is choke and is there a way to lower it? I'm too poor to get another computer right now :D
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Choke happens when your client can't keep up with all the data the server is sending it, or vice versa. Sometimes it's a problem with your connection, but often it can be fixed by tweaking client variables. Specifically, rate, cl_updaterate, and cl_cmdrate are three variables you'll want to tweak. I use:

rate 10000
cl_updaterate 40
cl_cmdrate 40

You can try different values for them until your choke is reduced. There are also corresponding variables on the server, sv_maxrate, sv_maxupdaterate, and sv_maxcmdrate, that control the maximum values a client can choose (it won't send more than what you specify for that). You can also set minimums.
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Post by DjMonGooSe »

thanks man, you're so smart :D
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