Simulating High Ping

[HellsHero]

Is there anyway I could simulate high ping on a server? Preferably capable of testing it on myself.

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[Kalphiter]

Not really.

[Wheatley]

Use dial-up. lolo
I'm not sure if you can on BL, but I know how in some other games...
Maybe BL has a similar method, but I doubt it because it's a different engine

[nerraD]

changing timescale seems to affect the latency, i am not too sure though

[HellsHero]

That's weird, I remember reading it somewhere on this forums so after I couldn't find it via search I hoped someone would of had an answer :/

[Ipquarx]

try doing /timescale 0.9999 in the chat
For some reason that makes the server lag like crazy, don't know why but that might be helpful for you.

[Jeep]

If there were some sort of event that defined what happened when a PING was received, you could schedule it's parent. The Master Server might not appreciate this, however.

[Kalphiter]

If there were some sort of event that defined what happened when a PING was received, you could schedule it's parent. The Master Server might not appreciate this, however.

You really don't know what you're talking about.

[KoopaScooper]

If there were some sort of event that defined what happened when a PING was received, you could schedule it's parent. The Master Server might not appreciate this, however.

feel free to modify the network backend looking for one

[Jeep]

You really don't know what you're talking about.

So putting an interval between a ping is received and when the client responds wouldn't work? Care to explain? Yes. I know that it is far-fetched, and would be a ton of work. But nonetheless, it would work.

[Kalphiter]

So putting an interval between a ping is received and when the client responds wouldn't work? Care to explain? Yes. I know that it is far-fetched, and would be a ton of work. But nonetheless, it would work.

Good luck getting Badspot to waste his time for an unneeded change.

[Nexus]

As far as high ping goes, you could try to do something weird with proxies or your router, but you could simulate lag if you wanted by spamming this:

function pause(%x)
{
     %start = getrealtime();

     while(getrealtime() - %start < %x)
          continue;
     echo("done.");
}

[Kalphiter]

What Nexus has will just make the game delay packets being sent, not slow down their transit time.

[Jeep]

Good luck getting Badspot to waste his time for an unneeded change.

Why modify the game? Blockland already has a ping function built in. If you could figure out how that works, you could easily modify it.

[Jeep]

As far as high ping goes, you could try to do something weird with proxies or your router, but you could simulate lag if you wanted by spamming this:

function pause(%x)
{
     %start = getrealtime();

     while(getrealtime() - %start < %x)
          continue;
     echo("done.");
}

Some routers allow you to limit speed on a MAC Address, or globally.