chrisbeatty316 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 What is the best way to use ping assist? Turn off Filter by distance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy clam Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I don't know if it's the best way to use it but here's what i do.I set my GF at 600 km (which is normal for me) yours may be different and my ping assist at 35-40.For me it just kind of adds another level to the GF and i pick up some really decent P2P hosts.And also some dedi's you may or may not want to play on.If that's the case move your PA down ( or to zero ) if it's a really bad dedi. If you go to wiki i'm sure it will tell you the optimal way to use PA,that's just how i use mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buds Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Same way I use mine Fuzzy. It just adds to Geo-filter and finds games with good ping which may be outside the geo-filter radius (either because of good peering or incorrect location). As fuzzy said the wiki is worth a read as well: http://wiki.netduma.com/doku.php?id=gf_ping_assist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Netduma_Iain Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Cheers Fuzzy & Buds I couldn't have answered better myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt-Greco Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 In my region, gamers population is rather low. The best games I've ever had, were when PA took over. Is there a way that I can "give priority" to PA rather than GF? If I remember correctly one of the admins said that dropping GF in the ocean is not such a good idea. (Hope I made myself clear) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Netduma Fraser Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 In my region, gamers population is rather low. The best games I've ever had, were when PA took over. Is there a way that I can "give priority" to PA rather than GF? If I remember correctly one of the admins said that dropping GF in the ocean is not such a good idea. (Hope I made myself clear) I would recommend putting the PA to around 50ms as that will allow more PA found games to get through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt-Greco Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Is it true that dropping GF in the ocean will not help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Netduma Fraser Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Is it true that dropping GF in the ocean will not help? Well the idea behind ping assist is that it assists the Geo-filter. So putting the Geo-filter in the ocean doesn't allow the Geo-filter to find any hosts. So its purely relying on a feature that was meant to assist not completely take over. So can you find games by putting it in the ocean? Yes quite possibly. However, is it recommended? No. Using PA and the Geo-filter together will enable you to get the best games possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt-Greco Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Gotcha Fraser. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt-Greco Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 If this is a PA host, I'm connected to, why there is no way I can put him in my allow list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted March 3, 2015 Netduma Staff Share Posted March 3, 2015 If this is a PA host, I'm connected to, why there is no way I can put him in my allow list? If there is no update button, it is because it is a dedicated server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt-Greco Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Thanks Crossy. But If this symbol is outside my GF radius shouldn't be shown as a padlock instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buds Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Not if the ping from the server is below your ping assist threshold. That is the point of PA, to find servers with acceptable pings (as defined by your settings) which may be outside your preferred geo-filter radius. As Crossy said, if you can't update it then it is a dedicated server with a good ping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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