Macca65 Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 Have played Fortnite on the PS4 recently. I have been unable to get a game on any European servers. Just end up being placed on servers in America. Anyone else have the same problems, or managed to get placed on Uk/European servers and if so how did you do it? I have the GF turned off, but the only server that shows is in America. I am in the UK
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 4, 2018 Administrators Posted March 4, 2018 In the game settings I assume the region is set to Europe? What is the ping the Geo-Filter shows to the server in the US? Are you playing via WiFi?
Macca65 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Posted March 4, 2018 Hi Fraser, Not looked at the game settings..... So that is a good call! The ping to the server varies between 140-170ms And I always use wired
Netduma Staff Netduma Jack Posted March 5, 2018 Netduma Staff Posted March 5, 2018 Hi Fraser, Not looked at the game settings..... So that is a good call! The ping to the server varies between 140-170ms And I always use wired Thanks for letting us know Macca! Fortnite's a tricky one to work out for the Geo-Filter but Fraser is right - there should be a region select option in the game settings where you can select EU. In terms of using the Geo-Filter for it, there are several servers in each region. You might be able to see where these are and use the filter on a regional basis. Let us know what goes on
Macca65 Posted March 5, 2018 Author Posted March 5, 2018 Thanks for letting us know Macca! Fortnite's a tricky one to work out for the Geo-Filter but Fraser is right - there should be a region select option in the game settings where you can select EU. In terms of using the Geo-Filter for it, there are several servers in each region. You might be able to see where these are and use the filter on a regional basis. Let us know what goes on Will do!
Zennon Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 The ping values are borked they are showing game codes input lag values on top of your ping at the moment.
Macca65 Posted March 5, 2018 Author Posted March 5, 2018 Checked in the settings in the pre game lobby and there is no option for region selection. Just the usual suspects Audio, controller, etc
Netduma Staff Netduma Jack Posted March 6, 2018 Netduma Staff Posted March 6, 2018 Checked in the settings in the pre game lobby and there is no option for region selection. Just the usual suspects Audio, controller, etc Hey Macca, I just found this video on the subject: Does that help you out? It looks like one of those settings that can easily be missed Let me know if you can't see it anywhere, maybe the settings vary by region... Which would indeed complicate things!
Macca65 Posted March 6, 2018 Author Posted March 6, 2018 Hi Jack, Thanks for that I will try and see if it works. It does look different from the UI I generally get. But will feedback later Edit. Having watched the video, I can see how to change the region. Just never scrolled that for down the settings options before! Thanks again
Netduma Staff Netduma Jack Posted March 7, 2018 Netduma Staff Posted March 7, 2018 Hi Jack, Thanks for that I will try and see if it works. It does look different from the UI I generally get. But will feedback later Edit. Having watched the video, I can see how to change the region. Just never scrolled that for down the settings options before! Thanks again That's awesome, I'm glad it helped! So how's your experience now that you've been able to change your region?
Macca65 Posted March 8, 2018 Author Posted March 8, 2018 That's awesome, I'm glad it helped! So how's your experience now that you've been able to change your region? My ping has dropped significantly and that the distance to the server has reduced. The European servers are not showing up, it's still coming up as the USA. But not to worried!
Netduma Staff Netduma Jack Posted March 9, 2018 Netduma Staff Posted March 9, 2018 My ping has dropped significantly and that the distance to the server has reduced. The European servers are not showing up, it's still coming up as the USA. But not to worried! Ah nice, good stuff. It's interesting that the European servers aren't showing up - so the Geo-Filter is showing servers in the USA despite having chosen the EU region? Maybe there's some mislocated servers going on! If you get a chance could you copy the ID's of the American servers you see and let us know the distance and ping to the server? That'd be really useful - we're looking at supporting Fortnite better for the next cloud update. If it's just hassle though don't worry Macca, enjoy your gaming and let us know if you have any other questions
Macca65 Posted March 9, 2018 Author Posted March 9, 2018 No probs, it's not a hassle, I Just forget to do it! ( senior moment) lol If I remember correctly one of them was around 5475kms away and it was about 140 + ms which would be about right for the USA. I will get the ID next time I'm on
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