The Honest Tiger Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I stream Fortnite and Cold War daily from my PS5, I was wondering if using the geo-filter affects the connection from my PS5 to whatever server is used for streaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 3, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 3, 2022 Are you actually using the in built streaming capability of the console? If so then it's possible that you could be restricting the stream yes. I would recommend starting a test stream then taking a look at the Geo-Filter Map zoomed out, anything that appears outside the radius/blocked add it to your allow list and that should prevent any issues when using the Geo-Filter and streaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honest Tiger Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: Are you actually using the in built streaming capability of the console? If so then it's possible that you could be restricting the stream yes. I would recommend starting a test stream then taking a look at the Geo-Filter Map zoomed out, anything that appears outside the radius/blocked add it to your allow list and that should prevent any issues when using the Geo-Filter and streaming. If nothing appears then it should be fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 4, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 4, 2022 11 hours ago, The Honest Tiger said: If nothing appears then it should be fine? Yes exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honest Tiger Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 32 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: Yes exactly! I have another question about another topic, should I mention it here or a new topic thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 4, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 4, 2022 You can mention it here, no worries at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honest Tiger Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 2 hours ago, The Honest Tiger said: I have another question about another topic, should I mention it here or a new topic thread? Okay so I have expressvpn set up on my XR500, I have it set to London which is my closest server but all my speeds drop to less than 10% of what they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 4, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 4, 2022 That is expected, OpenVPN is a slower protocol, combined with the router hardware does slow it down. That's why we created HybridVPN so you could apply it to a specific application/service on the device and everything else on that device can go through your normal connection and get full speeds. Although you have to apply to the console as a whole if you want to put it behind the VPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honest Tiger Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 53 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: That is expected, OpenVPN is a slower protocol, combined with the router hardware does slow it down. That's why we created HybridVPN so you could apply it to a specific application/service on the device and everything else on that device can go through your normal connection and get full speeds. Although you have to apply to the console as a whole if you want to put it behind the VPN. Fair enough, by the way, is it possible for someone in a foreign country to connect to the London server on a game if they have a VPN and Router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 4, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 4, 2022 46 minutes ago, The Honest Tiger said: Fair enough, by the way, is it possible for someone in a foreign country to connect to the London server on a game if they have a VPN and Router? Generally I would say yes and you may not need the VPN, however the further away you are the more difficult it may be as your ping may reach a limit that the game may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honest Tiger Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 11 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: Generally I would say yes and you may not need the VPN, however the further away you are the more difficult it may be as your ping may reach a limit that the game may have. Well this is the scenario, I force the game to connect to the London server on Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War, however, there is one player sometimes who must be on 200+ ping who is constantly getting into the lobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 4, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 4, 2022 Unfortunately you're not able to control who joins the servers just the server you connect to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honest Tiger Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Netduma Fraser said: Unfortunately you're not able to control who joins the servers just the server you connect to I was just wondering if they could be using something to force connect to the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted September 4, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, The Honest Tiger said: I was just wondering if they could be using something to force connect to the server. They could be using a VPN or the router or some other method - it is very unlikely the game is connecting them to the server naturally unless they live somewhere very remote where that is the closest server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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