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Topic: [QUESTION] Very strange bug: Teeworlds lags, if I don't use Skype!?

Hey Guys
Today I was playing Teeworlds, and it was lagging on my pc, so I decided to try it again later. Then a friend called and we talked over Skype. Then we started to play Teeworlds while Skype was still running (we were still talking) and it DID NOT LAG!!
Maybe you now think, this is just random, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, BUT immediatley after I hung up (we finished the call -> closed skype) it started to lagg again on my pc.

I think, this is really strange, it seems to me as my pc doesn't think that Teeworlds needs much network power, so he limits the bandwith for Teeworlds, and only if I call somebody over Skype, he gives all the bandwith and then it doesn't lag anymore.
I know, this is a really weired idea (I don't know much about pcs anyway), but I think that that's a problem.

How does Skype tell the pc that it needs mmore bandwith, and how can Teeworlds "learn" to do that, too?

I hope, you understand, what I'm saying.

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2 Reply by khubajsn

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Re: [QUESTION] Very strange bug: Teeworlds lags, if I don't use Skype!?

Maybe there is running any application in background which is closed or stopped when you open Skype ?

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Re: [QUESTION] Very strange bug: Teeworlds lags, if I don't use Skype!?

khubajsn wrote:

Maybe there is running any application in background which is closed or stopped when you open Skype ?

MMM seems really strange...
Maybe your router, or your ISP, is using the QoS technology.
With this technology (Quality of Service) you can reduce bandwidth of a "service" or port for reduce ping on other application. This is very used, for example, by ISP to limit P2P File Sharing on some ports.

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Re: [QUESTION] Very strange bug: Teeworlds lags, if I don't use Skype!?

okay, I found some option in my router settings, but I need to know, which ports Teeworlds uses.
I know that servers use 8303, but wich ports are used my the client?

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Re: [QUESTION] Very strange bug: Teeworlds lags, if I don't use Skype!?

the client port doesnt matter! Its different at any connect anyway xD

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Re: [QUESTION] Very strange bug: Teeworlds lags, if I don't use Skype!?

oh, thats bad because I have to specify which port to give high bandwith... is there anyway to force the port to a static port?

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Re: [QUESTION] Very strange bug: Teeworlds lags, if I don't use Skype!?

skaut wrote:

oh, thats bad because I have to specify which port to give high bandwith...

Why don't you deactivate your QoS planner to enable high bandwith for all services?

skaut wrote:

Is there anyway to force the port to a static port?

The Port of the client will be random...

Not every TeeWorlds server runs on 8303...
It's just the default value which can be set to whatever the admin wants it to be...

To make sure your PC reaches all of them, you can enable UPnP in your Router.
This allows your computer to establish connections to every port on demand. (If not blocked by other mechanisms like hardware/software firewalls, etc.)