Massive lags even though servers and MY connection are both fine

[Nicobite]

When I play, the game starts freezing and disconnecting. It lasts 1-5 seconds.

• It's not the server: people don't seem to have this issue

• It's not my connection: I have been playing with streams in the background for years, and they aren't interupted when these lags happen

My PC even says I lost my connection to Internet while they happen, even though I know the connection didn't drop (No complaints from familly members browsing at the same time, audio/video streams not dropping)

It doesn't seem to happen when I spectate.

Maybe it's my connection being critically lagging somehow (which I doubt), and then playing is the straw that breaks the camel's back ; or maybe it's a bug.

[Avamander]

I've noticed I have a similar issue over WiFi that just has additional latency. Just 0.1%-0.01% packet loss doesn't seem to affect the game (I tried it by artificially introducing it when on cable) too much. Another thing that absolutely breaks Istrolid's networking is how Chrome suspends tabs in background sometimes, it just can't recover without a manual rejoin of the room.

[Nicobite]

Edited the post: I play on LAN, not wifi, it should never drop like wifi does regularly.

[lectrician1]

The servers have a load capacity and don't cover much bandwidth, this lag usually happens every weekend (primarily Saturday) as many people are online and use the game. I would suggest talking to treeform about some server upgrades.

[treeform]

There are many causes of lag. I am trying to fight them on all fronts.

• Spectators cause lag.
• AI causes lag.
• Too many particles/bullets cause lag.

[apatarty]

back when i used to use ethernet i kept on having to reconnect about every 10-60 seconds