- Jan 29, 2005
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I wasn't sure as to where I had to post this between here and "Computer Help", but since the issue is quite severe in Borderlands 2 specifically I opted for PC Gaming instead. With this said, however, the issue in question also occurs elsewhere (more on that below).
I'll try to make this short (me saying this is akin to Sten giving a smile... most likely can't happen... well I played DAO recently, so it came to mind immediately).
So I got Borderlands 2 (a year+ ago) and had never played it online until recently. My cousin bought a PC capable of modern gaming and he started to buy games. He bought Borderlands 2 so we started to play co-op together. The game itself works very well, no crashes (on both sides, very stable), it runs smoothly (be it when I host or when he does) but when we speak via the in-game voice chat there's an unbearable 2.5 to 3 seconds of voice lag. It literally takes about (up to) 3 seconds or so between the moment I say something and my cousin hearing it. It is annoying to the extremes, and at this rate out of frustration I'll be the one popping a blood vessel Patricia Tannis-style.
The strange part (I guess) is that the actual game sounds themselves (gun shots, footsteps, NPC talk in Sanctuary, enemies yelling, etc) do not lag at all, nor does the game itself lags. When I open a container, a crate, when I kill an enemy or my cousin does everything happens instantly, no delays there. It's only the voice chat that happens to be lagging.
Now, we're using Raid Call instead, we've been doing that since the past two days. The problem, however, still exists in RC, albeit to a lesser extent. Indeed, even in Raid Call we've noticed voice lag, but instead of around 3 seconds it seems to be reduced to approximately 1.5 seconds or so. We've tested it by simply saying "jump" at the exact moment we press the jump key in front of each other. And that is when we notice that the moment the other hears "jump" the character itself is already starting to fall down (when "jump" is finally heard).
I should mention the following, however. This issue simply does not exist at all when we play Mass Effect 3 multi-player. Indeed, in ME3's lobby and within the match itself as we play there is absolutely no voice chat lag whatsoever... so yeah the only thing I can say about that is "go figure". I have absolutely no idea why in that game specifically the issue is nonexistent when in Raid Call and BL2 itself it is (and in BL2 itself it is nauseatingly bad). I've looked on Google for "Borderlands 2 voice chat lag" and to my surprise there seems to be barely any reference to such an issue. I did find a few year+ old results in long-forgotten individual posts but in all cases the only "solution" that was given as replies were to tell the OP to try a talking to friends with a separate voice chat program... which of course I did with Raid Call. But the problem persists even in RC.
We've also played Left 4 Dead 2 recently and in that one as well we've noticed voice chat lag of about 1.5 seconds or so (quite the same as it is in Raid Call itself).
What my cousin has tried so far...
1) Updating integrated audio chipset drivers (he doesn't have an actual audio card yet)
2) Adjusting Windows Audio settings (checking, unchecking options here and there, Microphone boost, volume, etc)
3) Disabling certain Windows services that are related to the Network.
4) Making sure that BL2, other games, as well as Raid Call are accepted by his anti-virus.
5) Updating his motherboard's BIOS (was already up to date upon purchase, we've verified the BIOS version yesterday)
What I myself have tried so far is pretty much all of the above too (in my case I do have an actual audio card and the drivers are up to date).
Then again, if "something somewhere is wrong" it doesn't quite explain why specifically in Mass Effect 3 we're experiencing absolutely zero voice chat lag, when in Raid Call, BL2 and Left 4 Dead 2 it lags bad enough that it feels like we're back in 2000 with 56K gaming. I'm at a loss and I'd really appreciate any suggestions, anything that might alleviate the problem or that could simply fix it completely.
Thanks.
I'll try to make this short (me saying this is akin to Sten giving a smile... most likely can't happen... well I played DAO recently, so it came to mind immediately).
So I got Borderlands 2 (a year+ ago) and had never played it online until recently. My cousin bought a PC capable of modern gaming and he started to buy games. He bought Borderlands 2 so we started to play co-op together. The game itself works very well, no crashes (on both sides, very stable), it runs smoothly (be it when I host or when he does) but when we speak via the in-game voice chat there's an unbearable 2.5 to 3 seconds of voice lag. It literally takes about (up to) 3 seconds or so between the moment I say something and my cousin hearing it. It is annoying to the extremes, and at this rate out of frustration I'll be the one popping a blood vessel Patricia Tannis-style.
The strange part (I guess) is that the actual game sounds themselves (gun shots, footsteps, NPC talk in Sanctuary, enemies yelling, etc) do not lag at all, nor does the game itself lags. When I open a container, a crate, when I kill an enemy or my cousin does everything happens instantly, no delays there. It's only the voice chat that happens to be lagging.
Now, we're using Raid Call instead, we've been doing that since the past two days. The problem, however, still exists in RC, albeit to a lesser extent. Indeed, even in Raid Call we've noticed voice lag, but instead of around 3 seconds it seems to be reduced to approximately 1.5 seconds or so. We've tested it by simply saying "jump" at the exact moment we press the jump key in front of each other. And that is when we notice that the moment the other hears "jump" the character itself is already starting to fall down (when "jump" is finally heard).
I should mention the following, however. This issue simply does not exist at all when we play Mass Effect 3 multi-player. Indeed, in ME3's lobby and within the match itself as we play there is absolutely no voice chat lag whatsoever... so yeah the only thing I can say about that is "go figure". I have absolutely no idea why in that game specifically the issue is nonexistent when in Raid Call and BL2 itself it is (and in BL2 itself it is nauseatingly bad). I've looked on Google for "Borderlands 2 voice chat lag" and to my surprise there seems to be barely any reference to such an issue. I did find a few year+ old results in long-forgotten individual posts but in all cases the only "solution" that was given as replies were to tell the OP to try a talking to friends with a separate voice chat program... which of course I did with Raid Call. But the problem persists even in RC.
We've also played Left 4 Dead 2 recently and in that one as well we've noticed voice chat lag of about 1.5 seconds or so (quite the same as it is in Raid Call itself).
What my cousin has tried so far...
1) Updating integrated audio chipset drivers (he doesn't have an actual audio card yet)
2) Adjusting Windows Audio settings (checking, unchecking options here and there, Microphone boost, volume, etc)
3) Disabling certain Windows services that are related to the Network.
4) Making sure that BL2, other games, as well as Raid Call are accepted by his anti-virus.
5) Updating his motherboard's BIOS (was already up to date upon purchase, we've verified the BIOS version yesterday)
What I myself have tried so far is pretty much all of the above too (in my case I do have an actual audio card and the drivers are up to date).
Then again, if "something somewhere is wrong" it doesn't quite explain why specifically in Mass Effect 3 we're experiencing absolutely zero voice chat lag, when in Raid Call, BL2 and Left 4 Dead 2 it lags bad enough that it feels like we're back in 2000 with 56K gaming. I'm at a loss and I'd really appreciate any suggestions, anything that might alleviate the problem or that could simply fix it completely.
Thanks.
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