Killing Floor performance with an USB modem

[Wompo]

I am thinking of buying Killing Floor but first I would need to know how well it works online with an USB modem. Unfortunately it is the only Internet connection available on my city apartment. Team Fortress 2 and many other Source games work well with it. In Team Fortress 2 my ping is around 150 and I and my friends almost never notice me lagging at all. Left 4 Dead seems to work quite horribly though. The server seeking system on it might be the cause though as the server lists always show crazy pings for every server on every game. It might have picked bad servers for me to play on.

This might be the USB modem I am using: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_E220
Speed is 5 Mb / 384 Kb.

 

[[TW]schneidzekk]

As long as you do not try to host a server on that connection you should be fine. The Unreal Engine is handling higher pings pretty well.

 

[Wompo]

Hmm, I recall Unreal Tournament 3 working quite badly on my USB modem. Which games' net code does Killing Floor's net code resemble the most?

 

[Mkilbride2599]

I'd imagine UT2.

It's the UT2.5 Engine, afterall. Heavily modified of course.

 

[Zetsumei]

Unreal Tournament 2004 or Red Orchestra. should be able to give you an indication.

 

[M3tabolic]

I often get what feels like lag in L4D despite having pings of less than 30. I attribute it to sloppy netcode in that game.

 

[Mkilbride2599]

Source has some of the best netcode in any game. That's not just opinion, it's a fact. Most people praise Source's netcode. I have a 45$ Comcast connection, and I can get anywhere from 25-75 ping on average in Source games, even while running a torrent...can't do that in many other games.

If you're lagging, it's either the server or you.