MTA:SA fix

Lag, high ping or packet loss in MTA

Ping is the time your game and the server need to answer each other. Look at the real numbers first, then fix what you can on your side.

Steps

Try one step, then check whether the problem is still there. Follow any "only if" line before changing a setting.

1. Look at the numbers

   Open the console with F8 and type shownetstat 1. MTA shows network statistics, including your ping and packet loss. Type shownetstat 0 to hide them.

2. Distance matters

   MTA's manual explains ping as the time for data to come back from the server, and says servers closest to you usually have the lowest ping. A server far away will always have more.

3. Free up your connection

   Restart your router. Use a network cable instead of Wi-Fi if you can, or sit closer to the router. Close browsers, torrents, update programs, streaming and cloud backup apps while you play.

4. On CIT: what high ping does

   With high ping CIT puts you in Fighting limited mode: you cannot move while aiming or shooting and get a [Lagger] tag. Over 900 ms all controls are disabled until it drops. Packet loss over 20% can get you auto-killed.

5. Check that it is not low FPS

   Only if your ping and packet loss look normal.

   A slow, stuttering picture with normal ping is an FPS problem, not a network one. Use the low FPS fix in this tool.

Other problems like this

• Fatal error or CRC mismatch when joining a server
• CD20: server resource download failed
• CC23 / CD08: connection timed out
• Disconnected by an unknown protocol error
• An in game browser page cannot load
• Server browser is empty or stuck on Loading

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