Server-client time machine

Since the server move the constant random lag is just unbearable. There isn't any rhyme or reason to it, a fair amount of people are getting it ( Firepluk used to*, [tre]PAK, saru, ruru, dyth68, dunno to name a few). Sometimes it just pulls on a blindfold and reks whomever, sometimes it pulls the plug and you get stuck in this limbo of not-catching-up. Discuss?

I applied new network settings to clients around the same time as the server move. It's a bit unfortunate that the changes happened at the same time as it makes it hard to untangle causes from anecdotal evidence. I found that turning of the smooth buffer and making the network connection fast results in much better ping compared to the previous hardcoded values (which correspond to reliable network and smooth buffer enabled). I have not noticed much latency variance, but it could be different for different people.

Go to Game under the lobby Settings menu and change Network Connection and Smooth Buffer. Try turning Smooth Buffer on.

It would be good to have the donations page updated. Licho doesn't seem to have gotten around to it.

I've forgotten about those settings year back when. Switched things around, i really have no idea if this affected anything. Had a break from the game, it's still pretty bad on me now.

Off-topic: it's almost the end of 2020, would be nice to see server costs for two years.