A Theory About Stutters and Lag || Getting Tarkoved 

I hope they clean up the code soon, as I'm tired of bugs that are years old still being a problem or reemerging after several patches. Stuttering and matchmaking problems being examples of the latter. Dsync and weapons reloading changing the magazine (if one is available) when you assemble a weapon after building it in the "edit preset" feature are examples of the former. I've been an actual game tester (EA, Sony, Bandai Namco) and did both alpha and beta testing on PCs and consoles and Tarkov..........is NOT in beta. It's mid to late-range alpha. At best. Especially after Nikita saying it's approximately 65% done. That's an alpha number. Not a beta. Beta is when the devs think it's done and they want QA to test it to see if they missed something or to try to break it and see if it needs to go back or a day-1 patch is sufficient. You don't have screwed up tasks or have half the game's maps missing in beta. I may not know coding itself, but I did see/experience the difference between alpha and beta games and many actions by devs when either they're over worked or don't actually know what they're doing and BSG is showing signs of both. I could be TOTALLY missing something obvious and be talking out my ass, but that's how I see Tarkov at the moment and it's not looking good. 12.8 did bring a TON of much needed quality of life improvements and some of them did make it easier for new(er) players, but it also undid a bunch of work in patches and sometimes I feel like I'm back in 12.5 or whatever when in-raid stutters were still a big problem. Hopefully, some of my concerns will be proven unfounded in the video when I watch it. I love Tarkov, as it feeds a ton of my mil-sim needs, but it sometimes feels like BSG is polishing a new paintjob on a 1987 Honda Civic with an engine that misfires in 2 cylinders and has a 4 speed automatic transmission that skips 3rd when driving over 3000 RPM. EDIT : I've now seen the video and it's AMAZING!!!! Excellent work, dude!!! The scientific method is a powerful tool and you learned a lot about Tarkov as a result. My original comment pretty much stands, just not as "frustrated" or upset emotionally speaking. So anyone reading this comment a second time, thus seeing this update, please reread the original and adjust accordingly. Now having a pretty good idea of what's going on, client-based control, there are new questions. Where does BSG and the community go from here? Is there something that can be done? Is it permanent? Will a fix be so massive that they would essentially be rebuilding Tarkov from scratch? For context for those who don't know how game development works. Sometimes a bug won't appear until a certain component of the game is added. Meaning A+B+C=Failure. Point A could be a "flaw" (unknown at the time, or totally normal but incompatible with flaws B or C and the incompatibility is unknown) in the ambient lighting design. Point B could be the type of rendering used with the flashes of a gun that were sourced from actual gun fire. Point C could be the engine it all gets processed in. The "bug" or visual problem that occurs? The sky is rendered improperly and the ambient light on surfaces, say blue from a mid day sun, flashes pink whenever a gun is fired because the engine (for some reason) can't render both separately so the colors get mixed. The problem? The engine used to render graphics has been in use the entire time and the code used to render the sky also renders the collision and if the collision code is changed in any way, the game crashes 100% of the time when a gun is fired. This example is completely out of left field and most very likely totally wrong is how coding actually works, but it's to get people thinking about coding and how a patch isn't as simple as it seems. Changing code is delicate work. Think of it like Jenga. Each "block" represents a line of code and every time you try to change the code so you can get the stack taller, thus "building" more of the game, you create potential flaws and weak points. You may make a cool part of the stack look like a natural pattern, but you created a weak point in the process. And some times, a string of code is the only block holding the entire thing together and if you try to move that block, the entire thing comes crashing down. So with all of the new information in this comment in mind, I hope people now understand what Vertias is trying to do here. Educate the community on the problems of Tarkov and what may be causing them.

Thank you for addig videos about netcode in the description will check them out after the premier. I am really excited ^o^

Just a tad preachy and grandiose for a video game video don't you think? Not bad or unprofessional just like. Can you just say what's wrong with the net code?

@@Yamaazaka It's called explanation and examples.

Keep up your good work:)

here is another positive comment, on a comment!

Do positive comments for the algorithm matter if they're positive comment replies to a positive comment?

@@GODFATHER877 Yes, they do. The bigger the discussion (engagement) - the better.

How positive

Im really feeling the positivity here

Because Tarkov servers sucks and BSG is too greedy and lazy to make real improvements, and space bla bla bla, give me more likes.

@@bishbish9111 I have no idea what you are saying and I am confused now. Here is your like tho.

@@bishbish9111 looks like someone is on the left side of this argument from the video above lol

@@bishbish9111 It's not that BSG is lazy, it's that unity was a poor choice of engine for networking and BSG is slowly paying the price for it.

@@mattdab0ss30 Yeah and they are struggling with the networking. Hopefully they will get things back to working order eventually. These serious desync issues are a new thing.

Nah you are. Thanks for your service sir!

I feel that Chris, I feel that! Lmao

Abso-fucking-lutely! Seen that throughout mine too 🤣🤣 Thank you for your service💪

Best reply i seen out of all of them thank you for your service and love it

I was in the USAF.... HOW DARE HE!!! lol

Tarkov has a few, we're lucky that way :)

kek

Your damned name gets me at my soul. LMAO

Sometimes I would open doors and walk through them, but the game would just put me right back into the room and close the door. That's about as rubber bandy as it gets for me.

@@kakokapolei123 that's actually a pretty good example of some aspect where it's server authoritative... - though even that I once moved into a wall somehow... client should not be able to tell server "hey I'm here now" :D

dude you're not that important

@@kiritimatiswan1986 True!

@@maximilian.maksutovic two words: Skin flute

In terms of an ever expanding universe, you are nothing. And at the same time everything.

There are indeed! :)

among? sus ??? 😭😭😩😂😂🤣🤣 among us reference!!!

@@itshelix663 no ...

Thank you man

Great comment bro keep ur head up high and your goals in sight.

@@Shaders- Appreciate it, thanks.

Yep this would be great!

I totally agree. A "How to make the ultimate game series" would be awesome. A guide to what gamers hate the most and the solutions or lack of in the industry!!

Yes because professionals are going to offer FREE advice to their competitors on how to fix THEIR game lolmao

One of my heroes!

HAH I had to google that one! nice 😎

I was thinking about this video more. I guess my take from an emotional, coping situation, is that I take these micro stutters as a form of Fog of War. The chaos of not exactly being sure if your bullets are going to hit true. That is how i deal with it. How I live with being "Tarkoved". How I try not to be salty. I've a good guess that the opponent is over there and I try to click on head. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have a crappy internet, I live in a rural area. But I love the game. If I'm eroding other's enjoyment due to my slow connection, I'm sorry. I play very ratty, picking my battles very specifically. My survival rate, which I know is meaningless, but for the sake of showing my cowardness is sitting at 71% at the moment. I run away. A lot. Running a night helps a LOT, avoiding PMCs like the plague. But I enjoy this play style too. It is not just necessity. Veritas, this series has been enlightening. I've really enjoyed learning more and I hope the game evolves with some of the things you have brought up, in mind.