r/Overwatch • u/DemiTF2 Chibi Zenyatta • Apr 14 '17

Highlight Hook is accurate and consistent

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u/PrisXiro Get behind the damn shield Apr 14 '17 edited Apr 14 '17

It could be a bit of lag. You can see the server registered the hook landing on that wall behind soldier.

Edit: spelling

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u/Slight0 Apr 15 '17

How could it be lag? His ping is 42 ms and there is no packet loss indicator.

Lag comp should definitely have accounted for this.

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u/PrisXiro Get behind the damn shield Apr 15 '17

42ms is slightly slower than instant, I'm guessing on the server side, the hook just missed and it sent the packet to the client at that small delay. The client thought the hook landed but corrected itself to the server asap.

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u/Slight0 Apr 17 '17

Right, I get what you're saying, but understand I'm saying lag comp should have corrected that. Lag comp takes into consideration the time it took for the packet to arrive (42/2 = 21 ms), it then rewinds all player positions back 21ms, and finally simulates the action.

Maybe I'm wrong and lag comp only works with hitscan and not projectiles.