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Gaming by Skype?

Started by RPGPundit, May 28, 2009, 01:12:11 PM

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#15
May 30, 2009, 04:27:39 PM
Ok, so if Jong says he doesn't have a problem, I guess the problem is with my own computer. I don't see why it would have such a problem though; I'm using the highest-speed internet you can get in this godforsaken country, and my computer has 2GB of RAM, which I would think would be enough...

Yes, I do use video, but the video quality is fine. My Skype conversations just end unexpectedly, very often.

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#16
May 30, 2009, 11:00:43 PM
You might to check and see if you have the latest version of Skype installed.  A person in our group was having problems with Skype, but it was only him.  Finally, we discovered that he had an older version.  He installed the new version and the problems went away.

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#17
May 31, 2009, 11:30:46 AM
I should note that my Skype conversations have been mostly one-on-ones, rather than with several participants.
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#18
May 31, 2009, 10:39:15 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;305356Ok, so if Jong says he doesn't have a problem, I guess the problem is with my own computer. I don't see why it would have such a problem though; I'm using the highest-speed internet you can get in this godforsaken country, and my computer has 2GB of RAM, which I would think would be enough...

Yes, I do use video, but the video quality is fine. My Skype conversations just end unexpectedly, very often.

RPGPundit

This was exactly my experience for two months trying to game via Skype.  As mentioned earlier, we switched to SightSpeed.  Today our connection was flawless.
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#19
June 01, 2009, 04:51:09 AM
We ran a D&D game on Skype for a couple of months on a weekly basis and although we had some individual dropouts (due to local internet connections) it seemed to work well enough. We used Maptools as well for dice rolling and the battle map. It all seemed to go smoothly enough although I'd rather have been doing it face to face.

Gavin
 

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#20
June 01, 2009, 12:43:16 PM
RPGPundit,
  I have had some atrocious experiences though. We had a 6 player group with 2 in the UK and the rest spread out all over the US. And the host was in the UK. We dropped so bad, we had to switch to Ventrillo.

  What we have been able to piece together from our various experiences is:
1) Some ISP (Cable Modems in particular) have different upload and download speeds. Make sure that both speeds are sufficient
2) Whoever the host is needs to have lightning fast connections and spare CPU cycles and Memory. For our group of five, that narrows it down to just 2 of us.

  I hope that helps you have a better game on line man.
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