Hearts Of Iron IV Desync problem on a good pc

[Neil Meurs]

Hello, I have bought HOI IV on steam and I started a battle on it with 1 friend and we keep haviung desync issues. I have a rx 570 4gb, core i3 8100, 8gb ddr4 and 83,50mb/s download speed and 75,30mb/s upload speed. It should be enough to handle the game but I keep having these issues with the game itself. My friend uses a cable so his internet could be faster but is that the problem?

Thnx in advance.

 

[TJ Hooker]

What exactly are your "desync issues"?

Yes, in general it is best to use a wired internet connection for gaming if possible.

 

[Rdslw]

1. check task manager while in game. We search for things that go 100% constantly.
2. direct connection to your friend is also good check (stuff like teamviewer)
3. Check time drift. Unusuall, but if you have blocked NTP server your PC might think its +30 sec and that is instant desync. https://time.is/ on both PC
4. Game settings, make it minimal on both ends, check if it changes anything.
5. https://helpdeskgeek.com/networking/determine-open-and-blocked-ports/

 

[Neil Meurs]

What exactly are your "desync issues"?

Yes, in general it is best to use a wired internet connection for gaming if possible.

That the game pauses and reupload the save states to everyone in the server. which means that after every 30 seconds you have to wait 10 seconds to go further.

 

[Neil Meurs]

1. check task manager while in game. We search for things that go 100% constantly.
2. direct connection to your friend is also good check (stuff like teamviewer)
3. Check time drift. Unusuall, but if you have blocked NTP server your PC might think its +30 sec and that is instant desync. https://time.is/ on both PC
4. Game settings, make it minimal on both ends, check if it changes anything.
5. https://helpdeskgeek.com/networking/determine-open-and-blocked-ports/

I checked task manager but the game uses 21% of my memory 15% cpu usage, and 1% of my network.
I didn't block NTP server by myself so I don't know how I change that.
game settings are on high but the game is like 100-150 fps or something like that. The game runs oike 60 fps on my friends pc. I need to check your last link if that leads to the answer I need.

Thanks for your time helping me out.