Square Enix sobre o atraso da rede e problemas de perda de pacotes - Notícias

Square Enix has addressed a concern that has been making the rounds in the community lately. There have been reports of network delays and packet loss for players which doesn't seem to be originating from the server side.

Most of the reports have come from Japan, but that doesn't mean there aren't reports from the other side of the world.

Naoki Yoshida explains what packet loss is and provided instructions on how to deduce lag as well as obtain traceroute information to be included in reports to Square Enix. As someone who is unfortunately not very tech-savvy, I appreciate the guidelines they gave us to help them investigate the issue!

Is packet loss an issue you happen to be struggling with too? If so, don't hesitate to send Square Enix a report!

This is Naoki Yoshida, Producer and Director of FINAL FANTASY XIV.

Since around the release of Patch 6.1, we have been receiving reports from players in Japan and other parts of the world stating that they have been experiencing network-related issues, such as a few seconds of network loss, or lag.

We are currently investigating the matter; however, we have not detected any issues on the development server. Based on the information that most of the recent reports are specifically coming from Japan, while others are playing without issue, the network-related issues may be due to the network routing. In the past month, some of the internet service providers (ISP) in Japan have been reporting issues due to high network concentration or trouble related to construction. That said, it may still be possible for us to contact the ISP and work together to see if we can resolve the issues.

The following covers the main causes of network issues, such as packet loss, and how to address them, as well as information we would like you to provide to us. Please submit your information through our support form.

• Please submit a report through the "Providing information on packet loss and lag" section located at the bottom of the Contact Us page.

What is Packet Loss?

Your gaming hardware and FFXIV server are connected via an internet connection and FFXIV works by sending and receiving data called packets on this network. A packet loss occurs when the packet data generated from your gaming hardware or the response packet data from the FFXIV server is lost on the internet path. A packet loss can cause your game screen to stop for a few seconds, or make it feel like your game is frequently lagging.

Additionally, these issues are more prevalent in online games where transferring data is required in real-time, and less noticeable for video feeds, such as those on YouTube and Twitch where the data is accumulated and streamed. In FFXIV, player inputs need to be processed in real-time, and therefore, the data cannot be streamed.

How to Investigate Packet Loss and Lag

If you feel you may be experiencing packet loss while playing FFXIV (such as the game screen stopping from time to time or large delays), please investigate and provide the following information:

• (PC/Mac users) Please provide your traceroute results.
  * Instructions are listed below.
• Please provide information about your ISP.
  Details such as the name of your ISP and the type of internet connection you use.
• Where are you connecting from?
  Please provide the name of your country, state, and city.
• What time do you experience the issue?
  Instead of broad statements like "constantly," please provide the approximate time frame and your time zone.
• The frequency of the network issues.

For investigations into network routing issues, information regarding your ISP and location is much more valuable compared to your hardware specifications. We may be able to provide information to the carriers we have relationships with to investigate the matter based on the information we receive.

Please note that we won't be able to contact every ISP, but we'll do our best to ask the providers to investigate the matter. Even if we are unable to request an investigation from some of the ISPs from our end, the situation may be improved if players can provide this information to their ISP.

We would like to continue to provide information regarding network issues and methods for investigation. Understanding your network situation is crucial in order to play online games in a stable environment. The FFXIV Operations team would like to support users as much as we can, so we ask you to please continue to provide this information to us.

How to Obtain Your Traceroute Information

Janelas * Images and instructions below are from Windows 10.

1. Right click on the Start button

2. Click on "Windows PowerShell"

3. In Windows PowerShell window type "tracert [IP address of your data center]" and hit Enter.

Os endereços IP para cada um dos data centers físicos são os seguintes: Japão: 124.150.157.15 (Traceroute 124.150.157.15) América do Norte: 204.2.229.116 (Traceroute 204.2.229.116) Europa: 195.82.50.33 (Traceroute 195.82.50.33) Oceania: 153.254.80.65 (Traceroute 153.254.80.65)

4. Depois que o traceroute estiver concluído, copie os resultados do traceroute (a seção vermelha mostrada no exemplo abaixo) e cole-os no formulário.

Mac

1. Abra a pasta de aplicações

2. Abra a pasta de utilitários

3. Abra o terminal

4. Digite "Traceroute [endereço IP do seu data center]" e pressione Enter.

Os endereços IP para cada um dos data centers físicos são os seguintes: Japão: 124.150.157.15 (Traceroute 124.150.157.15) América do Norte: 204.2.229.116 (Traceroute 204.2.229.116) Europa: 195.82.50.33 (Traceroute 195.82.50.33) Oceania: 153.254.80.65 (Traceroute 153.254.80.65)

5. Depois que o traceroute estiver concluído, copie os resultados do traceroute (a seção vermelha mostrada no exemplo abaixo) e cole-os no formulário.

Ao executar um traceroute, você pode rastrear informações como a via de rede que um pacote levou do seu hardware para o data center FFXIV, a velocidade de resposta de cada rota pela qual passa e a frequência de perda de pacotes que pode ocorrer no caminho.