checktimespeed= 17sec 20%

[too-cool]

As a client on a server, can someone tell me what "checktimespeed=17sec 20% means? I have seen this the last 2 times I played IL2 online and it stood out because if I recall correctly the numbers I'm use to seeing were much lower. Thanks TC

[JtD]

Every 17 seconds the server checks the clocks of host and clients, kicking anyone who is outside 20% difference. This is done to prevent cheating by using an accelerated computer clocking.

The parameters can be set in the conf.ini or confs.ini and are hosts choice, for instance
checkTimeSpeedDifferense=0.05
checkTimeSpeedInterval=5
will give you a 5 second interval and a 5% margin.

If you set values too low, there is a risk that people with a less than perfect connection get kicked from the server over and over.

[too-cool]

Thanks for the reply. TC