Multiplayer lag in Conquests

[smcSoon]

I'm really enjoying my first multiplayer Civ game, but we are getting a delay of a few seconds between clicking and Civ responding (moving units, zooming to towns etc.). Hotkeys are no faster.

I've found threads that reference multiplayer lag, but none with any solutions.

Some details..
2 players moving simultaneously (but we have to wait for each other at end of turn).
Both PCs with Conquests freshly installed and patched to 1.22.
Single player game on both PCs works perfectly.
We are playing on a 100Mbs LAN via a Netgear DG835 Router.
Windows XP SP1 on one and SP2 on the other.
Default options selected for multiplayer game.

Any tips appreciated (especially if they are related to the above problem!).

Cheers
smcSoon

 

[sandmandh]

I have exactly the same symptoms. I don't think the MP code has been optmized much. Luckily there doesn't seem to be any bugs in addition to the SP bugs...

 

[James I]

I had this online........ But that was due to people playing with 56k

 

[Ginger_Ale]

The ping is really what matters. If you and your partner have a ping under 150 (you can see it in the lobby), then the game should be quicker than if you have pings of 450. To get less ping, close all applications running except for Civ (ie; windows media player, the internet, etc).