WTFast integration of IL2

[II./SG.1-MarkWilhelmsson]

Hello all,

 

Just wanted to put this out there for folks who have trouble with ping and packet loss because you enjoy flying on servers that are outside of your own country or continent. I personally have been enjoying WoL because I have an affinity for the Hs129. However, I have been stuck with a ping of 230ish for years since I am in the Western USA. 

 

I recently stumbled upon a program called WTFast that claims to redirect your Internet traffic through more efficient routes in order to lower your ping to a server. They did not support IL2 but I was interested to see what they could do for us since many people from NA and Oceania enjoy foreign servers but dislike the horrible ping and sometimes have a bad experience because of packet loss. I was able to gift their development team a copy of the game so that they could work on developing support. After 2 weeks, they got back to me recently with the verdict that they were able to implement support for the game through their program. Excitedly, I tested this out through their 7 day free trial. I have seen very consistent ping reduction to WoL server from Western USA; from an average of about 230, down to an average of about 170. In addition, I feel like I have experienced much less packet loss to a pretty significant degree. My reasoning for thinking this is the fact that during single player, I can destroy T34s in the Hs129 MK103 in one pass almost every time; however when online playing on WoL, it would take me sometimes 5 or 6 passes and I would sometimes use all of my munitions for one 1 or 2 tanks kills. Now, since I have began playing with WTFast running in the background, I can destroy medium tanks with almost as much ease as when in single player.

 

So in conclusion, I have not only seen my ping drop significantly, but have also seen what I believe to be significantly less packet loss because of the fact that destruction of enemy tanks and planes with guns has been much easier the past few days. Before, sometimes I would hose an enemy with what I thought were dozens upon dozens of cannon rounds, only to see them fly away easily. This became an incredible annoyance over the years. Now, it seems as if those same bursts that would hardly hurt an enemy before are now doing much more believable damage. Also, I have seen the amount of hits registering on the online stats page increase to a large degree. 

 

If you are so inclined, give it the proverbial whirl to see if it helps with lowing your ping to foreign servers. Be advised, I assume not everyone will have the same results as me, and I learned that ping reduction to servers in my own country is negligible; my ping to Combat Box only dropped by about 5ms. 

 

Let me know if this helps anyone! I am not affiliated with WTFast in any way. I simply have them a copy of the game and requested that they work on it. Initially they did not want to because they claimed that IL2 has a very small player base.

 

www.wtfast.com

 

 

Edited June 16, 2020 by II./SG.1-MarkWilhelmsson