Labret

United States, Missouri Joined Apr 2022 Last seen Jan '23

Games

Season

0 ranked0 friendlies

Most played

No character data yet.

Rating

About

I own a manufacturing business, have a degree, play a ton of Smash, and occasionally stream something on Twitch. TTV/Labret8. I have played Smash consistently (incorrectly :P) since its release on N64. Here are some tips for improving your experience in Online Smash (or any online videogame): 1. Set up PORT FORWARDING for your specific video game or video game console Here is Nintendo's guide for the Nintendo Switch. https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22272/~/how-to-set-up-a-routers-port-forwarding-for-a-nintendo-switch-console UDP port ranges of 1-65535 are not REQUIRED to have the fastest connection, and setting up that large of a range is not recommended. A gentleman on Reddit used pfsense and found that most games on Switch actually utilize ports 45000-65535. Please note that some ports are RESERVED for your ISP services, and thus Nintendo's recommended PORT range is incorrect. You will know this is the case when you attempt to set up Port Forwarding and your router informs you that this range includes ports that are reserved. The solution is guess and check which ports are being reserved by the router and create multiple PORT FORWARDING profiles for your Switch that include all ports except the Reserved port(s). This feature allows data to pass through your router's firewall. Depending on your ISP, your firewall may be triggering what is effectively a DoS attack on your game connection because traffic is passing through ports reserved for their precious digital television services, which have safeguards to make sure you aren't hacking their television services. 2. Change your console DNS and IP address settings. Doing so will improve your NAT type, stability online and security. Your Switch's network settings are probably on default settings, and are prone to botnet attacks, easy account hacks and ISP throttling, both intentional and unintentional. If you don't feel like messing with your IP address, at least manually set your DNS. Here is what MOST online sources recommend: a. Go into your internet settings b. Scroll down to DNS settings c. Change your primary DNS to 8.8.8.8 (Google's high-speed and secure DNS) d. Change your secondary DNS to 8.8.4.4 (Also Google) or 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) After some testing, I found that the MORE ports I had available (in the first step), the better my NAT type was, and thus the better my connections were in general. My NAT type is typically now NAT A, but I also run AT&T fiber internet and a wired connection (or a 5G connection with nothing blocking line of site to my wireless router), so your results may vary. I speculate that if I shorten the range of ports passing data to my Switch (in Step 1), I can maintain a NAT type of D. NAT D ONLY allows you to connect with NAT A users, and since I have fiber it means I'm feigning a poor connection and I'll probably always have an opponent match with me randomly online who has an optimal connection (at least in Smash). 3. Change your THERMAL paste in your console. Especially on the Nintendo Switch, thermal throttling is the primary cause of buffer lag in Smash Ultimate. Your inputs are fed to the CPU, which when overheated stutters. You then buffer a tech, but the game lags and you end up offstage dying to an air dodge. This is also partially why buffer lag occurs OFFLINE. It can still occur after changing your old paste, but it becomes more of a mis-input problem. Here are some photos of old, crusty Nintendo Switch thermal paste: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzMNhV