If you haven't download it yet,
Westwood has released an
updated version of the
C&C Renegade multiplayer demo, including all the changes from the
1.06 patch. Play online against other renegades in a single multiplayer map and enjoy full access to all 28 characters, 23 weapons, and 11 vehicles available in the team-based C&C multiplayer mode. Size: 89.1MB.
OPTIMIZING CONNECTION SPEED FOR RENEGADE USING THE GAMESPY NETWORK.
With the excitement surrounding our official Renegade Demo launch, there are a number of players starting their own Renegade game servers without the proper bandwidth or computer hardware to support a large number of players online. They mean well, but the end result can be "laggy" server response times and poor gameplay. We're working on a fix to prevent this from being an issue, so please bear with us over the next 24 hours. In the meantime, those of you setting up your own servers should look at our server set-up guide first.
One good way to eliminate poor response times is to filter out non-dedicated servers. These servers are not only sending out tons of info to the connected clients but also drawing everything on their own screen which takes a lot of valuable CPU power. It's best to try and play on a dedicated server, one that is doing NOTHING but sending info back and forth between all of the connected clients.