Are you tired of experiencing network lag, high ping, and packet loss when playing Enlisted on your PC? Don't worry; you're not alone. These issues can be frustrating and significantly impact your gameplay experience. Fortunately, there are several solutions to fix network lag and latency problems with Enlisted and improve your online gaming experience. In this article, we'll explore some practical tips and tricks to help you reduce network lag, lower ping, and minimize packet loss.

Verify the Integrity of Enlisted Game File

Ensure your game files are complete and up to date. In your Enlisted launcher, select the wrench icon to get to your launcher settings. Click on Check files. Redownloading and reinstalling any missing or corrupted game files will take a minute.

2021-04-20 21_58_28-.jpg — Enlisted Launcher > Settings > Check Files

Test your Internet Connection

Click here to test your connection. Using Speed-Test services to preview the approximate up- & download speed of your connection and the latency to their server can help a lot in figuring out if network-related issues are caused by your connection or by the server you’re trying to connect to. Ensure your latency (ping) is averaging below 100 ms. A connection with high latency will induce packet loss to the server and will in turn, create lag and rubberbanding while in-game.

Use an ethernet cable to connect to your PC to improve your network connection. In case you are forced to use a wireless connection, then make sure to restart your router (or modem) if you haven’t done this in a while and reduce the number of devices connected to the same network.

Speed Test.jpg — Test your network connection speed and latency

End Network-Intensive Tasks

Access your Resource Monitor by opening up your Task Manager. Right-click your taskbar to open up your task manager. Under Performance select Open Resource Monitor. On the new resource monitor window, open the Network tab, where you will have to open the Processes with network activity. After a few seconds, you will see every process using your network connection on your system. This might be your browser running in the background, steam, or a download bottlenecking your connection. We suggest you only end the processes you know won't break your operating system. In the tab below, you can preview your network utilization in percentage.

Resource Monitor.jpg — Resource Monitor > Network > Processes with Network Activity

Command Prompt

Open up your command prompt by searching for CMD in your taskbar search. The next two commands will help you test and improve your latency and packet loss in case your connection is inducing any.

ping google.com

This command will simply check your latency and packet loss to Google’s servers. You can also ping another server, but the ping google.com command has become somewhat of a benchmark in recent years.

ipconfig /flushdns

This command will reset your network connection by flushing its DNS resolver cache. This command will in any case, help improve your latency issues.

Disable VPN or Proxy Connection

Since the game has many simultaneous players on the same server, you can also fix server problems by trying to change the server region in the game. This will help you depending on where you are trying to connect from. You should also ensure you are not using a VPN service, as this will cause latency and packet loss when you try to play Enlisted. If the servers aren't affected, the problem could be on your end.

Change DNS Server Address

Your DNS server address connection can cause network-related issues. We will change this step, as it should help many users with network problems. Use the shortcut Windows Key + R, and in the dialogue box enter Control and hit enter.

This will open up your control center. Navigate to Network & Internet, Network & Sharing Center, and here select your connection. Navigate to Properties and double-click the Internet Protocol Version 4 as you can preview in the screenshot below. Select to Use the following DNS server addresses option, and as your preferred DNS server, use: 8.8.8.8, and as your alternate DNS server, use: 8.8.4.4. These are the official public DNS server addresses from Google, which are safe to use.

DNS 2.jpg — Use the following DNS server addresses

Disable Malware & Other Applications

We suggest removing malware and preventing applications from running that could use up your available resources or change your game files. Examples: Discord, CCleaner, Adobe Applications, Shadowplay, and OBS.

Verify Connection to ISP

If you still experience latency or lag issues, verify your connection to your Internet Service Provider. You can troubleshoot this step by changing your connection to your hotspot for example.

Delete Temporary Files

If you have issues loading maps or downloading other content, then make sure to delete your temporary files. Search for %temp% in your taskbar search to open up your temporary files folder. You can safely delete everything in the folder, some files might remain so leave them there. This can help you reduce some clutter on your hard drive.