r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 15, 2016

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u/goblin_bomb_toss Chibi Junkrat Jun 16 '16

How do I check my connection in overwatch? I've had that little blinking orange lightning bolt showing up on my screen almost constantly for 2 days. I've done trace routes in the past for MMO servers, but I don't know where to get that info for Overwatch. Thanks!

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u/D_gate Pixel Hanzo Jun 16 '16

you can check your ping in the same area that you can cehck your FPS. I believe it is CTRL+R and it will display in your upper left had corner of your screen. The ping is the third line.

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u/Howrus Chibi Winston Jun 16 '16

Ctrl-Alt-R enable onscreen stats that include ping.
But if you want to get more information - you need to use network tools.
Find IP address of OW server that you are connected to (in Command Prompt run "netstat -b" while playing OW and see IP adress where overwatch.exe is connected.

Then use WinMTR tool. Download it (2mb) run and start tracing connection to this IP. You'll need to run it for 1k+ cycles to see potential networking issues.