Sniper Elite 5

Sniper Elite 5

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What do you know about desync?
By NightFury
When one player, shooting directly at an enemy, can't kill them because the enemy kills first, the player begins to suspect cheating. Yes, it might be so, but most likely it's desync.
   
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Desync
Before accusing someone of cheating, consider, maybe you have problems with your internet connection? Or maybe the host is having issues? Maybe it's just not worth playing in this lobby and look for another one?

As practice shows, the connection quality indicator next to each player does not always tell the truth. Sometimes, it shows full bars for all players, but the desync doesn't go anywhere, it's just there. Maybe someone at the host's house is watching an online cinema, so their router is overloaded, and you have desync because of this.

Or it could be just bugs in the NetCode (the module responsible for players synchronization).

Here is very good example what is desync and how to cerognize it.