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Reply to Late Thursday connectivity update verdicts in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

Latest Update: For whatever reason, fowarding ports 6000-6200 gives Demigod problems. Using strong security I hosted and connected to a 3v3 game just fine, and the connections happened lightning fast. There was an issue with lag in-game, but I'm pretty sure that was due to one player. Now, if I port foward the game will consistently spit out the 'Can't connect to NAT facilitator' message. I'm going to try again in a bit with more relaxed settings and see what I ge

Reply to Late Thursday connectivity update verdicts in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

As an update to an earlier post: I'll be damned. For laughs I set my router and computer back to full paranoia mode and was able to connect. Time to start testing router settings. one. by. one. I'd like to officially beg for a way to tell what connection method the game is using. I know it's coming, but it would be really helpful now. Ah well, in any case, I can play again! Woo!

Reply to Late Thursday connectivity update verdicts in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

100% worse here. I've been staying away from multiplayer for the last two weeks while I waited for things to settle out, but now I can not connect at all. Release day, I had no problems (aside from overloaded servers). I'm running on a D-Link DIR-655, Vista 64, Norton Internet Security 2009. As of right now, 10:15 EST Friday, Pantheon and Skirmish sit there flaking out and custom games will spit back the 'Could not connect to NAT Facilitator' error mes

Reply to Demigod: Pre Weekend report in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote]What is GPG's progress on the right-click or move-click ability bug? One of their employees mentioned on the forum that they tracked down the source of it last week and were working on it. Any ETA?[/quote] That's currently my level of entry; I won't fire up the multi again until that one gets resolved. It's nothing against Stardock or GPG, it's just that that particular bug causes a great deal of rage (for me) when I'm playing against other people. No big

Reply to Demigod: A new day in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

I might have missed it, but is there going to be a way to tell, in-game, what connection method you're using? I've got a router with more options than I care to mention and an internet security suite that hides most of it's options. I really don't want to have to guess as to whether or not all my setting changes are actually working.

Reply to Demigod: Breakthru in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="6" id="2184709"]On a side note, can we please call these in-game moderators Tadpoles?[/quote] +1

Reply to Demigod: Breakthru in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote]2. Hear me out on this - I think you're going about the whole "demo" thing all wrong. Pirates download the full Demigod, but they don't get the latest version so it has bugs, and they can't play "legit" online. You currently don't do anything to stop this, but rather try to add value to legit customers. So here's what I'm thinking. You make the full version of Demigod a free download over Impulse. You can't log in to play online without a key, of course, which you have to pa

Reply to Demigod: Breakthru in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

Wow, that post is just full of awesome. I'll be using my coupon to buy another copy and give away, and will gladly do so. Anything to support this great company. One thing: Will the 3 connection system (Direct, NAT, Proxy) let the user know which method he's using? I'll gladly (and easily) foward from my router, but I may have to fight with the software firewall and I'd like to know if it's working or not. Some sort of port test may make this easier

Reply to Demigod: Inside the sausage factory in Demigod Journals Stardock Forums

Loving the updates. This kind of transparency goes a LONG way toward keeping us happy, which in turn makes us forget all about the torches and pitchforks. A shame really, I haven't seen a good mob in years. ;) One thing that would be nice is hearing about what GPG is working on, or maybe even hearing from one of them. If they're all busy and working on the game I understand, but you're starting to spoil us.

Reply to Demigod: Battle plan for the week in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="mehoo462" reply="19" id="2171302"]Are we going to see other bug fixes/ UI tweaks/ balance fixes before we start working on new content? Being able to select/interact with minions and allied DGs via UI icons is WAY more important to me than new Demigods. Also, a stop command, and fixing attack-move. (anybody feeling the same way?) [/quote] On the attack move, good lord yes.&

Reply to Where we’re at as we enter the weekend in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

I think a lot of the griping has to do with the fact that Demigod really is a great game, but the multiplayer is just a tad shaky right now. If DG was simply a bad game, people would uninstall it, shelve it, and end of story. Myself, I can play up to 2v2 with no problem (since every skirmish right now seems to be 2v2 ;) ) 3v3+ gets iffy, and I've stopped trying for the moment after getting the 'desync of death' message a few times. I may be chomping at the bit, but I c

Reply to Fix the BS command problems in Demigod Demigod Forums

So where do we send bug reports to? I know Stardock is a lot more active on the forums than most, but I can recall more than one bug in GalCiv2 that they simply weren't aware of because no one used their support system--even if the bug had been posted about several times in the forums. I'll root around tomorrow and see if I can find the proper contact point for this stuff if no one else posts it here first (hell, it's probably stickied to the top of the forum). Like I said,

Reply to Can't customize camera keys? in Demigod Demigod Forums

BUMP. I have trouble believing that anyone thought locked-down bindings was a good idea. Anyway, I'm sure this'll get patched up, I just want it to be in the first bug fix/balance patch (likely 3+ weeks out by my guess).

Reply to Waiting for the Demigod update… in Demigod Journals Stardock Forums

Good, since I finally tried multiplayer again only to find out that what had once worked no longer does. Might've just been some bad luck on my part though. *shrug* Guess I'll play another skirmish while I wait.

Reply to Demigod: Video Status Report [Day 7] in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="2163386"]Thanks guys. If you guys want, we can keep doing these updates even after connectivity and things get addressed. So we could show meetings where we discuss new demigods or how to implement new match making techniques or us and GPG discussing new items and player suggestions. I just worry you'll get sick of seeing these posts. [/quote] Sick of them? Are you kidding me?! What other ga

Reply to Demigod: Day 6 Status Report! in Demigod Journals Stardock Forums

From the Impulse client, select 'Community' at the top of the screen, then select 'Games' from the bottom of the screen. Give it a few seconds to refresh and viola, Demigod server browser. Prior to the release of Demigod it would just spit out a message about you not having any games in Impulse Reactor.

Reply to Demigod: Day 6 Status Report! in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="AngryZealot" reply="17" id="2158678"]Frogboy, I know connectivity takes priority, but do you have an update on the move order bug? When you cast a spell, occasionally your Demigod refuses to do anything more until he moves. He will just sit there and autoattack anything nearby, but unless you move first, you can't cast another spell or target a specific enemy.[/quote] This one drives me bonkers. Every now and then you can see your DG caught in an animat

Reply to Demigod is early in Demigod Journals Stardock Forums

I've been a Stardock fan ever since GalCiv2. I've pre-ordered both Sins and Demigod on the word and reputation of Stardock, and have yet to be let down. Then I get home from work to find out that due to the release date fiasco I'm getting Demigod today. On my Birthday, no less. [e digicons]:D[/e] I hadn't planned on renewing my Object Desktop subscription, but I probably will now--just to show my support. Maybe I'll gift a copy of Demigod to a frien

Reply to Latest renewal offer (Object Desktop/Object Desktop Ultimate) in Stardock Software Stardock Forums

It's a shame to hear about the uncertainty of the ObjectDock+ renewal. I'd jump at the whole $30 package right now, except I run Vista 64 (and Win7 64 when they get it out). At the moment OD+ has some feature limitations with 64bit that drive me nuts, especially considering the emphasis Brad has been placing on 64 bit in his posts for the last several months. Sadly, I purchased OD+ and never ended up using it. I've taken a wait-and-see approach to the new releases

Reply to PC Gamer Blog: On-Going GalCiv II journal in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I wish I'd never started reading. GC2 swallowed absurd amounts of my time, and while I purchased DA and TA I never really played either one. Unfortunately I still hit the GC2 site on a regular basis. I noticed this story and remembered his previous one, so I made the mistake of clicking the link. Then I fired up TA late last week. I forgot to feed myself several times this weekend. [e digicons]o_O[/e]

Installation of GCII + expansions in Impulse Beta GalCiv2 Forums

Unless it's somewhere I don't see, there's no way to set GCII plus all the expansions to download and install in one shot. Trying to install DA gets you a message about installing GCII first, TA about installing DA first. It's not a big deal, but it would be nice to have again. While I'm thinking of it, is there any way to do global updates on all purchased software as well? My apologies if these features are already in and I just overlooked them. Other than those

Reply to Repeatable CTD in Technical Sins Forums

I still need to track down the save game at some point and send it in, but I sorta got caught up in another game. :) Turning the planet detail down to high worked. I'm about to try out the 169.28 beta drivers on highest to see what I get. Edit: Occurs with the 169.28 drivers as well.

Reply to Repeatable CTD in Technical Sins Forums

Hm, I'l adjust the settings then and see if that helps. I'll also try the 169.28 beta drivers (separate from the settings adjustment) to see what I get. I took a quick look and couldn't locate the savegame. Where do you guys hide it at? :SURPRISED:

Repeatable CTD in Technical Sins Forums

I have a save game that will CTD every time a few minutes after loading. I'm not sure what the problem is, or if this problem will show up in later games, but for now my question is this: does IronClad want savegames and debug files? If so, where are we to send them to? (I've also got a SmartException log of the CTD as well). I'm going to go through my system right now and check all of my drivers, as well as disable some background stuff. Quick system specs in case there

Reply to Does high performance count as a feature? in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

But I would really appreciate when it would run on LINUX. I doesn't need to be a native version but a unofficial support for Wine would be just fine. So many games already run with Wine and GC2 does only have a few problems left. I think, if they did that, I'd have to start adding the words "Stardock Fanboy" to my forums sigs. If they actually made a Linux build available I'd probably just have "Stardock" tattooed somewhere on my body. <div cla