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Reply to From Stardock: Demigod Day 0 Status Report! in Demigod Demigod Forums

Thanks for an update. Good luck working out the errors. I do hope "bad people with bad routers" doesn't turn into too much a scapegoat though. Practically, allowing people to be kicked if they're holding up the connectivity is an alright stop gap solution and will see more games getting going, but if all these games right now are being held up by people with setups that impulse reactor can't work with then there really are a lot of them. Lord know

Favor, item and achievement data loss (game.prefs.bad) in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

So yeah, at some point between first launch today and yesterday all my stored favor, favor items and achievements got fubar'd. Achievements and items reset to locked with 0 progress and favor ended up at -740 (sounds like either aprox. the cost of items I'd unlocked or the amount of unspent favor I had) It's not a one off display bug and it's not dissappearing with a restart. I checked game.prefs and all the achieve progress is gone, I've got an old game.prefs.bad which

Reply to Unhandled Expeception during Attempt to connect. in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

Well, can't hurt to have one more, same circumstances, joining custom, clicked connection info as soon as it appeared, freeze and unhandled exception: Demi-Log DXDiag Also, through chicanary I managed to keep demigod running after the exception and got myself an interesting new UI <a href="http://filesmelt.

Reply to How do you specify installation drive for Demigod. in Demigod Demigod Forums

Click the lightning bolt symbol in impulse, under preferences -> archive & install there's a change install folder button. You can pick a new default from there or have it ask you for every application. [Edit - Second place sucks, gold for Kryo's ninja skills]

Reply to Testers: Post Final Demigod Game Reviews Here in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Gabberkooij" reply="15" id="2122780"] Quoting _Mercury_, reply 14 To call the game "great", I require more strategic depth and better maps - more reactive, more open, more three dimensional. Ok, so now we want to create Demigod in the Unreal 3 engine?[/quote] You know intelligent use of the Z axis has been pretty commonplace in RTS for a long time now? Even starcraft had arbitrary height levels back in the day. Heck, the SupCo

Reply to Ebgames release date 4/9/2009 in Demigod Demigod Forums

Is it... 'um... Too late to cancel? Why? Oh... No reason... *gulp* [e digicons]:S[/e]

Reply to Demigod: Top 10 Beta Testers On-Line in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

Oh HorseRadish... With your time in the spotlight comes the unfortunate responsibility not make comments that reflect badly on the DG community. Fame eh? Who wants it.

Reply to Throw GOO at that DRM! in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

I'm just saying everything about the OP says GOO is primarily targeted at digital distribution of games so that isn't an issue they're aiming to solve. I just added some of the other issues to cover all the bases.

Reply to Throw GOO at that DRM! in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

Ah, fair point, I just plain forgot they have methods of making physical backups. [e digicons]:pout:[/e] If it works your way then they have adressed the issue of reliance on a single server for authentication with that at least.

Reply to Throw GOO at that DRM! in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

Maybe I did misinterpret that part, but if that's the case, then what's the point in being able to authenticate off other servers if I could only download the client off the distributor that has now gone under and I'd only need to authenticate if I was reinstalling?

Reply to Throw GOO at that DRM! in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

Ok, I'm confused, is it really worth all the fanfare? It's pretty much what's already been done but less intrusive... And, though I'm loath to say it, it actually sounds less secure. It's an online activation that points to impulse instead of the publisher's server. That's fine but it doesn't really adress the "What if company X goes away?" question, it's just that company X becomes Stardock instead of the publisher. Of course there's still the "What if I don't have int

Reply to Did devs from LOTR-BFME work on Demigod? in Demigod Demigod Forums

Warcraft 3 and Spellforce had them way before that too. The idea of units which acrue experience and you choose the benefits for has been around long enough that it's just a basic design element now.

Reply to Another wimpy update... in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Raspyn" reply="11" id="2107345"]Any hints at what the upcoming changelog might include? If we know what changes are upcoming, we may be able to provide more salient feedback, based on the current state of the game.[/quote] I like this man and his ideas! Of course there will be the obligitary hysteria when it comes to balance changes if a future balance change list is released, but it's not like you wouldn't get the same when th

Reply to DEMIGOD: GAME of the YEAR or Spectacular Disaster? in Demigod Demigod Forums

Since it's become a general vent your frustrations thread, I'm tired of the "the full version is much better than what you're testing" caveat to all posts by Brad recently. If it's done enough that anyone can say the full version is definately better why not release it to the beta testers for feedback? If on the other hand it's not actually finished enough to release then you can't know it "will" be better, especially with so little development ti

Reply to [Possible BUG] AoE's in Demigod Demigod Forums

Jamez, Vundarbread has just confirmed the damage isn't assigned until the cast is complete, maybe you should trust him, being a dev and all? It would be kinda cool if the damage for rain of ice was assigned alittle later than the end of cast, to match with the animation more. (Edit - Just to clarify, the cast time on hammer slam matches the animation pretty much) As for hammer slam, either you're too slow (poor latency won't help) or you didn't guess the impact point right. I've been

Reply to Beta 3 is OUT!!!! in Demigod Demigod Forums

Yay, a first hand update rather than one second hand from IRC. More of these please, too much stuff that goes on in IRC is easily missed. As for beta 3 still having troubles, pain pretty much sums it up.

Reply to Demigod Beta 3: February 19 in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

So, um... Is the single player going to be beta tested at all? It's pretty low in my excitement rankings about it anyway, but there were "big plans" for the single player aspect, did anything happen? Aside from that, non crash/bug related feedback can finally start, huge yay!

Reply to Falling Flat in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="4" id="2035649"]Maybe people should quit judging games based on betas months away from release...[/quote] Honestly I don't think the judging is being done by the actual game build we've got to play. Objectively, I know the beta as is would make a pretty shocking release candidate, even without the connectivity issues, and that in itself hasn't got me worried about the final quality of the product. I've always seen the potential for improvement in there and

Reply to What Price Point Should Microsoft Set for Windows 7? in Personal Computing Demigod Forums

[quote who="superman" reply="15" id="2033147"] Because the poor can't pay more than the rich and corporates... True a corporation provides jobs by purchasing their workers services..but their owners get much profit than what they pay.... The fact that MS is not going to read this thread makes my point countless... What I said was just my opinion which I assume is quite different from yours. Sorry, I cant change it my brain wont allow me... Though I

Reply to [suh-jest-yon:] Demigod data path. in Demigod Ideas Demigod Forums

Non modder myself but I think they need some love too.

Reply to Bug or feature? in Demigod Beta Feedback Demigod Forums

It's the 500 point permanant item for assassins, does 200 points damage anywhere on map. AIs seem to pick whatever they fancy for items, and nightmare AIs usually get that one and spend the whole game shooting at each other's citidel. Pretty pointless though since the damage is simply regened away before the cd is over.

Features you like just how they are! in Demigod Demigod Forums

Just making this topic on a whim, basically everyone knows it's beta and everyone knows it's their chance to change what they don't like. Well just to keep a sense of balance and a little stability, here's a place to voice your opinions on what bits of the game you already love and hope will never change (much)! A couple of mine to start things off : Attack while moving (Especially the melee) - Not just the mechanic, the animations for the most part feel

Reply to [Suggestion] Demigods occlude each other's movement? in Demigod Ideas Demigod Forums

I remember the giant's inadvertantly blocking the path on the lava level as well, that was a real map killer. To clarify here I'm talking about Demigod vs. Demigod collision, I believe Demigod vs. Grunt collision should remain nil, as it is. What I'm thinking of here is demigods opperating on a different "layer" (for lack of a better word) than grunts when it comes to blocking where they only affect each other not the little guys. I've just remembered th

Reply to [Bug list] Miscellaneous bugs, big and small in Demigod Beta Feedback Demigod Forums

Partially solved cause of permanant mist/ooze AoE damage.

Reply to The "Generals" Discussion 2.0 in Demigod Demigod Forums

There's a point on implementation, I envisaged the items gloablly affecting only the general's own summoned minions, not the portal spawned grunts. I suppose the alternative implementation is making them aura based buffs that affect all units in an area. As a point of personal taste I'd rather they were only to buff the generals own summoned minions, to stop groups of itemed up generals and grunts being considerably more powerful than the sum of t