Ok, im true fan of Demigod, so dont get me wrong Frogboy.
Thing is, i respect the work of gpg and stardock, u make awsome games, and ur community helping is awsome.
so
what i'm about to say, dont figure it out like insoult, couse its not:
U guys have mega experience in developing games, networks and such. So the question is why p2p?
EVERY ONE Knows its NIGHTMARE!
U say:
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Some people are blaming Peer to Peer as the source of the pain. But most RTS’s use some form of P2P. What makes Demigod different?
The biggest difference is the form in which Demigod takes its P2P. In a game like Warcraft 3, the players route their traffic through the host. Hence, some people can join Warcraft games but can’t host them. Now you know why.
Supreme Commander is the same P2P model as Demigod and it works pretty well. The difference, however, is that most SupCom games are duels (1 vs. 1) and when they’re teams they’re 2 on 2. This tends to hide the complexity of the system. By contrast, in Demigod, people expect to do 4 on 4 games or 5 on 5 games and it’s a significant challenge to connect them all reliably.
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Well its TRUE
P2P is to blame, and u all in stardock know that u have EATEN a CRAP, so ur trying to polish that p2p - its IMPOSIBLE
p2p is for sharing in 2-4 computers MAX, and above 4 its makin real problems, but 10 peers-LOL
I say LOL, why? well it p2p needs to make a REaly spyderweeb with users - and 1 out 4 will get hughe ping : port oppening wrong, ruter fu*ed up, or simply a wooden dial up modem, or the simplies 9 users from america, one from europe...
u say p2p worked with Supreme commander - well as u say, its 2 max 4 users - eaven there someone had problems, and still have them i can bet on that.
U say for wc3, that is client/host modified, that ppl have problem hosting, yup, and that problem is in firewall, its 10 sec job fix.
Your NAT will not help.....
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Im sorry for sounding like this, but this is the Fact.
Im sad if this GAME dies, and it will uf u countiniue polishing p2p-on papper its Grate, but in realitiy its a nightmare, and i know something about networks, couse thats my job.
You can easly relise patch in 14-20 days, that modifies game for client/host, if u dont, well, it will be the end of demigod.
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Well frogboy, i know that u will probably get smart with me, dont, im not here to argue, but to help. What i have said its true and u know that. Massive p2p is an utopia that will never exist in gaming industry.
Demigod is a game of pefection. Ur doing something that Blizzard did years a go, ur making the best games in world. U can do much better then them, couse u have insane creativity and insane ideas.
Dont rush it, u have grate fans, and we all will wait for You, do the patch remodel the online network issue.
Again im sorry if u think what i have written is insult for Your, and yours, inteligence, but its not.
And sorry for spelling issue, still, I am only a little Bosnian it this a little bigger World.
