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 I just recieved update thru Impulse....WooOOOhOOOOOO!!!

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Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Newbie question - does playing online with the new patch still require port forwarding ?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting CitizenKane2, reply 3
Newbie question - does playing online with the new patch still require port forwarding ?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Yes, you'll definitely want to forward your ports in order to direct connect to others (versus having to attempt a NAT connection).

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Newbie question - does playing online with the new patch still require port forwarding ?

Is it required, no (that's what the NAT facilitator is for).  Is it a good idea? Absolutely.  If you know what you're doing and feel comfortable making the changes in your router, forward those ports.  You can also use the ImpulseReactorOptions app located in the Demigod\bin directory to specify the ports used on your machine.  This is extremely useful if you have 2 people on the same LAN that want to play online, as you cannot forward the same ports to 2 separate machines.

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

Just throwing it out there, I've never forwarded my ports and it's always worked fine for me.

Theres people I cant connect to, but they're usually unable to connect to more people then just me.

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Teseer, reply 7
Just throwing it out there, I've never forwarded my ports and it's always worked fine for me.

Theres people I cant connect to, but they're usually unable to connect to more people then just me.

 

You got upnp or something happening possibly

Reply #9 from Demigod Forums Top

I'm just saying it's not the end-all-be-all. A lot of times people are screaming at each other 'LERN TOO PORT FROWARD NUEB!' or the like.

Reply #10 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Shirley, reply 6

Newbie question - does playing online with the new patch still require port forwarding ?


Is it required, no (that's what the NAT facilitator is for).  Is it a good idea? Absolutely.  If you know what you're doing and feel comfortable making the changes in your router, forward those ports.  You can also use the ImpulseReactorOptions app located in the Demigod\bin directory to specify the ports used on your machine.  This is extremely useful if you have 2 people on the same LAN that want to play online, as you cannot forward the same ports to 2 separate machines.

Thanks for the reply, Shirley.

I have been having difficulty opening ports on my computer (I've followed the various helpful links in this forum, but when I use a port checker, the ports remain closed and I remain unable to connect to any online Demigod game), so I'm hoping that there is a way to play Demigod online without having to open ports.

Reply #11 from Demigod Forums Top

You might not be able to play if like at a uni behind a firewall or something

Reply #12 from Demigod Forums Top

You got upnp or something happening possibly

Nope, the NAT Facilitator allows this.  Firewalls for the most part will prevent unsolicited incoming network traffic (that is traffic where the original message is sent from outside the firewall).  When you connect to the NAT Facilitator, it is connecting you to someone else, but because the connection originated with your outbound request, replies are allowed through.  This is why you can still connect to the web with a firewall on.  The web just can't connect to you.

A good way to think of it is by imagining people in the game having phones that can only dial out, but cannot receive calls.  How do you call someone?  You would dial the operator, and have the person you want to connect to dial the operator as well, and the operator connects the calls.  This is basically what the NAT facilitator does.  It acts as the operator.