Fix these damn connection issues!

Have you contacted your ISP? it might be their fault.

What would you have us do?

It works for us and I dare say, most people.

If you want us to "do" something we need to know a lot more.

You say there is 1 person you can't connect to. Well, that also means they can't connect to you. Is the problem on your end or their end?

There isn't some magical wand that can be waved here.  Perhaps, for example, it could be that some ISP or router has a limit on the # of connections it accepts. Maybe there is some unknown issue between you and them (ever have people you can't share files with with IM for instance?). Maybe it's some bug in Demigod. Maybe it's some bug in the NAT.  

At this stage, people who still have connection problems need to face the possibility that there is something unusual about their connection and work with us. We're willing to work with anyone who will help us. 

I'll even create a new forum for it "Demigod Connectivity."

Considering i had 6 successful warcraft 3 matches yesterday, and hundreds of both starcraft and warcraft 3 matches, as well as been playing tons of other multiplayer game on this computer, with the same setup i have now, for months and still do, all without these problems, mean we could cut out all the other possibilites than the "bug in demigod" one at least, and thats for starters.

On the other hand, maybe it just means that these "other" game developers know something you don´t. Or maybe they just have vastly more efficient ways to beta-test or QA their games before they are released, using massive amounts of people and QA processes refined during several years more than you do.

Although i can understand the challenge, having another company do the game and only be in charge of the multiplayer part yourselves... there probably tons of little things you dont know about or will even consider, regarding how the "gpg-game" part collaborates with the "SD-netcode" part so to speak, before "getting the full picture"... But considering people like bman and certain other elite hackers exist, maybe their fresh viewpoint is exactly what you need. So i´d say you should consider collaborating with the community more, swallow that pride and maybe show all the source code to the community and you will have all these little problems sorted in no time flat. Its probably just failing logic bugs, which are impossible to spot for the original programmer since that is how he think anyway, with bad logic in certain situations. Hey, hes a human isnt he? Thats why we need to collaborate, to help each other.

just my 2c

in summary, its your fault....not stardock's fault.  By this stage, if you still have troubles is either your problem...or the problem of the one you are having problems connecting to. Try custom games, they are really nice and work perfect

imo they need to put up some damn servers and stop being cheap bastards we can then have a damn lobby to chat in aswell.

I think you are confused as to how RTS games work.

He didn't say that at all.

Exactly Neo. I refuse to acknowledge that the problem is me.

I only play online games. I never EVER had a problem that I cant connect to a server or person.

So my point stays the same.

Fix it. Too many people are talking about it and this wil nuke your game to death in a month.

Dude since the last update they game is just worse today i got instead of 7 wins and 2 loses 5 loses and 2 wins

So dont care when the game doesnt work

Its better for your nervs.

I have to agree with Silverpolo. It is almost impossible to start Pantheon and Skirmish games. Custom games have gotten alot better, but still it is not very good.

And if my connect is "special" has some problems, perhaps but other online games don't mind, just Demigod.