the_Monk

[quote]umm SS..yeah. or maybe BB (big brother)?[/quote] Nothing to fear from "big brother" if you're not doing anything untoward! ;P

Well, well.......time for me to throw in my .02 cents.....hehe I have been an avid gamer since..........oh let's just say, since [b]Loderunner[/b] was the coolest thing! ;P (not that there were all that many games to be "avidly playing" back then......but you get the point!) Before anyone says "well it's easy for an IT-guy to have his shit working" let me say.....I'm not some IT genius......far from it actually, I've simply b

What are your system specs? If you don't mind my asking.... ;)

Make sure you have the following: Latest service-pack for your specific OS Working and patched-up version of IE 7 ALL other windows updates! The easiest way is by running Windows Update. Why exactly a person wouldn't be keeping their OS up-to-date (other than it being a pirate version of Windows) I'll never understand. Oh and if you followed some "services-you-don't-need-guide" (like those by BlkViper e

Having your C drive (I'm assuming OS drive) that low on space at any time is idiocy in any case.........proper PC maintenance! ;P

SkyMoLek, Having [quote]" all the port forawdings needed, firewalls turned off, etc "[/quote] doesn't guarantee successful connections, especially since as I've posted several times the REAL issue is the level of NAT-[i]filtering[/i] being applied to people's connections by Symmetric-NAT modems, routers and or ISP NAT-filtering. <

[quote who="_Shadow" reply="24" id="2173302"]Monk, have you observed whether Demigod port requirements are properly announced via UPnP? Assuming the router is to spec and SPI is told to back off, is UPnP sufficient? I'm finding it very difficult to evaluate this on my own due to the intermittent problems Stardock is having. Please DO be technical with your answer, if you don't mind and have the time. Thank you![/quote] As I've pos

[quote who="InterFaced" reply="23" id="2173249"]I may have stumbled upon something a while ago that might help a few players... I've been playing supreme commander with a group of friends since its release, in demigod terms we play "custom" games amongst ourselves that are rather large by supcom standards, usually 6-8 players. For the longest time I could not connect to the weekly game... I tried everything, even plugging my computer directly into my modem after DMZing my machine still d

@ Everyone, As [b]Spooky[/b] has pointed out several times now (hehe...thanks Spooky ;) ) the Shields-UP scanner does look for something "listening" for traffic behind said ports. So... It would be advisable to start Demigod, host a custom PASSWORD-protected game (so people don't try joining while you're testing) then alt-tabbing and running the scan, if you're still inclined to use the Shields-UP scanner that is....

[quote who="tazgecko" reply="19" id="2171960"]Thanks monk for your help.... In the modem i have foward the ports to the router's wan ip, i have forward the ports in the router to my ipv4 address (as ipconfig has told me the address). still pfportchecker say the ports are not open! [/quote] Here are my further suggestions. 1. Place the WAN IP of your router into the DMZ on your modem. 2. Make s

[quote] GBOR What is GBOR? [/quote] Gamers Bill of Rights! look it up.........

[quote] Absolutely, but my tail wont' be between my legs. It will be good on them for their customer support and it will make me more likely to buy other stardock products in the future (along with the good stories I tell my friends about stardock). Of course the inverse is true as well. [/quote] [b]@ schlista,[/b] Will be interesting to see. :P At the very least we shall be expecting you back here in these same forums, proclaiming SD

Since (as far as I know) the "playername" is also their impulse account name, I should think it fairly easy to maintain at least a mental list of the worst offenders and not play with said individuals? ....at least until we are giving a better option.

[quote] I'm just amazed at fanboys that won't speak out about things when companies/people screw up. Sure they need to fix it, that's a bare minimum to avoid a lawsuit. But what should they do to win over the people the pissed off with their crappy online code? A game that is pretty much online only that can't be played online is a joke. [/quote] [b]schlista,[/b] ...and once they refund your money, you can come back to these forums with your

[b]schlista[/b], So quit your damn bitching and contact sales about getting a refund already. I believe Frogboy stated that (in a thread I can't find atm...[e digicons]>_>[/e] ) in fact they would give refunds for unhappy customers (in light of these connection etc. issues). [b]Don't quote me if I'm wrong...hehe :P [/b] In fact, I remember (with fondness...hehe) a particularily loud-mouthed piece in Sins of a Solar Empire who was told in no u

[quote]Constant communication, legitimate effort, and CEO transparency isn't enough for the Modern Entitlement Baby? [/quote] [b]@ KenoLFD,[/b] Karma for you! [e classic]:congrat:[/e]

[quote who="Spooky" reply="13" id="2170477"]ShieldsUp! is only testing for open services behind ports and not if a port is open or not. In order to check if a port is open you have to use a tool like Vashan posted.[/quote] Spooky, True, I should have clarified. However if Shields-Up is reporting "stealthed" ports then the person can safely assume they're unreachable as opposed to if they're simply reporting them as "closed".

[quote who="tazgecko" reply="7" id="2168423"]Hi I have followed monks Networking fo the gamer and still having problem opening my ports. My network is computer router modem ASDL ... the modem is a speedstream 4200 which acts as router (lucky me!!) I have open the ports on both and have turn off Upnp and firewalls. My computer firewall is setup for demigod. Looked into relaxing the NAT but can't really find anythin

[quote who="Aprogas" reply="14" id="2170840"]My network looks like this: gaming computer <> ethernet switch <> FreeBSD router <> ISP I think the firewall/NAT software on the FreeBSD router (pf) can only operate in NAT-strict mode, however I did manually forward the ports Demigod uses (6073,6112-6132). Shouldn't this make all incoming packets to those ports be forwarded to the backend machine regardless of which address or ports those packets were sent from, thus e

[quote who="dustbeta" reply="15" id="2171398"]This is a silly setup if you have to forward ports and not just open ports. I have alot of computers in my house on the same connection that all play DG. So for one to play, I would have to forward the ports to that IP? A game shouldn't take this much work to play. I am pretty disappointed with Impulse Reactor.[/quote] Sure but using the "ImpulseReactorOptions.exe" file you can specify a different 20+

[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="16" id="2171291"]My network is like a woman: I play with it for hours and no matter what I do, it's uncooperative, fails to perform like it used to when first connected, won't communicate and eventually pisses me off.[/quote] lol ;) Here's a look at my [i]home[/i]-network: Internet connection #1 >> Router >> [2x Acer Aspire One (wifi)] [2x Acer Aspire notebooks

Not one single regret here! Call me what you will, Stardock is rapidly establishing themselves as one of the only devs I see myself purchasing from in the future. Devs like Noobi-soft and EA should take a good hard look at what "customer service" means to SD. Of course they wont..... but who's fault is that? Stardock ftw! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

themoth, Do you have TeamSpeak? If so I would like to invite you onto my private TS server and I'll be glad to talk to you with regard to your issues and what further things we could try to solve them. the Monk

It is sad that there is a prevailing attitude of "I want it so I should have it" these days. i've read this debate so far and would like to add my two cents worth. First, "It doesn't hurt anyone" is a naive statement. Of course someone is getting "hurt" even if it is just economically. The problem is economic "hurt" usually ends up hurting the "little guy" the most. I don't know what country Khemintiri lives in, but maybe if people didn't steal music, CD's wouldn't cost $2

In the entirety of your reply you didn't ANSWER my question at all, you skirted the issue and simply responded to the SARCASTIC remark I made at the very end of my post.... [e digicons] [quote who="the_Monk" reply="25" id="2169339"] See, but that actually IS the problem...... When did it become okay to TAKE something when one can't/won't afford to BUY it? Or