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Reply to You have a connection issue? Tell me! in Demigod Demigod Forums

Here's what I posted in the tech support forum: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/347640 But effectively, I can't connect to games. Connection Info dialog usually comes up completely empty (I don't even see myself). Very rarely it'll work once, but won't work again after that. I thought it was the router, but I replaced it with a brand new D-Link 825 and the problem was exactly the same. Even being in the DMZ doesn't work, which I find bizzare since I *know* (and have ve

Reply to Impulse is getting better every week in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="chadwich" reply="4" id="2171311"]They can't seriously hope to compete with Steam and Valve. Come on. [/quote] There was a time when people said the same thing about foreign car companies competing with the big 3. We all know how that turned out. This is a relatively young industry, the idea that Steam will somehow own the entire market for all time is pretty silly. Now if someone wants to point out w

Reply to Demigod: Battle plan for the week in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

Is the thing that blew up on Friday going to be coming back, or is that part of Wednesday's beta? Also, will new maps be on tap once this is sorted out along with new Demigods?

Reply to Demigod: Day 8 Status Report! in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

[quote who="owly_owl" reply="17" id="2164518"]Am I the only one who dont want to read status reports but to play the game?[/quote] No. Obviously all of us with connection issues would rather be playing. But Frogboy isn't the only one working on these problems (and likely isn't even the primary one working on it). Him writing these updates doesn't really slow down the work of getting those connection problems solved. If he wasn't writing these updates, the problems woul

Reply to Demigod: Video Status Report [Day 7] in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

We're not sick of it, no. :) But once the connection stuff is solved, you might get sick of it. The updates will probably get less frequent at that point, and thats cool. :) I'd rather see occasional instresting updates then see you try to keep updating every day even when you have nothing to say.

Reply to Does Anyone Not Cheat With Generals? in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

The difference between "creative use of mechanics" and "exploit" is entirely dependent on what the developers do about it. If they say "cool", then its fine. If it's a bug and they squash it, then its an exploit. It looks like a bug to me, like they intended the caps to be per minion group rather then individual type and just put the "IF" in the wrong spot. Any programmer has done that more then a few times (speaking from experience :) ). But until they say what they th

Reply to Demigod: Day 6 Status Report! in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

I'm looking forward to the proxies, hopefully they'll let me connect. Do you plan to do a test with people who have connection problems now to verify that they actually solve the problem?

Reply to Crashing, freezing, artifacts, multiplayer etc. (XP x64 suspected) in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

I didn't realize so many people actually used XP 64. It was never meant for home use.

Reply to Demigod: Monday in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

Is the proxy going to be an optional thing we turn on, or will it get used automatically? Keep up the good work.

Reply to Connection Info box is always empty, and connection issues in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

Update to this. I found the log file. It's pretty huge, but here is the first bit from when I last tried to host a game. The last line I copied in (NAT_FAILED) suggests something is going wrong, but I can't tell what. Should also mention that I'm using Vista 64 bit, and the router is connected over ADSL using PPPoE in Canada. Thanks for any help! [04-18-2009 18:56:22 089] CVP: ResetTimeToRefreshLogin Installed version: 1.00.048 Latest version: 1.00.048 (server

Reply to Connection problems in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

[quote who="lekiim" reply="4" id="2150777"]Thanks, it is a bit too late for me (((( I decided to update my registration with impulse and as the result cannot start the game anymore (registration failed, your serial number had been used already). [/quote] You'll likely have to email [email protected] to get that one sorted out.

Connection Info box is always empty, and connection issues in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

Hi. Just got the game yesterday on the advice of a friend. We played our first game with no difficulty, which was a custom game. That was the last time I've been able to play. Since then, I can't connect to any games, either with the same person or in general skirmish/pantheon. It always gets stuck at "connecting to other players." The weird thing about this to me is that the "Connection Info" box is always empty for me. Totally empty. Even I don'

Reply to Slow interface on multiplayer in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

I'm seeing this now. While the custom game list is updating, everything freezes. It can freeze for extended periods. Try to pick a game and hit join, and in between it decides to auto update, and freezes again. That'd be a good task to put in a background thread so it doesn't block the UI so severely.

Reply to Demigod: Day 2 Status Report! in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

I don't really understand why the multiplayer server doesn't do a serial number/account check when you connect. Every legitimate user has a serial number, and they'll have an Impulse account to get updates. So that seems like a simple solution to kill pirated copies, and thus 88% of the server load.

Reply to My retail copy of Demigod in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

Just to be clear on the setup: you have a computer that has a DVD drive, but no Internet. That's the computer you want to play on. You have two other computers with Internet and no DVD drive. I haven't tried this, but theoretically you could install Demigod on your machine. Use the "archive" option to make a copy of the install. Copy the archive over a USB key to one of the computers with Internet. Install Impulse, login as you, and unpack the archive (effectively

Reply to Demigod is early in Demigod Journals Sins Forums

Digital distribution and publisher hatred of the used market will eventually drive Gamestop out of business. When that happens, I'll be celebrating.

Reply to Tentative Elemental Development Schedule in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

A lot of .net work gets done in VB, and if all you're getting is a compiled installer you'd never really notice the difference. It's got a worse reputation then the current version deserves, mostly due to VB6 and its ilk. Counting at 0 these days is just a defacto standard, there's no technical reason why modern compilers couldn't adapt if we started at 1 instead. I wish we would, 0 based indexes always cause confusion and off by one bugs from new programmers.

Reply to Why does Elemental need a cool looking world? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="16" id="2134024"] This is better than the multiple terrain names and multiple maps being shared. I've suggested related recommendations earlier, but in any case it should be one single map with each terrain having one name used by everyone. Otherwise problems such as 4 players meet via IM chats to discuss an allied strategy against one super powerful player would cause each player of the four players to be looking at 4 d

Reply to Tentative Elemental Development Schedule in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Vicente" reply="2" id="2133975"]Quoting ckessel, reply 25 Except, you know, the "small" community of Visual Basic programmers [/quote] Even VB.net uses zero indexed arrays and such now. :)

Reply to Will Wright leaving EA in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Dale_" reply="21" id="2131941"]I thought EA haved moved the rights to SimCity etc from Maxis to Tilted Mill? [/quote] Pretty sure that was just SimCity Soceties... which was so awful they had to create a bundle pack witht he older Simcity 4 to sell it.

Reply to Why does Elemental need a cool looking world? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="1" id="2131655"] Agree on the getting over-complicated point, but naming stuff really does matter to those of us with a strong RPG streak and probably others. Even if a river has no mechanical role in the game, naming it is part of transforming a randomly generated map into an immersive game world.[/quote] My point isn't that the naming stuff isn't a good thing (I love the idea of naming rivers and such), just that we don't need some

Reply to Concerns I am starting to have in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well, you could make a Cleric unit as one that has a healing ability instead of an army wide bonus. Patching up your forces after a battle is really useful (or even during it, if the heal is usable during tactical combat).

Reply to Why does Elemental need a cool looking world? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

This is getting vastly over-complicated. Naming should be something fun and simple, not something burdened with 50 rules and 2000 lines of code to enforce them. If you and I want to both name the same river something else, who cares? In the past that river had no name at all, and I managed to tell you where I wanted you to go just fine using things like map pings or "that river Southeast of Shadowprey Village." Over-complexity just means more rules to learn and more chances fo

Reply to Will Wright leaving EA in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Honestly, some of this EA hate isn't deserved anymore. They've been making a real effort recently to produce more new games and less sequels. Did all those games work out? No. But that's exactly why companies like to produce a zillion sequels instead of innovating. I mean they picked up Brutal Legend when it was abandoned, so they can't be all bad. They're also backtracking on DRM. What's really happening here is that Will Wright is leaving Maxis and going to another co

Reply to Why does Elemental need a cool looking world? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

It's not that uncommon for different civilizations to have different names for the same landmark, especially if they're at war. So if I want to name the river "St. Tridus Brook" and you want to name it "Frogboy was here"... hey, the winner of the war gets to decide on the final name! :)