Published on June 2, 2009 By Island Dog In Demigod Journals

Stardock has released an updated version of Gas Powered Games popular PC action/strategy game Demigod today.  In Demigod, players take on the role of a powerful demigod whose objective is to defeat similarly powerful opponents in a quest to ascend into the pantheon of the gods.

The game features single player tournaments and skirmish as well as a persistent on-line tournament where players can compete in ranked or unranked games in a variety of ways. 

The new version of Demigod has focused largely on significantly improving the on-line experience of Demigod based on player feedback.

Version 1.01 includes a host of new features and improvements to the game including:

  • Improved on-line connectivity
  • Significantly improved computer AI
  • Better in game detection between those who quit a game versus those who get disconnected
  • Reduced bandwidth requirements
  • More robust storing of online statistics (favor points, achievements, rankings, etc.)
  • Better queuing of player actions in game.
  • Lots of misc. improvements

Demigod users can download the new version via Impulse.  Demigod is available at most retail outlets worldwide or via Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com ) for $39.95. 

To learn more about Demigod, visit www.demigodthegame.com .


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on Jun 03, 2009

Congrats on finishing demigod.

on Jun 03, 2009

tbh, no positive changes for me either

sux, still the same lagspikes, still 50% of the players that I can't connect too, still high pings with friends who live around the block, etc etc

can't wait for 1.1

on Jun 03, 2009

Deleted post. I've posted at anger, ignore this post.

on Jun 03, 2009

Good job guys, fixing bugs is not a trivial task.

So far online connectivity has been quite good for me, I played several lag free games last night.

I suspect that most of the people that are complaining and cursing about the patch haven't done much in their part.

Everyone playing online should open up ports 6100-6200, if they're not open. Disable your firewall, disable your antivirus software or atleast allow incoming connections for demigod. If this does not improve your experience you might be having an ISP problem.

on Jun 03, 2009

Good job guys, fixing bugs is not a trivial task.

So far online connectivity has been quite good for me, I played several lag free games last night.

I suspect that most of the people that are complaining and cursing about the patch haven't done much in their part.

Everyone playing online should open up ports 6100-6200, if they're not open. Disable your firewall, disable your antivirus software or atleast allow incoming connections for demigod. If this does not improve your experience you might be having an ISP problem.

 

and at best u may format ur harddrive 5minutes later cause u got childporn viruses or something like that... everyone loves p2p connections

on Jun 07, 2009

goldmull

why did they remove the "exit to windows"-button?

on Jun 07, 2009

must i pay for a patch??

on Jun 07, 2009

Killing_with_a_smile
must i pay for a patch??

nope, patches are free, just sign on to your account on impulse and it should notify you that a patch is available.

on Jun 21, 2009

Yeah, I just played an online game, but I really have to check my firewall setups too - the lag was pretty horrible without gates opened specifically. It runs as-is, but only if you like walking through molasses. Oh, and don't start rotating the map, with severe lag either. That'll take a while to finish.

on Jun 21, 2009

Waltz_with_Basher
Yeah, I just played an online game, but I really have to check my firewall setups too - the lag was pretty horrible without gates opened specifically. It runs as-is, but only if you like walking through molasses. Oh, and don't start rotating the map, with severe lag either. That'll take a while to finish.


If you don't have the port settings right then more likely it will change to proxy. Did you check in the game connection settings whether you were. If you are lagging the more likely reason is you haven't got enough upload bandwidth. For a 5v5 I believe the game needs 330Kb/s which is quite a lot!

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