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[Network] "Could not connect to the facilitator."

By Ze_Butcher on January 18, 2009 8:35:36 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Ze_Butcher

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I have been unable to either join or host a game and get people to join with the latest version. Every time, I get the message "Could not connect to the facilitator." while trying to connect or in the game lobby.

I have no software firewall running. I am, however, behind a router : SpeedTouch 716 v5.

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Devath
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January 26, 2009 1:32:34 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

I've something similar.

I can host a game without any problems and have people connect to it.

since the latest patch i get the same error msg. But before the patch, i would just wait hoping i could connect.

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rXp
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January 29, 2009 12:36:10 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Does someone have the solution ?

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KaiserGimmel
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January 30, 2009 12:25:57 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

i had it once - but i connected to the same host again and it worked fine.

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rXp
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January 30, 2009 5:14:43 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Didn't work for me, I tried 4 times :/

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Vanadrom
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January 30, 2009 5:27:44 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

4:21 PM <Cari_Elf> facilitator should work again

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rXp
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January 31, 2009 11:06:51 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

I still have the "Could not connect to the facilitator" but after that my game freez...

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CariElf
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February 2, 2009 11:06:49 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Can you connect to it now? We put up a new version on Sunday.

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Ke5trel
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February 2, 2009 11:28:09 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Quoting CariElf,
reply 7
Can you connect to it now? We put up a new version on Sunday.

Thanks for you and yours' hard work over the weekend on this Cari_Elf.  Above and Beyond

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Plavski
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February 3, 2009 10:25:24 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

I connect to games but still get the facilitator error. It's quite funny.

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rXp
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February 3, 2009 11:59:57 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

No, still 've got the problem.

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CariElf
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February 10, 2009 11:20:36 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Go to Start->Run (or Search if you're on Vista) and type in cmd.

In the dialog box, type ping cvp1.stardock.com

If it's successful, it's something like this:

Pinging cvp1.stardock.com [66.28.242.200] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.28.242.200: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=116
Reply from 66.28.242.200: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=116
Reply from 66.28.242.200: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=116
Reply from 66.28.242.200: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=116

Ping statistics for 66.28.242.200:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 26ms, Maximum = 32ms, Average = 28ms

Please paste the results here.

The NAT facilitator uses UDP port 6000 so make sure that it's not being blocked.

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swanghard
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February 10, 2009 1:41:51 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Another you could do is check and make sure you have your ports on the router open.  And, not just open, but if you want to host (Possibly join, not sure yet) you'll need to make sure you are forwarding the correct ports to your particular computer from the router. 

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Spooky__
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April 17, 2009 6:27:52 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

I am having the same problem. I use a WRT54GL and I can ping cvp1.stardock.com just fine. Everytime I try to join a custom game it tries to connect and then at some point I get the "Could not connect to the NAT facilitator." message.

 

I have defined the port range for Demigod (6200 - 6250), forwarded this port range to my computer and I also forwarded Port 6073, as described here: http://themonk.ca/Monk/Networking_and_DEMIGOD.pdf

 

// woops, I didn't realize this was the beta forum

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