hey jim,

Happy to try to help you out.  In the meantime, in case we can't get you sorted, shoot an email to [email protected] and explain the issue again.  It can take them 48 hours or so to respond, so just heads up.

So... let's see.  The only time I've ever seen the "X is trying to cheat method" was if I had a modified dgdata.zip file.  This could be one that was modified or one on a different version than anyone else. 

That said, perhaps that message is caused by your ping issues directly as demigod constantly checks to see if there are changes in that file/checksum issues.  Could be that when you time out, it thinks you are cheating.  I haven't seen it happen that way in the past, but that could be the case.

Off the top of my head, I don't remember the upload/download requirements for demigod.  Seeing a high ping is often evidence of not enough bandwidth.  As a first step, host a 1v1 game and see if you still have the ping spike issues.  If not, then upload bandwidth is the culprit.  1v1 uses less bandwidth than 2v2, etc.  Anyway, give that a go and tell us if that's still happening. 

good luck!  I'm still thinking the problem might be upload bandwidth related, but we'll see.  If you end up stuck playing single player for a bit while you hopefully get hings sorted, be sure to check out these mods:

https://forums.demigodthegame.com/399399

1 mod in particular makes the AI much better. 

This thread might help you with troubleshooting:  https://forums.demigodthegame.com/345345

Here's another thread that discusses routers/modems with issues:  https://forums.demigodthegame.com/355256

Just a quick update,

Have been emialing stardock with some results and system scan stuff so hopefully they will be able to find the problem in a week or so.

Will keep you posted

Jim

hi pacov,

Well it lookng like im finally sorted with my ping. Been in contact with stardock and we have come to solution that my ISP is throttlingmy connection due to demigod running on 6000 ports. To check I signed up for a month with hidemyass.com (VPN) and i dont get anymore spikes. Onyl trouble is my ping is a little higher connecting through there servers so im gonna get onto my ISP and see if they can stop the throttling. If not, looks like ill have to sign up for a year with hidemyass anyways thanks for the help and hopefully now ill still be able to play like before

Regards Jim

My ping has gone up by about 50ms as this is the ping i have to the closest server, so now I have about a 250ms, 300ms ping to everyone. Sometimes its 350ms but doesnt caus any lag.

I might try and connect to a server in central europe and see if my ping is better connecting to other players. I know my ping to the server will be higher be because there are quite a few player located in this region it might end up being a little lower.

I tried a months trial which was 11 dollars. But now im thinking of paying for a full years worth which is 78 dollars. Not bad really!!

There isn't a free version of that software at this time.  Kind of sucks, but you'd have to spend $11 for a 1 month trial to see if it works for you. 

It sounds like you already have, but I strongly suggest trying out other options first before you'd consider paying for something like this. 

If you haven't tried configuring your ports or aren't sure exactly what to do, please try out the monk's guide.  He wrote it some time ago for the DG community and it explains what you need to do really well:

http://forums.impulsedriven.com/387553

I don't believe bananaman had issues connecting to other users.  His issue is specifically related to ping spikes and apparently his ISP throttling the connection speed on those ports.  If you can't connect to other users period, that generally means a port issue.  For instance, if you ISP isn't allowing traffic on certain ports or if you have things configured incorrectly and are actually blocking the ports you need yourself. 

Anyway, I'd start with the monk's guide if you haven't.  While you are doing that, send off an email to [email protected] and explain the specifics of your connection problems.  And as a last resort, I'd say give the software bananaman is using a shot.  That software appears to allow you to bypass port limitations imposed by your ISP due to how their VPN works.  Good luck!

It actually works, thanks guys... i bought the 1 month subscription plan and i can finally play properly..