First of all my Cpu/Connection speed etc:
3800 amd athlon 64
1024 gig ram
geforce 6800 le (opened pixelpipes, so actually it is a ultra)
patch 1.22
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Connection
12mbit downstream
1mbit upstream
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I used to play civ3 via lan with a friend of mine, now i moved far away, so that we can only play on internet. We had various but still acceptable probs when we were playing on lan, but now, it takes up to half an hour before we can start a game.
I am well pissed of by the crappy multiplayer mode:
1) sometimes connection is lost, when connecting to the multiplayer setup
2) sometimes our pcs crash when looking through f1-f12
3) we get a sync error at least once every two hours
4) i have the feeling that if i wait to long in multiplayersetup ppl get disconnected (to long is under 20 seconds)
5) there is no chatconsole in the game (was that to difficult to include??)
6) it takes ages for a new turn to start (this is on lan as well, no **** i waited for 1-4mins until the turn is "loaded")
7) what't the point in setting the game parameters in the statuswindow, when they are not applied in the actual multiplayersetup?
so now my question: who is responsible for all of that? i think the guy who worked on the mp mod must be really incompetent or didn't give a **** about the players (don't tell me that it works fine on your machines)...i can't believe that i actually payed money for that game. i bought the fan package as well, so that i can stare at pictures of sid meier when waiting for a turn to end (oh thanks for that, the bonus cd was definatly worth the money...).
anyways i know that you guys here don't have anything to do with this but i heard that some developers look around the forum, so i hope they get to read this! i played alpha centauri for years, the mp works fine there, did you fire the guy who worked on alpha's mp, well he did a good job...
my suggestion for civ4, take everything you got in alpha centauri and apply better graphics, that would be perfect... i read that you had quality testers, those guys must have been blind and deaf if they didn't realize how buggy that game was.
don't get me started on general bugs in this game (i didn't know that cavalry units are considred to be amphibious, strangely, that only applies when the ai attack...) if you would ask me to write a full buglist of that game, i would need to get a pa who helps me typing. how dare you release a game with such a quantity of bugs...
where can i get my money back??? (that isn't a joke, i am damn serious bout that....)
SIYB
ps: i am not a native english speaker so don't start critizising my gramma or spelling (i know that some ppl really like doing that, if they don't share your oppinion)
/edit: i opened all required port on my router and forwarded them to my ip
3800 amd athlon 64
1024 gig ram
geforce 6800 le (opened pixelpipes, so actually it is a ultra)
patch 1.22
----
Connection
12mbit downstream
1mbit upstream
-----------------------------
I used to play civ3 via lan with a friend of mine, now i moved far away, so that we can only play on internet. We had various but still acceptable probs when we were playing on lan, but now, it takes up to half an hour before we can start a game.
I am well pissed of by the crappy multiplayer mode:
1) sometimes connection is lost, when connecting to the multiplayer setup
2) sometimes our pcs crash when looking through f1-f12
3) we get a sync error at least once every two hours
4) i have the feeling that if i wait to long in multiplayersetup ppl get disconnected (to long is under 20 seconds)
5) there is no chatconsole in the game (was that to difficult to include??)
6) it takes ages for a new turn to start (this is on lan as well, no **** i waited for 1-4mins until the turn is "loaded")
7) what't the point in setting the game parameters in the statuswindow, when they are not applied in the actual multiplayersetup?
so now my question: who is responsible for all of that? i think the guy who worked on the mp mod must be really incompetent or didn't give a **** about the players (don't tell me that it works fine on your machines)...i can't believe that i actually payed money for that game. i bought the fan package as well, so that i can stare at pictures of sid meier when waiting for a turn to end (oh thanks for that, the bonus cd was definatly worth the money...).
anyways i know that you guys here don't have anything to do with this but i heard that some developers look around the forum, so i hope they get to read this! i played alpha centauri for years, the mp works fine there, did you fire the guy who worked on alpha's mp, well he did a good job...
my suggestion for civ4, take everything you got in alpha centauri and apply better graphics, that would be perfect... i read that you had quality testers, those guys must have been blind and deaf if they didn't realize how buggy that game was.
don't get me started on general bugs in this game (i didn't know that cavalry units are considred to be amphibious, strangely, that only applies when the ai attack...) if you would ask me to write a full buglist of that game, i would need to get a pa who helps me typing. how dare you release a game with such a quantity of bugs...
where can i get my money back??? (that isn't a joke, i am damn serious bout that....)
SIYB
ps: i am not a native english speaker so don't start critizising my gramma or spelling (i know that some ppl really like doing that, if they don't share your oppinion)
/edit: i opened all required port on my router and forwarded them to my ip
