Can't get a pantheon game to work

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So am I missing something?  Everytime I try to play a patheon game it says system is waiting to find you a game.... but it never does.  Not even AI game.  I'll leave it running for 10-15 min. just to see if it'll work and never does.  Eventually it times out and says "a suitable match can not be found"  

Either I'm that good... or that bad :) :(

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

So am I missing something?  Everytime I try to play a patheon game it says system is waiting to find you a game.... but it never does.  Not even AI game.  I'll leave it running for 10-15 min. just to see if it'll work and never does.  Eventually it times out and says "a suitable match can not be found"  

Either I'm that good... or that bad
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This is a problem (as in that's not normal behavior).  My games always start (with the  exception of the occassional nat facilitor error) within 2-5 minutes, regardless of time of day.  You should open up a post in problem problems and/or send an email explaining your issue to support@stardock.com. 

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

bellach: are you sure that your game is patched to the latest version? Sometimes people can log in without that.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

I'm at 1.19.0186.   But even at earlier versions i couldn't get it work.

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Did you guys configure your routers according to your ImpulseReactorOptions?

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Fil26, reply 5
I have the same bs here.
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You just played a game though and your record shows that you have played Pantheon before ;)

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Spooky__, reply 7


You just played a game though and your record shows that you have played Pantheon before

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Yah, sometimes it works, but sometimes it fails. I'm waiting 5-15min for a match...:annoyed:

Reply #9 from Demigod Forums Top

Yeah, since they took out the AI, games are harder than ever to start. Even though the AI was annoyingly stupid, it was still preferable to play a 2vs2 (one AI, one human each side) rather than sit there for 45 minutes HOPING there are enough people online to get a game going.

Reply #10 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting xclavex, reply 9
Yeah, since they took out the AI, games are harder than ever to start. Even though the AI was annoyingly stupid, it was still preferable to play a 2vs2 (one AI, one human each side) rather than sit there for 45 minutes HOPING there are enough people online to get a game going.
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If you check opengames.asp at almost any given time, you'll notice that there are always 1 or more queued up on dark and typically no one on light.  Supposedly, there are 363 on light this panth and 328 on dark.  However, it seems like those light side players aren't playing all that much.  A simple solution, that I'm going to try next panth, is to be on light side.  I enjoy playing, so I'll gladly join the side with the fewest active players. 

Reply #11 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting pacov, reply 10

Quoting xclavex, reply 9Yeah, since they took out the AI, games are harder than ever to start. Even though the AI was annoyingly stupid, it was still preferable to play a 2vs2 (one AI, one human each side) rather than sit there for 45 minutes HOPING there are enough people online to get a game going.

If you check opengames.asp at almost any given time, you'll notice that there are always 1 or more queued up on dark and typically no one on light.  Supposedly, there are 363 on light this panth and 328 on dark.  However, it seems like those light side players aren't playing all that much.  A simple solution, that I'm going to try next panth, is to be on light side.  I enjoy playing, so I'll gladly join the side with the fewest active players. 
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I would too, but it seems to be a complete guessing game as to who is actually active or not, otherwise I too would choose the side with the least active players.

Reply #12 from Demigod Forums Top

yeah.  I'm pretty much going to wait a day after the next pantheon starts and check opengames.asp throughout the day.  Odds are one side will be stacked again.  Then I'll pick the opposite side.  Just a guess, but with the demon assassin going live, there are good odds that dark will be stacked with more active players. 

Reply #13 from Demigod Forums Top

Hm, maybe I should track the queues independently on the stats.

Reply #14 from Demigod Forums Top

Argggggggggh! Three pantheon attempts in a row, with three sets of different players for a 2vs2 and ALL THREE TIMES there is one player who doesn't connect to anybody...

 

*bashes head against desk*

Reply #15 from Demigod Forums Top

i just bought the game, pantheon must be the biggest joke in the game world so far! Waiting and waiting for nothing, no players on internet!

 

 

 

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Reply #16 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting thymalus, reply 15
i just bought the game, DEMIGOD must be the biggest joke in the game world so far! Waiting and waiting for nothing, no players on internet!

 

 

 

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fixed.

(although trust me there have been plenty of worse games)



Anyways, this game has a low online population, and the majority of them hang out in custom games rather than pantheon so if you want to get some games in I suggest you look there instead.