Time Lag...Help

[Chicken]

I know that this has been posted before. Me and two other friends have tried to play online numerous times. After a few days, sometimes as little as hours, one of us will fall behind by a few hours. We cannot get them to catch up. Its like his computer does not recognize the problem. It pauses and unpauses as the host does, he just remains a cerain number of hours behind. The only problem I could understand would be something to do with periodic lag spikes, maybe interrupting the connection long enough to fall behind by a few hours. Obviously, it gets annoying saving, then loading up every 3 days... Can anyone help me out with this.

PS... Please don't suggest Hamachi, we tried that, it doesnt work.
PS(again)... Is there a way we can get a sort of dedicated server, where one computer runs the game, not actually playing, and the rest just connect to it?

Thx

 

[unmerged(5892)]

I'm not sure about a dedicated server, however your problem is related to latency issues, causing a sync problem.

In other words - you're probably playing too fast, or over a poor connection, or your processor and RAM speeds aren't up to the task. Slow your speed down, and see if you get the same issue. In the Aussie group games, turning the speed down a notch fixes this after a re-load.