Gamespy Support Discontinued

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Gamespy Support Discontinued Dec 7, 2012 17:26:32 GMT

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Post by Fade on Dec 7, 2012 17:26:32 GMT

All is not lost!

Although Gamespy is...

As many of likely know by now Gamespy has discontinued their support for NWN1. As well a number of other legacy games. For the full scoop...
social.bioware.com/forum/Neverwinter-Nights-1/NwN-1-General-Discussion-Forum-No-Spoilers-Allowed/GameSpy-support-for-NWN-likely-discontinued-indefinitely-15193845-1.html

What does this mean for us?

Well when you connect via Gamespy your in-game server browser will be empty. Chat, Favorites and History still work. Direct connect still works also..

People can still host servers, and people can still connect to them. Check out the link. It explains more..

Last Edit: Dec 7, 2012 17:38:01 GMT by Fade

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Gamespy Support Discontinued Dec 7, 2012 19:51:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 19:51:18 GMT There are a bunch of direct-connect apps for HG (arf2 etc). I would highly suggest making one of these "standard must have" updates to the game for HG users.

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Gamespy Support Discontinued Dec 8, 2012 21:07:01 GMT

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Post by arek on Dec 8, 2012 21:07:01 GMT

Direct-connect programs only work on Windows and, by extension, NWN running in Wine on Linux/Mac. It does not, however, work on the native linux and mac clients (nwmain simply ignores +connect). If someone were to write a cross-platform NWN Starter, the best way to handle it would be to insert the address at the top of NWN's history in addition to using +connect. That way, you only need to cancel the gamespy connection or click on History in order to get to the server you want on a non-windows NWN.

Also, someone is working on a master server and substitute matchmaking service for NWN for future use, which might help, depending on how Atari and/or Bioware handles it (i.e. whether they at least provide an obvious link to a patch to nwmain to support these services).

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Gamespy Support Discontinued Dec 9, 2012 19:54:05 GMT

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Post by FunkySwerve on Dec 9, 2012 19:54:05 GMT

Dec 8, 2012 21:07:01 GMT arek said:

Also, someone is working on a master server and substitute matchmaking service for NWN for future use, which might help, depending on how Atari and/or Bioware handles it (i.e. whether they at least provide an obvious link to a patch to nwmain to support these services).

--Arek

I contacted him per his post in the bioboards - we're staying on top of this.

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Gamespy Support Discontinued Dec 11, 2012 14:04:16 GMT

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Post by mdf on Dec 11, 2012 14:04:16 GMT

I remember when PXO dropped their game host listing server down a flight of stairs. The company was nearly bankrupt and had no intention of fixing it.

The community pulled together and developed their own web based server browser. It worked well and lasted years. You could even click on the link in the server list and it would fire up the game and connect you to the host.

I see the same potential if not more in the NWN community. There are people so well versed in how NWServer and the client communicate that apps like NWNExalt and NWNx don't just exist, they change the way we play the game and raise the limitations on what we can do with it.

Coming up with a way to redirect the server announcements to a new list is do-able. It will just take them some time.

I'm wondering if there will be any costs involved, and how we could contribute to help move this along.

Last Edit: Dec 11, 2012 14:05:55 GMT by mdf

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Post by Fade on Dec 7, 2012 17:26:32 GMT

Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 19:51:18 GMT

Post by arek on Dec 8, 2012 21:07:01 GMT

Post by FunkySwerve on Dec 9, 2012 19:54:05 GMT

Post by mdf on Dec 11, 2012 14:04:16 GMT