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Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 2:03 am
by terryrayc
In case you missed it. Gamespy is shutting down. This will impact a TON of games.
Here's a big list
http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/ ... _shutdown/
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 10:24 am
by Chris_Robin
What does this mean for Arkaz? We don't use the Master Server to connect anymore? Will we be affected?
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 2:38 pm
by Greg-Pooh
As long as you can direct connect it shouldn't be a problem.
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 9:39 pm
by Chris_Robin
Is there a way to turn off the Master Server message? I still get it and can't find a way to turn it off.
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 10:10 pm
by Zandel2
if you mean the Master server timeout message, this is a neat little trick to bypass it
For instant master server timeouts, add this line to your /etc/hosts
Code:
0.0.0.1 nwmaster.bioware.com
The tip was originally for windows, setting it to 0.0.0.0, but that is a valid address on *nix (and guessing MacOS X too)
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 1:02 am
by Chris_Robin
Ok, where do I find this? I've looked in all the folders in my NWN.
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 10:16 am
by Zandel2
Its not a NWN file its a windows system file and where it is depends on what OS you have.
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 2:00 am
by Chris_Robin
We're running Windows XP via Parallels on our Macs. I can access the Windows files, but not sure what I'm looking for.
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:23 pm
by Zandel2
I have not idea where to find the /etc/hosts file on a Mac, if it even has one, or what its equivalent is sorry.
Re: Gamespy closing it's doors
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:50 pm
by Chris_Robin
Where is it in Windows?