April 19th, 2004, 02:23 PM
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Re: all games everywhere are down
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Originally posted by PhilD:
Does the "phone home" check mean a network game on a LAN that is otherwise unconnected to the Internet is not possible? That, if true, would be something I have a problem with.
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No they already said that it wont be affected by lack of phoning home.
Apparently the problem was caused by the lack of a check routine. Just guessing (from experience in such areas) Id say that it probably handles not being able to connect to the check-server at all, but didnt have a routine for when the server is there but the check program isnt running on that port. The automatic time-outs of such servers is longer than most Users are willing to wait and are very hard to set differently.
This routine will probably be tweaked in patches the same as everything else in the game. Lets not get so impatient that we force them to go buy one of the ready-made protection schemes. Im sure we would be much more unhappy with that.
[ April 19, 2004, 13:25: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]
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