Uninstall Gamespy For Better Mp Results!!!

[NeOmega]

Here is the scenario.

When I first started playing, I could host 4 player games no problem.

then I updated Gamespy.

Then I could only play 2 player games, and it crashed constantly..... (see my thread titled I cant play anymore)

Believe me, I tried and tried and tried, no matter what, I could only get a 2 player game going, as was reported by many others

in the lobby, a guy said he had no problems, and he never installed gamespy.

In a couple of days I could hardly do anything without getting major crashes.

So I unistalled gamespy.... and guess what.

PTW worked without a hitch. Hosted a 3 player game titled people w/o gamespy first time, WITH OTHER PEOPLE I WAS SURE had NOT INSTALLED GAMESPY!!!

thankyou Rjack and Toasty for testing this with me.... sorry I bolted to report the finings of my experiment.


EDIT: you may not need to uninstall gamespy, you may just nedd to make sure it isn't running, and that no-one else is using gamespy also.

Also, I am aware that the civ III lobby says powered by gamespy.... even if you un-install gamespy. It will still work with gamespy un-installed. Also, this issue may be fixed in the next patch.... but until then.....

[Minuteman]

I'm not sure I fully understand what you're saying. You mean, it's possible to play PTW MP without Gamespy? I thought Gamespy is what facilitates MP in the first place.

[NeOmega]

nope, I uninstalled it and it worked fine by pressing "multiplayer" on the title screen.

Also, be sure the people you are playing with do not have gamespy installed too, and LOW PINGS are necessary for true game enjpyment.

I could be playing right now, but I want Civ III fans to know the cause of most of the problems

[Minuteman]

Thanks for the info. I'll check it out. Btw, how can you tell if someone has Gamespy installed or not?

[Skanky Burns]

Asking them always helps.

[NeOmega]

I had to ask

And I also had to ask someone who had it intalled to leave.... sorry dude :P

[Minuteman]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Asking them always helps.

LOL! Is that the only way? Asking people if they have Gamespy installed on Gamespy is like asking people at an A.A. meeting if they're alcoholics. You know what answer you're going to get 99% of the time.

[NeOmega]

hit the multiplayer button at the title screen of PTW

host/join a game

ask them there

YOU DO NOT NEED GAMESPY TO PLAY PTW Multiplayer !

[asleepathewheel]

interesting

unfortunately gamespy is the only way to see who is online and lurking.

[NeOmega]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
interesting

unfortunately gamespy is the only way to see who is online and lurking.

that does suck, but for now, gamespy needs to fix it's problems or firaxis needs to tell them soemthing or something I don't know, all I know are these dramatic results


I would prefer GS's layout, but, I would much rather get a good 4 player game.

[NeOmega]

If anyone would care to get 3 or four low pingers and test this, I'd appreciate it!

please post your results....

remeber, all players must not have gamespy installed on their computer.

they all must be 1.04f too.

[Jack_www]

How was the lag in the game? Cause I have gamespy and play through PTW and dont have any crashes anymore, I know what to do to avoid crashes, but it does lock up sometimes, and the lag is really bad expect on 1v1 games.

[NeOmega]

I am incredibly picky about lag, I never play anyone with lag above 150

4 player game I probably would only play pingers of 120 or less

[notyoueither]

'update GameSpy'

Which update? When? How did you trigger it?

[NeOmega]

the update was triggered by running gamepy IIRC

(I played the first day mostly through the civ III lobby, and couldn't find the Civ III room in gamespy until the next day)