nl.alink.gamepoint.net

[mkalthoff]

Hi,

we can not find nl.alink.gamepoint.net. Can anybody of you play multiplayer over internet in the moment??

[Toni]

nl server

no i tried yeasterday, still can't today

[HuangShang]

they dropped the support by 100% i guess

[Maquiladora]

Aye, its gone Thats totally buggered any future MP games, or MP tournament, (not that either was very active but still).

[child of Thor]

Maybe they got fed up with the slateing they got most of the time and pulled the plug?
Ah well, you can still play LAN MP at least(so a couple of us are still happy).

[SMIFFGIG]

wtf, this the CtP2 server and not the ctp1 ?? If so thats crazy.


And as there still selling CtP2 someone should sue Activision for advertising mplay on the box and in the manual. (maybe there gunna stop selling it, which could be good cause they might unleash there grab on the source code)

Ok i got abit carried away there but this sucks big time, no mplay AT ALL!

[Gilgamensch]

Seems to be that the server is down:

13 6 ms * 6 ms so-0-2-0.TR1.PAR2.Alter.Net [146.188.8.117]
14 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms so-5-0-0.TR2.AMS2.Alter.Net [146.188.9.45]
15 15 ms 16 ms 16 ms so-6-0-0.XR2.AMS6.Alter.Net [146.188.8.89]
16 15 ms 16 ms 14 ms pos10-0-0.gw2.ams6.alter.net [212.136.176.22]
17 15 ms 17 ms 16 ms gamepoint-gw.customer.nl.uu.net [213.53.27.82]
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.

It's getting stucked in the Netherlands, I think toooooooooo much Coffe-shops

We can always blaime the Dutch

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Gilgamensch
gw.customer.nl.uu.net [213.53.27.82]
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.

It's getting stucked in the Netherlands, I think toooooooooo much Coffe-shops

We can always blaime the Dutch

Maybe Locutus has had to assimilate the server to give him the extra power he needs to complete his exams? In which case it should be back up in a week or two

[SMIFFGIG]

yea thats what i was thinking, those servers carry a hefty punch of power for when Borgs are running low

[Gilgamensch]

That would also explain why Locutus wasn't online for a couple of days, he had to prepare the assimilation

[Maquiladora]

The we can blame someone at least

In the meantime i got an answer from Activision support, this is my email-

I have patched the game to the latest version, i am using a dial-up 56k
connection, i have installed the newest servers.dat file and yet i cant connect
to the ONE remaining multiplayer server.

I COULD connect to the nl.alink.gamepoint.net server, but since that server isnt
available anymore (for some reason) i have no choice but to TRY and use the
games.igateway.net server, but i have NEVER successfully connected to this
server and neither has anyone else i know that i try to play games with.

There are no remaining servers that work for Call To Power II. Please Help!

Pretty clear cut id say... the response was-

Response (Anthony Griffin) - 12/05/2002 09:33 AM
Hello,

Thanks for contacting Activision Customer Support. The game does not function
correctly over networks using dynamic IP addressing. Most dial-up connections
and some DSL connections use this method. With dynamic IP addressing each time
you dial in to the Internet, you are assigned a different private IP address
(dynamic IP addressing , using a "10-dot" scheme). Unsolicited information
cannot pass through the firewall to you. To find out if you are using dynamic
IP addressing, please contact your Internet Service Provider.

[centrifuge]

unbelievable...

[Maquiladora]

Okay heres my second email replying to that last reply-

Thanks for your response.

Okay, I have tried on connections which use dynamic IP addressing and
WITHOUT dynamic IP addressing, and so have numerous other people i know. The
problem is with the one remaining server, games.igateway.net and its
functionality with Call To Power II.

I can connect to games.igateway.net server playing Civilization: Call To
Power (the prequel to Call To Power) and yet i cannot connect (with ANY
connection type) playing Call To Power II on that same server.

My question is, where did the nl.alink.gamepoint.net server go? That was the
only remaining server that worked for ANYONE, regardless of IP addressing.
No one can play Multiplayer Internet games without a functioning server, and
games.igateway.net is not working with Call To Power II.

Thanks in advance.

and their reply-

Response (Anthony Griffin) - 12/05/2002 04:36 PM
Hello,

Thanks for filling me in on the situation. Unfortunately, those servers are not
hosted by Activision. We have not hosted servers for that game in years. The
servers you mention are fan-created. Thus the best thing to do at this point is
to contact the server administrator to see what is going on. We can help you
with the software/hardware end of the problem (that is what my last e-mail was
focusing on) but there is not much that I can do regarding servers created by
others. I hope you understand.

So there it is, i guess ill email the admin for the games.igateway.net and the nl.alink.gamepoint.net, see what happens.

[HuangShang]

Damn it

the activision gave a long time ago

[Maquiladora]

Yeah, it actually doesnt provide Internet Multiplayer anymore as SMIFFGIG said, so they arent actually providing whats described on the box. They should stop selling it with that claim if thats the situation or stop selling the game altogether, but apparently they didnt even know MP wasnt working anymore so.

Anyway i emailed gamepoint.net and igateway.net and igateway said-

Thank you for contacting Internet Gateway Technical Support:


The supportigateway.net.
If you are not an Internet Gateway customers please contact
salesigateway.net.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

Thank you for using Internet Gateway.

Internet Gateway Support Group

What the hell that means is anyone's guess.

Im still waiting on a reply from gamepoint.net. Im not sure if ill even get a reply, considering 99% of their site was double Dutch to me, in every sense.