Best thing for now is to create a small JUMP map with info tables with pictures which learn newbie players how to use Direct connect
1. open website www.vietcong1.tk in your browser
2. choose server, take its IP and port number
3. open Direct conn in VC game and write IP : port here and connect
There should be more free and open solutions, so players can choose
Hoods wrote:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?175463-End-of-Gamespy
Well, we'll see how it works out
But Vietcong has nothing to do with Bohemia Interactive! It was developed by Pterodon in cooperation with Illusion Softworks. I think you should know that - have you ever seen the BI logo in the game?
Hello, is there a solution ????? We need here a serverlist (IP´s) or maybe a patch 1,7 which forward to a new serverlist. Hurry up to find a solution, it takes 1-2 weeks until results are listened at google !!!!
In the moment are 81 servers online. Maybe they have a solution !!?
FMhades : hi 2k !
is not possible that after enduring the abandonment of developer Vietcong 2. now you take away our online service. I bought 3 original games Vietcong2 because I love this game and it is unfortunate that kill the game this way. 2K please reconsider this. many people buy vietcong2 and vietcong2 the community is not very large, this is no reason to kill the game.
2K : Hello Fmhadesvc,
Thank you for contacting 2K Games Support and for your question.
We are sorry to have to disappoint anyone who has put time and effort into creating a game idea, but it is our policy not to accept unsolicited games ideas from the public.
There are several reasons for this, including the potential legal issues involved. Our R&D department is currently not accepting submissions.
Hi all,
So do we have any solutions yet I have added all my favourite servers in my favourites list but what else can be done and when is gamespy ending exactly?
What will happen when I click on the internet tab on vc multiplayer from now onwards.
Thanks
GOOK GOD uk' s killer
Furthermore, 2K Games announced that a variety of games in the portfolio will lose their online functionality with the Gamespy closure. Among them is also about the strategy classic Stronghold 2 The following list gives you information about the securities concerned.:
Close Combat First to Fight (PC / Mac)
Jetfighter (PC)
Jetfighter V: Homeland Protector (PC)
Lead Foot (PC)
Rune (PC)
Stronghold 2 (PC)
Stronghold Legends (PC)
Top Spin (PS2 / PC)
Top Spin 2 (PC / DS)
Vietcong (PC)
Vietcong Fist Alpha (PC)
Vietcong 2 (PC)
MLB Fantasy All-Stars (DS)
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (DS)
Major League Baseball 2K9 Fantasy All-Stars (DS)
NHL 2K10 (Wii)
NBA 2K10 (Wii)
____
I can not understand 2K Games, all others at least move to Steamworks and shut down these listed games.
Ne Ne ..... the call portfolios.
Okay, here comes the big advancement of vietcong1.tk: the Run button! Select your desired server and click it. For the first time, you'll have to verify/fill in the path to your vietcong.exe file and check whether or not you want to play with the Fist Alpha add-on. Then a customized batch file for the server is offered to be downloaded and you just save it and run it to connect to the gameplay, from whatever location. For servers with a stable IP, you can download the batch file just once, next time only run it again. Enjoy!
If the standard program path for the majority of users is different, just let me know. You can also verify if this method works on other versions of Windows. It works on Windows XP.
OndraG, nice idea, but I think this don´t work.
You just portforwarded the Gamespy list, or not ?
Look here is another idea to host games / serverlist It´s the game "neverwinter nights". Dead since years, servers gone offline,
but the players keep that game alive with many servers !!! I think it must be an idea like this.
Thanks for the reply, sniperspider. But unfortunately I can't say I really understand it. Have you tried the Run button? It's not an idea, it's a real implementation of a solution.
Maybe I should rename it from "Run" to "Connect" or "Play", that could give more sense, because what it does is that it enables the player to directly join the chosen server without the need for remembering/writing down an IP and a port of the server and then filling it in in the Direct Connect form of the game.
It's as much close to supplying data to the in-game list as I can get right now. In some aspects it's even better: one can first browse through a more detailed list of servers/players, choosing more precisely what he/she wants.
I tested your server list of Vietcong1.tk with (RUN) batch file.
I have in the batch file, the path mine Vietcong path adapted, stored and clicked on the Bat.Datei, was immediately sent to the server to play.
Recently, I heard that the batch files don't work properly with VCStarter. Since I don't use it, I would appreciate an active cooperation from someone who does. If you could post here a bug report, it would help me to resolve the problem.
RiskyDingo, Steam is a big gaming platform, but not a solution for us. Owners of the game would have to make some arrangements and some more implementation probably. (And it would cost them some money.) Actually, few weeks ago, I wrote an email to 2K Games offering them my cooperation/asking for help about the encoding algorithm, but they even didn't reply, they probably don't care about VC.
Have the batch file started and have VCstarter 1.4.1.
Started without problems.
Have on my desktop shortcut * C: \ xxxxx \ xxxxx \ Desktop \ Vietcong \ vietcong.exe-addon fistalpha * and went with it immediately, no error message will, most times even further.
With Steam is so ne thing, 2K is also nothing will make an effort to suffer in what ways a pity ...
Hi Ondra, I finally had a chance today to try out the run button and it seemed to work fine for me, I just put the batch files in a folder on desktop and connection to game worked with no problems, looks good m8!
OndraG: I have the CZ and EU version of the game. Both use VCStarter v1.5.1. With EU version it's just working fine but with the CZ version it is NOT working when using the VCStarter and it displays an error message (screen in the attachment). With original vietcong.exe the CZ version is working correctly. Tried on my PC and NTB. Both with Win 7 64-bit.
Also added info about vietcong1.tk and creating the batch file to my GameSpy shutdown info server! Unfortunately, my connection is currently suffering of VERY SLOW UPSTREAM speed - http://www.speedt...3496868046 - the nominal UP is 2Mbps and in the graphs of my ISP's main router I can clearly see that the problem is in his unstable and very asymmetric network . (probably due to a faulty wireless backbone link)
x 1
x 1
x 1
x 3
x 1
. (probably due to a faulty wireless backbone link)