AvP2 update

soiheardyoulike · 02-24-2009, 01:32 PM

I installed the game days ago,everything worked fine,thought i should play some multiplayer,typed the cd-key,worked.But then a popup came,saying something like ''update failed,your internet may be down,or our update servers may be down''...Well,my internet wasn't down,and it appears the original sierra website doesn't exist anymore.So i wondered if anyone here knew what's wrong...

Thanks.

pugdug808 · 05-26-2009, 03:35 PM

i have the same problem it sucks i want to do multiplayer if you find sulotion tell me

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 05-26-2009, 04:30 PM

Sierra shut down all multiplayer servers in January this year so you can't register or play online.

pugdug808 · 05-26-2009, 07:57 PM

so no matter what you cant play online
and second of all why did they shut down the servers because its old?

Tiber Septim · 05-26-2009, 10:59 PM

It's an 8 year old game, they weren't making any money off it and maintaining servers costs money.
They shut down a whole bunch of servers for old games - not just AVP.

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 05-27-2009, 05:34 PM

Tiber is right, the game did well early on, but they did not make enough after a while so to save money they shut down almost all online games they developed that are over 6 years old. So to answer your question yes, there is NOTHING you can do to play online, I mean there is a tiny tiny chance that you can run your own server or emulate one, but I don't think it's possible with AVP2, The only thing I think you can use is LAN.

02-24-2009, 01:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
soiheardyoulike Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 OS: windows XP	AvP2 update I installed the game days ago,everything worked fine,thought i should play some multiplayer,typed the cd-key,worked.But then a popup came,saying something like ''update failed,your internet may be down,or our update servers may be down''...Well,my internet wasn't down,and it appears the original sierra website doesn't exist anymore.So i wondered if anyone here knew what's wrong... Thanks.

05-26-2009, 03:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
pugdug808 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: AvP2 update i have the same problem it sucks i want to do multiplayer if you find sulotion tell me

05-26-2009, 04:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,251 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: AvP2 update Sierra shut down all multiplayer servers in January this year so you can't register or play online. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.

05-26-2009, 07:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
pugdug808 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: AvP2 update so no matter what you cant play online and second of all why did they shut down the servers because its old?

05-26-2009, 10:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,866 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: AvP2 update It's an 8 year old game, they weren't making any money off it and maintaining servers costs money. They shut down a whole bunch of servers for old games - not just AVP. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

05-27-2009, 05:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,251 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: AvP2 update Tiber is right, the game did well early on, but they did not make enough after a while so to save money they shut down almost all online games they developed that are over 6 years old. So to answer your question yes, there is NOTHING you can do to play online, I mean there is a tiny tiny chance that you can run your own server or emulate one, but I don't think it's possible with AVP2, The only thing I think you can use is LAN. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.