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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215271 is a reply to message #214866]

Sat, 26 August 2006 02:43

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215274 is a reply to message #214866]

Sat, 26 August 2006 03:04

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in terms of population,
RA2 > slight gap > Renegade > huge gap > Tib Sun and Yuri's Revenge

Of course, in terms of XWIS' priorities:
RA2 > slight gap > Tib Sun and Yuri's Revenge > gap big enough to accommodate a planet > Renegade

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215276 is a reply to message #215274]

Sat, 26 August 2006 03:10

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Why dont they fix the game with most players FIRST?
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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215282 is a reply to message #214866]

Sat, 26 August 2006 04:11

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I'm pretty sure Renegade has FAR more players than any of their games. I assure you that I will be having some words with anyone whose ear I can grab about this. This is completely intolerable.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215329 is a reply to message #214866]

Sat, 26 August 2006 10:47

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Its because the admins at XWIS don'y play Renegade, don't you guys think it is a big coinsadince that the games they play recieve the most priority?

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215342 is a reply to message #215282]

Sat, 26 August 2006 12:12

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Crimson wrote on Sat, 26 August 2006 06:11

I'm pretty sure Renegade has FAR more players than any of their games. I assure you that I will be having some words with anyone whose ear I can grab about this. This is completely intolerable.

RA2 does indeed have a larger player population, unfortunately. It tops Renegade by a couple hundred at peek times, non peak times a little more.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215352 is a reply to message #215069]

Sat, 26 August 2006 12:51

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Blazer wrote on Fri, 25 August 2006 08:42

If you have a TC mod when you connect to WOL/XWIS it gets its own "instance", and only other people who have the mod will see it.

Regular Renegade
index.php?t=getfile&id=1560&private=0

Modded (Yes its a valid serial, im guessing this is just a generalized error)
index.php?t=getfile&id=1559&private=0

I copied the serial via Registry, and WolData.key

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215354 is a reply to message #214866]

Sat, 26 August 2006 12:55

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It's up now but I think everyone keeps losing connection.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215357 is a reply to message #215071]

Sat, 26 August 2006 13:07

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Oblivion165 wrote on Fri, 25 August 2006 09:57

I get a "Unable to connect to westwood online" or a "Your game has been rejected" or a "You need an update in order to play online"

I know thats how it was originally, but I think XWis changed the situation.

Works fine for RenAlert

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215367 is a reply to message #215357]

Sat, 26 August 2006 14:11

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Renx wrote on Sat, 26 August 2006 16:07

Oblivion165 wrote on Fri, 25 August 2006 09:57

Works fine for RenAlert

True, and it always worked before when i did the TC for A New Hope and such. I did my mod a little different this time, maybe that is why. I stuck all of the renegade files in Always2 that way i wouldnt have to export them everytime i need to update my always.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215436 is a reply to message #214866]

Sat, 26 August 2006 22:40

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Poor quality but the pattern of servers is changing all the time, hopefully it is more stable by....hmmm, tommorrow Smile

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215664 is a reply to message #214866]

Sun, 27 August 2006 20:06

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I was playin Tiberian Sun olnine and I was in the lobby and I tried to join a game and then it froze so I restarted my comp and then when I tried to go olnine it wouldnt connect. Then I went to Renegade and it wouldn't connect either.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215689 is a reply to message #215664]

Mon, 28 August 2006 00:57

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http://strike-team.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=90994

DonCarlo,Aug 26 2006, 12:58 PM

I have not yet had time to read all threads on this subject but this a general post that should answer most questions complaints.

The reasons that all servers went down 2 days ago is that the host had a scheduled downtime for network maintenance.

We were not informed of this downtime and have only been informed today after trying to get some answers.

Once the host network was backup, the Ra2 and Yuri´s revenge servers automatically restarted.
The TS/Renegade server did not. This has nothing to do with any perjudices against those games it was just bad luck.

There are still some services that need to be restarted on all servers so please be patient.
Please also note that Olaf and i are currently away at Leipzig GC with EA.
On the one hand this is unfortunate timing that this happened in our absence as we are struggling to get access to PCs to get online here.
On the other hand we have access to talk to the top people at EA here and one of our priorities in our visit is to get some assurances from EA that this kind of thing is going to stop happening.

Note we were contacted by Riz on our mobile phones as soon as this occurred and we got online at our first opportunity. But since it was a network issue there was nothing we could do.
We have sympathy with those players who have made civilised enquiries and will do our best to get the message to the right people. But we are no longer accepting responsibilties for things beyond our control or accept complaints from people that are being unreasonable and rude.

When we get a chance to give an update we will.

DonCarlo,Aug 27 2006, 11:04 PM

Update :
We are back now.
There are still some stability issues with c server (RG and TS). That is the priority,after that we will let you know the status on ladders etc.

Note all levels at EA are aware of this, not least because a lot of people contacted EA during the downtime, which only helps the case to get more reliable hosts provided. We are discussing that presently.

Keep an eye on that news thread for updates Smile

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215701 is a reply to message #214866]

Mon, 28 August 2006 03:40

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I figured out what my problem is, I hexedited too much apparently. Works fine now.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215704 is a reply to message #214866]

Mon, 28 August 2006 04:16

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Quote:

XTF (08:52 PM) :
XWIS doesn't restart
XTF (08:52 PM) :
But there's indeed an issue with the connections.

Quote:

Host: Quitting due to Westwood Online connection loss.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215728 is a reply to message #215704]

Mon, 28 August 2006 08:47

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well, what to do?

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215750 is a reply to message #214866]

Mon, 28 August 2006 09:30

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The reasons that all servers went down 2 days ago is that the host had a scheduled downtime for network maintenance.

We were not informed of this downtime and have only been informed today after trying to get some answers.

What company isn't going to inform their clients about network maintenance downtime? That's irresponsible not to. I bet you anything that they were informed, but this was simply neglected on Olaf's part.

whoa.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215757 is a reply to message #215750]

Mon, 28 August 2006 09:40

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Yes, a little message on message of the day would be appreciated

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215759 is a reply to message #215757]

Mon, 28 August 2006 09:43

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LR01 wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 12:40

Yes, a little message on message of the day would be appreciated

No, I mean, I highly doubt that their server host didn't inform them about server maintenance. No decent-sized company would be stupid enough to do that. That kills your reputation.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215765 is a reply to message #215759]

Mon, 28 August 2006 10:06

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215773 is a reply to message #214866]

Mon, 28 August 2006 11:07

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Yeah, I find it impossible to believe that an ISP would schedule a downtime of a day and a half (the time that even the website was down). And if they absolutely HAD to schedule a downtime like that, they wouldn't have just forgot to tell everyone.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215782 is a reply to message #214866]

Mon, 28 August 2006 11:29

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Yes ofcourse, the reason renegade was not restored auto was because of "bad luck".

XWIS Def of bad luck:
extreme lack of care

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215874 is a reply to message #215773]

Mon, 28 August 2006 18:17

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Crimson wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 13:07

A hosting company chosen and specified by EA showing utter incompetence invokes no disbelief from me. This type of scheduled unannounced outage happened close to the start of the redirection. Strike-Team/XWIS did all they could prior to and after the redirection to specify a different hosting company, but EA wouldn't budge. Maybe they will now.

trooprm02 wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 13:29

Yes ofcourse, the reason renegade was not restored auto was because of "bad luck".

XWIS Def of bad luck:
extreme lack of care

It was just the way the cookie crumbled. That's all there is to it. I have personally played many hours on Renagade prior to this outage/after the redirection and never once had a problem.

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Re: unable to connect to westwood on line [message #215879 is a reply to message #215874]

Mon, 28 August 2006 19:24

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desoLane wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 20:17

I find that very hard to believe. XWIS was always on the same German box at Clanserver4u.de even before the servserv redirect. The IPs never changed. Where XWIS is hosted has NOTHING to do with EA whatsoever. Where it is hosted has and will always be Olaf's choice.

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