StrongholdGuy1 wrote:

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Achilleslastand wrote:

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Im still waiting for a answer to my original question. I want to know is the code in the game broken? A problem with the server maybe? And please dont reply with the "do you have the latest patch,drivers or firewall opened". I have the latest patch,latest drivers,a very nice pc and i play with either the ports opened for Sh2 or the firewall disabled altogether.

Where are you located in the world. I played a game awhile back and found a few people had similar issues and it turned out there connection wasnt stable enough in the area. and the slight variation of speed somehow cause the connction to disconnect. Its possible you are in the same situation. Rural areas and or heavy connection zones may cause spuratic connections.

I live in oklahoma city okla which is a pretty populated area. For example i got in a 2v2 earlier ,we all had dsl connections and very good pcs and the lag was horrible.
Its funny i play many games online and all run flawlessly online except Sh2.
So back to my original question.
Is the server they are using broken or something wrong with it?
Is the code in the game causing this?

Well there really is no easy answer for this. Not many if any have this issue. Yes there is lag on some servers which is basicly just the same issue with any game which is data exchange. The servers for SH2 just may not be as large as many larger games, seeing as how the company is smaller in size. However, to my knowledge the servers themselves may be located across the ocean, from us americans. This may be an issue with your games.

As for the codeing, im pretty sure that if any part of the networking were corrupt, then the system itself woud go down. It kind of an all or nothing situation.

Im sorry I may not be much help as my technical experience is limited but rest assured if you keep in touch, we can try and help further.

May i ask which other games you refer to above, that may give us a comparison to go off of.

I also wish to add,

If we or the developers were aware of any server malfunction, then the proper individuals whom monitor the servers functions most likely would have or would be fixing it. This is also why we are unable to say Yes, there is something wrong with the server. If we knew, then most likely the developers would be, or would have fixed it.

StrongholdGuy1 wrote:

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Well there really is no easy answer for this. Not many if any have this issue. Yes there is lag on some servers which is basicly just the same issue with any game which is data exchange. The servers for SH2 just may not be as large as many larger games, seeing as how the company is smaller in size. However, to my knowledge the servers themselves may be located across the ocean, from us americans. This may be an issue with your games.

As for the codeing, im pretty sure that if any part of the networking were corrupt, then the system itself woud go down. It kind of an all or nothing situation.

Im sorry I may not be much help as my technical experience is limited but rest assured if you keep in touch, we can try and help further.

May i ask which other games you refer to above, that may give us a comparison to go off of.

Lord of the rings online,World in Conflict,Supremem Commander,Empire Total War. But sadly the game i enjoy the most and have put probably thousands of hours into online is Sh2.
I will do some checking on my end,i know im on a DSL connection but maybe i can upgrade it.
The issues im having are basically as follows,the waiting for players message after someones lord dies. Also sometimes when i enter a game that is up,there is no one in the game. Also sometimes when i host and wait for a bit then a high number of people come in {4 or more} the room will freeze up and you have to exit.
Once again these are not every game occurances just occasionaly enogh to be annoying.

May I ask as to what way you are connecting to the multiplayer games?
GameSpy
GameRanger
Or just in the game itself?

We have found that the best platform for multiplayer games is Gameranger.

StrongholdGuy1 wrote:

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May I ask as to what way you are connecting to the multiplayer games?
GameSpy
GameRanger
Or just in the game itself?

We have found that the best platform for multiplayer games is Gameranger.

Supreme Commander if gas powered games lobby,Empire total war is Steam, WIC is massive entertainment.
Also ive played hundreds of SH1 and Crusader games back on gamespy arcade back in the day with nary a problem.
I did upgrade from the regular DSL to the fastest DSL service available in my area.....it will become effective next week and post here if there are any improvements.

I meant for SH2, your connection speed is just an access, somone with dial-up can still play. I played on Gamespy as well for a few years however there were many issues as you described before, i would try Gameranger as that seems the most standards among users.

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I meant for SH2, your connection speed is just an access, somone with dial-up can still play. I played on Gamespy as well for a few years however there were many issues as you described before, i would try Gameranger as that seems the most standards among users.

I had no clue that you could play SH2 thru Gameranger... i thought it was GS only.....ill look into this,,,,,,Thanks

I went to Gameranger and didnt find SH2 as one of the games listed?

This is Lord Nick.

I was a beta tester in early 2005 on SH2, but I don't recall playing against anyone in MP. I'm not sure if it was even possible to play MP on the build that I was provided. I just went through the test cases/questionnaire that Firefly sent.

In addition, there's no way I would have known anything about Firefly's code, etc, nor been able to discuss it or make statements about it if I had known since I had signed an NDA.

Achilles, 5 years is a long time, perhaps you are confusing me with someone else?

Thanks.