Page Location: Home > Archive - News > Topic
1, 2  Next

Forum: Archive - News

Topic: UT servers deminished

Page 1 of 2
lordnikon
rank 87
Posted:
Fri Jun 06, 2003 11:02 pm
quote : #1
profile : pm
Posts: 5902
Type: NTSC-U/C
Well unfortunatly it seems that all of the dreamcast Unreal Tournament Servers except for 1 eight player max capacity server, were recently taken down. For good? Possibly. Probobly.

Onlineconsoles is currently working on petitioning for server software for various online DC titles. So that we can set up and run dreamcast online gaming servers. Smile

We are on borrowed time as it is. Seganet servers were supposedly only supposed to be up till end of 2k2. However the interesting thing is not ALL titles are hosted by sega...many are independent. So don't go thinking everything is gonna be shutdown or blah blah blah, and get in some wild panic.

All we can do is enjoy the games while they are up, have fun, and play dreamcast online for as long as the options are available.


Last edited by lordnikon on Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:38 am; edited 3 times in total
  _________________
I'm already numero uno on Dark Helmet's hit list...
kontact
rank 9
Posted:
Sat Jun 07, 2003 1:24 am
quote : #2
profile : pm
Posts: 112
truely disturbing. Sad
 
lordnikon
rank 87
Posted:
Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:44 pm
quote : #3
profile : pm
Posts: 5902
Type: NTSC-U/C
Well I have been scoping things out over the past few days just keeping a close eye on most all the online games i own for DC.

The one UT server is still up and running, and is almost always packed with gamers.

The Quake 3 servers now are swamped! Very good numbers, right now i just checked and there are over 30 people playing on DC Quake 3. With about 5 full games.

So even thought most of UT is down. DC fraggers are all still here Smile

The quake 3 servers all are still around, and i don't think they are going anywhere since they are mostly independently hosted. And are not even connected to seganet. So the Quake3 servers should be safe and sound.
  _________________
I'm already numero uno on Dark Helmet's hit list...
WWJD
rank 3
Posted:
Wed Jun 11, 2003 11:50 am
quote : #4
profile : pm
Posts: 10
Lord, I love your site. It's super quick! Smile
I run the DCOG list and think we should tag team the "get servers from Sega" lobbying. I have pursued this with them in the past [last time they said they'd shut them all down] but no one had any info on who had what software. And I've started up with it again. Let's dialog via email as I have lots of experience with them and can tell you all I know. It doesn't look good but doesn't hurt to try. If you're interested in a community effort email me at wwjd@junglemate.com. If not, why, that's cool too.

I'll be testing all the games again soon and will update the list if there are changes.
WORST case: we can ALWAYS run Quake 3 servers from PCs.
 
lordnikon
rank 87
Posted:
Wed Jun 11, 2003 5:14 pm
quote : #5
profile : pm
Posts: 5902
Type: NTSC-U/C
Word yea i think that by contacting the game publishers is the best bet...not seganet. Because the games that do have server input lines, such as Bomberman and Outtrigger, the server was most likely developed by the game developers using a developers kit recieved from sega. I feel as long as the source code is copywritten, that companies would feel secure to lend installations of the server software out to public use.

If not, many of these games will never be playable online again, unless someone with the knowledge and the skills were to hand code them, and compile them by tearing apart the dreamcast game itself. This is possible, but would require a team of peopel to do it.

Seganet had already released open source primers on how seganet was developed to both sony and nintendo, to further the online console gaming market. Everything your seeing right now on Sony and Nintendo as far as online console gaming...is based entirely off of the core sega net gaming model.

I think its more that sega feels its not worth their time to deal with it. They're dealing with the financial problems of Sega right now, which is pretty crazy. The Namco and Sammy merger fallouts really hurt the company, and Sega is looking for anyone to merge with right now. The sad part is Sega might be selling off a bunch of their most prized developers to microsoft.
  _________________
I'm already numero uno on Dark Helmet's hit list...
WWJD
rank 3
Posted:
Thu Jul 03, 2003 12:13 pm
quote : #6
profile : pm
Posts: 10
Nikon, can you confirm yourself if JGR and Samba De Amigo still function with their content or whatever? I can't check those

I've gotten no where gettign server software or info from anywhere. I give up. I do plan on getting ahold of 4x4 and Q3 and setting up servers for those someday, but with up speed of 128k on my cable, that should prove lame.
 
Truewrestler
rank 6
Posted:
Thu Jul 03, 2003 12:24 pm
quote : #7
profile : pm
Posts: 41
128k is probably fine for 4 players or so
 
lordnikon
rank 87
Posted:
Thu Jul 03, 2003 7:31 pm
quote : #8
profile : pm
Posts: 5902
Type: NTSC-U/C
128kbit divided by 8 is 16 kilobytes per second of upstream, he could run 1 or the other but not both. Plus cable modems fluctuate. We should be getting a quake 3 server setup at a colo, so its up all the time.

WWJD i just tested JGR the website content still works.
  _________________
I'm already numero uno on Dark Helmet's hit list...
WWJD
rank 3
Posted:
Fri Jul 04, 2003 12:18 pm
quote : #9
profile : pm
Posts: 10
Thanks LN! I updated the list.
put this whereever you want:
7-4-2003 Quake 3 Dreamcast IPs from USA:

24.164.152.42:27960
68.12.225.179:27960
12.220.116.129:27960
68.71.100.184:27960
68.144.47.171:27962
68.144.47.171:27960
24.229.157.164:27960
12.226.106.113:27960
68.144.47.171:27961
217.160.167.205:27963 Team DM
200.158.178.91:27960 Tourney
80.132.90.202:27960
66.27.206.187:27960
200.158.240.105:27960
200.158.183.45:27960 Tourney
 
MeltedIce
rank 7
Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:08 pm
quote : #10
profile : pm
Posts: 58
Are you seriuos about Sega telling Sony and Nintendo how to base there network system off of seganet? I mean comon that is so unfair. Its not right, the DC owns the title of being the best online console out there but sega being all gay shutting down the servers. If we get the server software that would be great.
 
NiktheGreek
rank 6
Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:37 pm
quote : #11
profile : pm
Posts: 43
MeltedIce wrote:
Its not right, the DC owns the title of being the best online console out there but sega being all gay shutting down the servers.

Nobody's being "gay". The servers cost money to run, and Sega are still in deep with financial problems. If they're not supporting the console anymore, why should they feel obliged to keep the console's servers up? Eventually, they'd have to take them down anyway - just be grateful that we still have some games to play.
  _________________
...
DreamcastMagic
banned!
Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:18 pm
quote : #12
profile : pm
Posts: 1248
NiktheGreek wrote:
MeltedIce wrote:
Its not right, the DC owns the title of being the best online console out there but sega being all gay shutting down the servers.

Nobody's being "gay". The servers cost money to run, and Sega are still in deep with financial problems. If they're not supporting the console anymore, why should they feel obliged to keep the console's servers up? Eventually, they'd have to take them down anyway - just be grateful that we still have some games to play.


True to tell you how much they were in debt a modest estiment in 2001 was wll over 1 billion, not sure if that was true but with so many systems they made failing seems about right
 
darkooga
rank 19
Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:51 pm
quote : #13
profile : pm
Posts: 369
yeah, that blows
  _________________
Dreamcast: Its Thinking
DreamcastMagic
banned!
Posted:
Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:37 am
quote : #14
profile : pm
Posts: 1248
They other day I edited my pissed off anti Sega talk from my sites editorals (yes a few were tainted) not really something I wanted on my site they did try, sad its didn't work
 
dreamer!
rank 10
Posted:
Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:21 am
quote : #15
profile : pm
Posts: 133
damn and DC server down is tragic damn u sega!
 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
Display:   
 
View previous topic - View next topic
Page Location: Home > Archive - News > Topic
1, 2  Next