majin_buu_16 on 5/4/2001 at 23:48
I'm downloaded the multiplayer patch and then tried to play a game using Gamespy Arcade but everytime I try to enter a game, it says "Connecting (F10 Cancels)". I;ve waited for more than 5 min before and it still wont connect. It is like this on all the servers I try to enter. Is something wrong with Deus Ex or is it Gamespy?
Hanse on 6/4/2001 at 00:07
I don't usually connect to the server broadcast through gamespy, but through hosting my own server, and connecting to other people that I know, it seems that the two patches are not compatible with each other, so you may be trying to connect to servers that are running a different patch version than you have. When someone tried to connect to me with the more recent patch, and my server was running the original patch, she got an error message that the versions didn't match, or something like that. But when I tried to connect to a server I knew was running the most recent patch, I got the same result you did... a neverending connection message. And someone else trying to connect had the same problem. So I suspect its patch incompatibility.
<small>Forgive me if this is old news to everyone else...</small>
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/smile.gifD`JK on 6/4/2001 at 15:31
It's the different patches, yeah. If you try to connect to a game, it gives you the message:
Connect to 212.45.234.186 (F10 cancels)<small>IP address an example</small>
If you don't get a message saying CONNECTING under that after about 5 seconds, you should generally give up and try a different server.
majin_buu_16 on 7/4/2001 at 17:49
Thanks, I updated Deus Ex and it connects now.
