Best way to bypass Gamespy

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

I've posted this in the other forum, but got no responses so I figured I'd try it here since there are probably more users here.

 

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I'd like to bypass gamespy, but not direct connect to any one server. I play on three of them and depending on how many players are on at a given time, I will choose the server to connect to. So gamespy kind of has a little use still, since it shows me how many people are on, but it's super annoying to have the huge wait time between connecting and timing out. Any ideas without having to connect to one server directly?

 

I found the following snippet on this forum in another post. Does this look like it will still connect me to gamespy?

 

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Open up C:Windowssystem32driversetc


Open up "hosts" (not "hosts.msn" or anything else) in Notepad


Add the following lines to the bottom of the page:


0.0.0.0 nw2master.bioware.com


0.0.0.0 nwn2.master.gamespy.com

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ehye_khandee]

               

Is yours a NWN2 question? If so, post it in the NWN2 forum. If not, clarify and we'll try to offer a solution. If it is NWN you are working with, make a web page with the banner for each of your favorite servers on it (see http://iscandar.ch) and use that as your 'users online page' iirc it allows direct connect, but if not, make a shortcut for each server on your desktop and you're good to go.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Dante2377]

               

is this is for nwn1, you can use the nwncx loader and it will not use gamespy but populate the Internet list via skywing services.  

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Is yours a NWN2 question? If so, post it in the NWN2 forum. If not, clarify and we'll try to offer a solution. If it is NWN you are working with, make a web page with the banner for each of your favorite servers on it (see http://iscandar.ch) and use that as your 'users online page' iirc it allows direct connect, but if not, make a shortcut for each server on your desktop and you're good to go.

The other forum being http://neverwintervault.orgNot the NWN2 forums here. I don't play NWN2, but if I did I'd know exactly where to post questions pertaining to that game.

 

Making a list on a website really doesn't help me with my issue. I want to know specifically, if when I launch NWN1, is there a way that I can reduce the time gamespy takes to tell me that it can't reach the master server, but without not using gamespy at all.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

is this is for nwn1, you can use the nwncx loader and it will not use gamespy but populate the Internet list via skywing services.  

 

It is for NWN1. I'm not a technical person, so I'm not especially good at using third party programs. How exactly does this work?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Thayan]

               

You just download the .exe along with a couple of associated .dll files, and copy them to your NWN installation folder. Then when you double-click that .exe, it's just like you clicked the 'Play' button for NWN and will launch you to the main game screen. It's pretty much meant for a non-technical person to use.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

You just download the .exe along with a couple of associated .dll files, and copy them to your NWN installation folder. Then when you double-click that .exe, it's just like you clicked the 'Play' button for NWN and will launch you to the main game screen. It's pretty much meant for a non-technical person to use.

 

Does it work on Windows 8? I have enough probs running NWN1 on Windows 8 to begin with.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Thayan]

               

It works fine for me on multiple Windows 8 machines. Run it in Win XP compatibility mode just to be safe, if you like.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ehye_khandee]

               

One way to reduce the time it spends looking for gamespy is to tell it NOT to use gamespy, a switch in the INI files will do that for you if that interests you you can search it out on this forum with the right keywords or I'll provide a link if you ask. The reason I asked about nwn2 is that your initial posts use code for NWN2 in it. Glad we got that cleared up tho.

 

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MrZork]

               

One way to reduce the time it spends looking for gamespy is to tell it NOT to use gamespy, a switch in the INI files will do that for you if that interests you you can search it out on this forum with the right keywords or I'll provide a link if you ask. The reason I asked about nwn2 is that your initial posts use code for NWN2 in it. Glad we got that cleared up tho.

 

I would ask that you provide the link, please. I am also interested in the NWN client not bothering to check GameSpy, rather than having it check and timing out (even though the timeout can be reduced). Changing the GameSpy Enabled setting in nwnplayer.ini is described as doing something else (mostly useful for servers), so a client setting for this would be handy.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ehye_khandee]

               

In your OP, the code you show is for NWN2, hence I asked about it.

 

Since you are using NWN, the way to make gamespy not take time trying to connect is to turn it off. this is done via a switch in the ini files (what solutions others are offering here is a way to populate the server list in your nwn which seems to be not what you are asking for).

 

http://nwn.wikia.com...i/Nwnplayer.ini

 

spills the beans on the ini files read down to the section on

 

master server (turn it off since the service is dead anyway)

 

that will speed up your connecting to a server a bit (by default your NWN will try to connect and wait for a timeout).

 

If you want to reduce polling time for gamespy you can block the IP for gamespy in your firewall and that will give an instant reply to nwn when gamespy is polled (no connection, instead of waiting for a coded timeout to expire).

 

Hope this helps.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Yeah my bad about the code. I don't know a thing about code and I found that snippet by doing a google search, which is why I asked in the first place if it would work.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Gruftlord]

               

see here, if you are looking for info (including install instructions) on nwncx: http://www.neverwint....info/nwncx.htm

i use it myself and it works flawlessly in win 8.1 for byassing master server and gamespy login issued as well as displaying skywing server lists.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

see here, if you are looking for info (including install instructions) on nwncx: http://www.neverwint....info/nwncx.htm

i use it myself and it works flawlessly in win 8.1 for byassing master server and gamespy login issued as well as displaying skywing server lists.

 

Thank you Gruftlord! I will give this a try.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lightfoot8]

               

It sounds to me that your simplest solution would be to just create shortcuts on your desktop to automatically run the game a connect to the servers you want to play.   

 

So if you have three servers that you normally play.   you would create three shortcuts,  one for each server.   That way you would just have to click on the shortcut for the server to jump straight into it. 

 

 

I do not have windows8  but it should work in it.   I will describe the way I create the shortcuts in XP.  

 

Goto your Neverwinter nights directory and find the nwmain.exe file.  

Right click on it and select Create Shortcut.   It should create the shortcut in the same directory.  

Move the shortcut to the desktop.   Drag and drop should work.

Right-click the shortcut and select properties.  

On the general tab  rename the shortcut to reflect the server you want to connect to. 

On the shortcut tab in the target field add the connection information to the end of the field.   

  the connection information consists of "+connect "  followed by the IP and port.  

 

 

Example from my old desk top.

 The tatget field look like.  

 

"C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN\nwmain.exe"   +connect 70.185.174.129:5121

 

Hope that helps.