KaptCrunch Posted February 17, 2021 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4872 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 4053 Achievement Points: 39427 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Sitting-Duc said: Pretty sure it's not Activision that does COD WAW authentication.. thought it was Daemon or something like that? daffy its DAEMON Tools - imaging software for all your needs ... software for copying games. producers of WAW was a Canadian software company was under Microsoft / Activision for the Xbox360 PC WaW was Treyarch software CoD2 was Infinityward, but still Activision controls player profiles on thier master server i tried Tryarch and was bounced to Activision an your game wasn't on thier list of support, so i guess EOL of CoD5 Edited February 17, 2021 by KaptCrunch BlackRose 1 Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 17, 2021 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4872 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 4053 Achievement Points: 39427 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) must do before they pull the plug on authentication server calling you hackers, C++ coders need to find IP of authentication server in game files, then ftp the files to our server to mirror them and update our game files to look at our server since Activison dropped the ball on support Note: 2020 Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision and Treyarch are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Edited February 17, 2021 by KaptCrunch Awards
Sitting-Duc Posted February 18, 2021 Member ID: 561 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 85 Topic Count: 502 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5336 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 4612 Achievement Points: 41356 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 29 Joined: 10/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 08:30 PM Birthday: 04/06/1992 Device: Windows Posted February 18, 2021 9 hours ago, KaptCrunch said: daffy its DAEMON Tools - imaging software for all your needs ... software for copying games. producers of WAW was a Canadian software company was under Microsoft / Activision for the Xbox360 PC WaW was Treyarch software CoD2 was Infinityward, but still Activision controls player profiles on their master server i tried Tryarch and was bounced to Activision an your game wasn't on thier list of support, so i guess EOL of CoD5 I posted the URL after, got the name wrong it wasn't Daemon but DemonWare. In any case I wasn't discussing publisher or producer but the company behind the master server/authentication. The Treyarch, DemonWare and Infinity Ward companies are owned/subsidiaries of Activision anyway.. Awards
GEN_Morgan Posted February 23, 2021 Member ID: 28278 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 42 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 39 Achievement Points: 554 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/21/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 03:11 AM Device: Windows Posted February 23, 2021 Maybe this has something to do with the recent change? Next COD maybe a World War 2 reboot... https://dotesports.com/call-of-duty/news/call-of-duty-2021-rumored-to-potentially-be-set-during-world-war-ii-according-to-leaks?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=automated&utm_campaign=news BlackRose 1 Awards
GEN_Morgan Posted February 23, 2021 Member ID: 28278 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 42 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 39 Achievement Points: 554 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/21/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 03:11 AM Device: Windows Posted February 23, 2021 Also, interesting that this article just came out touting WaW as the best of the COD series. Not sure how credible the author is in this age of fake news though. https://www.cbr.com/call-duty-wwii-shooter/ BlackRose 1 Awards
Morris Posted February 23, 2021 Member ID: 1942 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 21 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1437 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 910 Achievement Points: 10945 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25 Birthday: 09/21/1965 Device: Windows Posted February 23, 2021 From what I can gather, people know about the issue as its effecting all COD 5 servers but, clearly they no longer want to support this and are hoping we just move to another platform. Sad really as there is a huge COD 5 following. Wish they would address this or have the balls to acknowledge and say what their intentions are on way or another? Hunter1948, CrazyGirl, KaptCrunch and 1 other 4 Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 23, 2021 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4872 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 4053 Achievement Points: 39427 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) or was a feeler post by Activision 4 hours ago, GEN_Morgan said: Also, interesting that this article just came out touting WaW as the best of the COD series. Not sure how credible the author is in this age of fake news though. https://www.cbr.com/call-duty-wwii-shooter/ from that page a review Quote WaW is still my favorite game from the series. It just had so much, vehicle's, balanced weapons, game modes, levels that were laid out very well. They need to remaster it. we all need to hammer that link with reviews cos Activision is playing numbers game, for PC market is left behind for console's are getting the attention also that page is The Facebook Comments Plugin enables visitors to easily have a discussion around your content. Improve engagement, increase time spent on site, and seamlessly moderate conversation all from one simple tool. SPAM the market IMHO Edited February 23, 2021 by KaptCrunch facebook TheHammer 1 Awards
Merlin007 Posted February 23, 2021 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1125 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8580 Content Per Day: 1.64 Reputation: 7547 Achievement Points: 76543 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Android Posted February 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, KaptCrunch said: or was a feeler post by Activision from that page a review we all need to hammer that link with reviews cos Activision is playing numbers game, for PC market is left behind for console's are getting the attention I would comment but unfortunately to post you have to login with Facebook it seems. Sorry, but I don't use Facebook to log into anything but Facebook. Hopefully this crap with activison will sort out sooner than later. Awards
Sammy Posted February 23, 2021 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted February 23, 2021 I dont even use Facebook at all and never will. So, that is that. That said, it took months for Activision to sort out the cod4 master server problem. Or get around to it. BUDMAN, KaptCrunch, BlackRose and 2 others 5 Awards
GEN_Morgan Posted February 23, 2021 Member ID: 28278 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 42 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 39 Achievement Points: 554 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/21/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 03:11 AM Device: Windows Posted February 23, 2021 What cracks me up about this is it a sign of a very successful product! 12-13 year gaming platforms with this loyal of a mature adult following are, I would think relatively rare. Take "Yes" for an answer Activision and cater to this market. Plus we are more addicted and have more financial resources. Geesh! Merlin007 1 Awards
Labob Posted February 24, 2021 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.47 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54468 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 22 Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted February 24, 2021 18 hours ago, GEN_Morgan said: What cracks me up about this is it a sign of a very successful product! 12-13 year gaming platforms Nope thats wrong. They make games not for long term success. They make games they want to last 18 months top . They then release a new game . Thats how they make money not by keeping alive an old game that nobody is buying any more. BUDMAN 1 Awards
GEN_Morgan Posted February 24, 2021 Member ID: 28278 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 42 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 39 Achievement Points: 554 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/21/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 03:11 AM Device: Windows Posted February 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Labob said: Nope thats wrong. They make games not for long term success. They make games they want to last 18 months top . They then release a new game . Thats how they make money not by keeping alive an old game that nobody is buying any more. I agree with you. My point though is that groups like XI for instance are not the audience that the new games are targeting. Activision is trying to go for the bigger-better-faster- more thrills as they market to the younger players and the console gamers. This group here represents an underserved market in that we prefer the older games that we feel were designed right within a historical context or whatever. Activision still needs to recognize that the mature gamer is a viable market that they can serve...whether through new maps, server hosting, rebooting old titles, whatever. We have market share! Awards
Sammy Posted February 25, 2021 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted February 25, 2021 For some, at least those that care about such things, it also goes to reputation. They dont have to support an old game with updates or patches and such. Nor any new anti-cheat measures. That by itself isnt exactly cheap. And here we have UT2K4 back. Going on 17 years old but Epic keeps the activation/master servers going anyway since UT has always been its prestige title in the companies history. Their state-of-the-art game engine is Unreal after all. Wouldnt make sense to stop spending a tiny amount of money, in a company that earns several billion a year, to shut its namesake off. Its not as though anyone actually buys the game anymore either. Steam still sells CoD4. Dunno about 5 but the writing has always been on the wall for 4 and the thought is that their shutdown of the master server was an attempt to kill the game that backfired. Maybe in that particular case its because there is already a community run master server that would take its place if they did so. Albeit with an unofficial patch. Would make for an interesting story in the gaming press (or more so in social media) if the big bad corporation shut it down, over money, but players kept it going anyway on their own. Might suggest that for newer titles they really arent needed as much as they say they are. KaptCrunch 1 Awards
Labob Posted February 25, 2021 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.47 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54468 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 22 Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted February 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Sammy said: Steam still sells CoD4. Dunno about 5 they do have COD WAW on Steam I don't know about the tools though. I'ma gona look into that right now though. Awards
GEN_Morgan Posted February 25, 2021 Member ID: 28278 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 42 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 39 Achievement Points: 554 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/21/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 03:11 AM Device: Windows Posted February 25, 2021 Great points! I just have to imagine that Activision could figure out how to profit on active, loyal gaming clans like XI that want to play the old titles. I find it surprising that Activision is just not clever enough how to market this angle is all or that they have deemed it a "not profitable enough" effort. Awards
KaptCrunch Posted March 6, 2021 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4872 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 4053 Achievement Points: 39427 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) since i dumped my serverlist and repopulated fav's when times out last couple times i try to play, refresh list then qucik refresh i've gotten on server anyone else exprience this Edited March 6, 2021 by KaptCrunch Awards
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