Hi there,

Well this can be due to a firewall blocking access to the port that the game is attempting to use to ping servers / other players

Try to disable the firewall before entering the game and see if that works. If it does, re-enable the firewall, but set it at a setting that will let you know what port is attempting to be opened while you run the game, and always allow that port to be used for that game.

Hopefully this wil work for you.

Enjoy!

Had a day off yesterday, and I decided to stop by my favorite game dealer for a new game to play all day.. Saw C&C 3 sitting on the shelf at a nice 19.99$ bargain price.

Took it home, installed it excited to the idea of indulging myself in a sea of happy gaming goodness.. progress bar is done, install complete, run game!!! " You need to have C&C Tiberium wars installed to play this game". Took a good look at the box.. Wrath of Kane EXPANSION.. hell.. how stupid was I to overlook these big white letters right on top of the box!

Since my local store does not accept returns on software, I am stuck with a 20$ paperweight until I find C&C 3..

This ever happened to anyone?

Hi,

You might want to check your sound settings in-game. What I think could be the problem is the amount of sound channels that can be played at the same time. If you have a cheapo sound card, the maximum of sound effects being played at the same time can be limited. But try the usual routine (update driver, uninstall and re-install sound card with newest drivers, check the sound card control panel for special settings...)

Hope you get that fixed :)

Cheers.

Sierra Closing Down 21 Games Servers

Sierra Entertainment has announced that they'll be closing down 21 game servers on November 1st. It's uncertain if these closures are related to the recent Activision Blizzard merger or if the games are just too old to support any longer. Either way, there's a few ****cs getting shut down. Here's the full list:

• Alien vs Predator 2
• Arcanum
• Caesar IV
• Dark Reign 2
• Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
• Empire Earth
• Empire Earth 2
• Empire Earth: Age of Conquest
• Ground Control
• Ground Control2
• Homeworld
• Homeworld: Cataclysm
• Nolf2
• Red Baron
• Sanity
• Star Trek: Armada
• SWAT3: EE
• SWAT3: GOTY
• The Incredible Machine
• Tribes2
• Vampire

Franko_3

Wait.. "The incredible machine" Server? What the hell did the server serve anyway? As far as I can remember, this game did'nt have any MP?

You must be referring to pox nora

www.poxnora.com

I remember my Grandpa actually told me this a long time ago when I showed him the game at one point. And he said this except it was easier to understand.

"Half-Life itself is a reference to the half-life of a quantity (such as a radioactive material), the amount of time required for the quantity to decay to half of its initial value."

DragonfireXZ95

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Bravo.

Your grandpa was a wise man..

Ouch, been a while.

I used to download piles of demos, everything I can get my hands on, but ever since demos got at 500+ megs, I stopped completely. I have one of those REALLY restrictive connections that only give me 2 gigs up and down combined transfer limit.

Additionaly, demos nowadays give you so little enjoyment that it ain't worth it anymore.

Chisel out

Thanx all :)

Very constructive comments for the most part. I have made my decision and bought both :)

Did'nt try Oblivion yet, but I will soon. Gears of war took FOR_FRIGGIN_EVER to install on my machine, but in the end, it turns out to be working really good on high settings.

Up until now, I am impressed by the graphics and the intense firefights. But the damn Microsoft Live Games thingy is so broken it's not even funny. Cant seem to be able to login with an account, but that's MS for ya :)

Thanx everyone, I will make sure to consult you wise people in my future dilemas.

Those games are for the 360. Save up some money and get a pc game better than them both.

Maqda7

Yes, but they are also on PC, and If you have anything better than both of them, please go ahead and suggest :)

Thanx!

Thank you kind people who answered :)

Up until now, no-one seems to care about Gears of War. I should have guessed that my post would have tipped heavily on one side or the other, and I now have my answer.

The only remaining issue is that it seems that alot of people here and there on the net are having problems with Oblivion on Vista (worst on 64 than on 32), and Bethesda clearly says that they will not support Vista. There are some fixes posted on their forums, but I am afraid that I will encouter issues with the game on my machine.

Anybody out there have a similar rig running oblivion?