Papa6 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I don't rather care for gamespy but, ca you get the guys at Xfire some of the net code so we can host games over Xfire? Xfire is excellent for gaming and is a very stable platform for gaming. not to mention, I've used it for years. can you guys get some way of getting Xfire to play GRAW2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 You mean join games through Xfire? The Xfire devs add support for games if there's enough community support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bota:16 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Yeah thats up to the people @ Xfire not the publishers/developers. But yeah having it Xfire friendly would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panic Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 xfire is nice and shows how much of your life you are wasting i wish they had implemented the 'join server' otpion tho. 'bprpanic' or click sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=ADF=Cormac Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 F1 to Xfire support. I still do not understand why anyone would team up with GameSpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 F1 to Xfire support. I still do not understand why anyone would team up with GameSpy. People asked for an in-game browser and this is what Ubisoft decreed for GRAW. GRIN should create their own game browser and incorperate direct IP connections for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 F1 to Xfire support. I still do not understand why anyone would team up with GameSpy. People asked for an in-game browser and this is what Ubisoft decreed for GRAW. GRIN should create their own game browser and incorperate direct IP connections for the game. Wonder why GRIN didn`t make there own game browser. Would make a lot of people happy. Tinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa6 Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 if there's enough support? I thought all they'd have to do is incorporate the multiplayer online files to do this I thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FI_FlimFlam Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 There are 2 things missing for Xfire support in GRAW. That is up to GRIN to add. 1) is the query information. GRAW1 does not return player information with the GS/Xfire query. All that can be parsed from the query is the number of players currently in the server. If you goto our website www.fatalityincorporated.com you will see example of php query that uses the available information returned from the server. At the bottom right is the server block. You will notice that no players names will shown even though the number of players is correct. The Ravenshield servers will show players in them because the server returns player information when queried. I notified GRIN of this months ago when we were trying to design the server block and I hope they did something about it for GRAW 2. If they have changed it, then at the very least we may be able to see where our friends are playing and if there is room in the server via Xfire. 2) Direct join by IP from command line. Again this is up to GRIN to add this functionality. With it it would allow the XFIRE client to launch and join a particular server. Will GRIN have implented this? I dunno, but I would at least like to see what servers my friends are playing in and who is playing in the server I host. So I hope they listened to my email from a while ago and looked into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cangaroo.TNT Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 ^ I think #1 is done. Viiiper would know more. Dunno about #2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOwl Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I agree it would be nice to know where your friends are. You cant even messege them to find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cangaroo.TNT Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 ^ Well, they included a buddy list. Exactly how it is presented, and exactly what information you get, though, is unknown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viiiper Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 The buddy system uses GAMESPY'S buddy system, if you every used it it's ok. Add your GRAW2 buddies by request via the game. Ends up like the Favorites for the server list. I agree Xfire is 10X better, does more too, but Beggars GRAW players can't be choosers. PlayerSpy http://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/help/communicate.shtml Buddy system from menu.xml <string id="multi_buddy_list" value="Buddy list"/> <string id="multi_buddies_close" value="Close" /> <string id="multi_buddy_info" value="Buddy info"/> <string id="multi_header_message" value="Enter your message"/> <string id="multi_add_buddy_error" value="Error: can't add buddy !"/> <string id="multi_message_add_buddy" value="Please let me add you to my PlayerSpy player list."/> <string id="multi_deny_buddy" value="Deny"/> <string id="multi_authorize_buddy" value="Authorize"/> multi=multiplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepdoc-iBeta Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) Just wondering if anyone has gotten Xfire's in game chat to work yet inside GRAW2? It's important to me and many others. and experience has tuaght me that long before Xfire supports something, people often figure out a tweak to get it working (or they figure out what is interfering with it .... for example .... FRAPS prevents XIG from working in ArmA) Anyone? Seen it work in game yet? [Merged with the existing Xfire & GRAW 2 thread] Edited July 21, 2007 by Pave Low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cell Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Nope, but I sent an email to newgames@xfire.com requesting support. Anyone who uses xfire should do the same. Get the ball rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepdoc-iBeta Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) Nope, but I sent an email to newgames@xfire.com requesting support. Anyone who uses xfire should do the same. Get the ball rolling. Good idea. Email sent. Gotta get their attention on the matter. I also posted a top level thread at the "unresolved tech support" section of their forums. for those wanting to add to the forum post, here it is... http://www.xfire.com/xf/modules.php?name=F...ic&t=135660 EDIT: X-fire admin has already replied (in the thread linked above) and stated they fully intend to support GRAW2PC in teh next release. At this point, I see no advantage in piling in on them with emails and forum posts. Edited July 19, 2007 by Sleepdoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Nope, but I sent an email to newgames@xfire.com requesting support. Anyone who uses xfire should do the same. Get the ball rolling. Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepdoc-iBeta Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) Hehe. Within minutes of my post at the X-Fire forums, the x-fire rep (RainCrow - Site Admin) showed up and posted that it was going to be supported in the very next update. They make updates daily sometimes. I'm guessing within a week, this issue will be resolved. And FYI. Raincrow is the guy who took care of the ArmA issues when it first came out and still helps people learn about the interference of FRAPs with ArmA XIG. He is the real McCoy. Edited July 19, 2007 by Sleepdoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARDelta Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Isn't it great when there's communication between the customer and the developer! What was Ubi thinking with that gag order on Grin? :no: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desrat Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) You can turn on xfire right now if your prepared to edit the xfire_games.ini file. There are some limitations, for instance you still have to change your xfire status yourself as others will not see you as in game, so set your status to something like "Playing Graw2, Xfire in game chat is enabled" before you launch the game. Also when you type in the xfire chat window in game sometimes typing "o" will bring up the console in game.. If your ok with that then follow instructions below..Open xfire_games.ini file found usually at Program Files\XfireCopy the following and paste it at the very bottom of the file. (noting the InGameFlags part is all one line with no spaces not 2 as it shows here) [99] LongName=Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter2 ShortName=graw2 LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2\InstalledPath LauncherExe=graw2.exe Launch= _LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% _LAUNCHER_EXTRA_ARGS% _LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS% InGameRenderer=D3D9 InGameFlags=DISABLE_RELEASE|DISPATCH_CONURE_MESSAGES|DISABLE_DIRECT_INPUT_HOOKSave & Exit the fileRun game detection in xfire (Tools>Options>Games)Start Graw (Remembering to change your status first This will automatically get overwritten when xfire does an update so it wont interfere with anything in the future... Edited July 19, 2007 by Desrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepdoc-iBeta Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) Great discovery DesRat, And FYI to others. It appears that if you do this tweak, and then the release comes out next week with the "official" fix, the official fix will overwrite this file anyway. So this temp fix wont leave any residual interaction you have to worry about. I'm gonna fire it up right now. EDIT: oops. Desrat already said that..... sneaky bastage... Edited July 19, 2007 by Sleepdoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korpen.vU Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Nice, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cell Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Looks like Xfire has added support for GRAW 2 already. 7/19 update: Description New support for: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix D.i.R.T. – Origin of the Species Hospital Tycoon Mount & Blade World in Conflict - BETA Mysteries of the Sith Sword of the New World: Granado Espada Transformers: The Game Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Kwonho Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphingJar Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 (edited) G15 Keyboard + Trillian Pro + TrillianG15 plugin + Xfire plugin = All the Ingame chat you can shack a stick at. Plus no compatability or framerate issues. a 2nd moniter works wonders too Edited July 20, 2007 by MorphingJar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa6 Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 sent email as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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