Bye Bye Gamespy

[PIC007 82]

Say goodbye to one of, if not the best, featues of FSX, built-in multiplayer...... there are other options but it looks like Gamespy connections are history...

 

http://www.examiner.com/article/glu-mobile-quietly-pulls-gamespy-open-off-the-table

[Mean Aerodynamic Chord 269]

LOL!!! GameSpy was crap anyway. Always kept disconnecting me from the lobby.

[ricklovin93 0]

LOL!!! GameSpy was crap anyway. Always kept disconnecting me from the lobby.

Your not the only one

[tf51d 284]

Not sure this is the same thing FSX uses. It reads as a program started in 2011 FSX was much earlier than that! That said, even so they probably will disconnect FSX as well!!

[FSMP 95]

Not sure this is the same thing FSX uses. It reads as a program started in 2011 FSX was much earlier than that! That said, even so they probably will disconnect FSX as well!!

 

Yes, it is not clear if they are talking about the Licensed Gamespy content of FSX.

 

Time will tell.

 

If FSX Gamespy is dead, its a GREAT OPPORTUNITY for someone to develop & market an suitable alternative.

 

"It ain't over till the fat lady sings"

 

[Nurmblitz 59]

Does this mean we cannot have multiplayer sessions anymore?

[Guest Raul_Hernandez]

Yeah I definitely wouldn't agree that gamespy was one of the best things about FSX....

 

There are many other options for flying on-line, than Gamespy. Almost all are more reliable and better managed.

[FSMP 95]

Does this mean we cannot have multiplayer sessions anymore?

 

NO .. but it does mean that the "Gamespy Match making" features of FSX will no longer allow one to select a Multiplayer Session from a list of those that have registered on Gamespy.

 

You can still connect by DIRECT IP ADDRESS, but there will no longer be the convenient list of "lobby session" to select from -- you will need to know the IP of the session you wish to join.

 

Those Multiplayer servers, like Vatsim, IVAO, Pilot Edge etc, that use their own Multiplayer Server systems, will not be affected by the loss of Gamespy.

 

Those FSX servers affected, are the ones that Individual Gamers run, and use Gamespy to list their presence.

 

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MS Flight Sim is just a very small segment of those games that use Gamespy.

Assuming that GLU has , in fact, closed down Gamespy, a lot of other gamers are going to quickly learn the name of the Company that KILLED off Gamespy in such an underhand and secretive way.

[robertp2238 0]

What are some of the other options for multiplayer online flying for fsx. My son lives 98 miles away and we enjoy online flying at least once or twice a week. Gamespy has presented problems though over the years.

[RWFeldman 159]

What are some of the other options for multiplayer online flying for fsx.

FSHost

 

http://www.chocolatesoftware.com/fshost/

[Heliguy 7]

Hello Robert,

 

You can use FSHost, A FS9/FSX Multiplayer server program. I've used it for Years, Its what we used to use on FS9 for hosting big servers but now supports FSX just as well.

http://www.chocolatesoftware.com//fshost/

[davethewave2 20]

What are some of the other options for multiplayer online flying for fsx.

 

There is an automatically updated list of servers here.

http://www.fsopen.co.uk/info/sessions/

Most of these were listed in Gamespy before it went down.

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

So normal multiplayer is not possible in FSX anymore?

 

Hopefully there will be an alternative. If yes, good riddance to GameSpy.

[PIC007 82]

This also means no more tower/radar option as well as no shared cockpit, which is going to suck bigtime for those who use it for training

 

I and others have started a conversation on Facebook if anyone wants to add their .02 on this, but please keep it calm and polite, we want to get this back, not tick them off....

 

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/gamespytech

[n4gix 4,947]

This also means no more tower/radar option as well as no shared cockpit, which is going to suck bigtime for those who use it for training

 

No it does not mean that. There are still many alternatives to using GameSpy, such as simply one person deciding to be the "host" and providing an IP address to which others may connect.