You can still flying with Direct IP, in shared Cockpit.

 

It seems than many do not understand the role that Gamespy "played" in FSX Multiplayer.

 

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Think of a FSX session as a PARTY.

 

You "HOST" the Party at YOUR HOUSE (your PC), using your party equipment (FSX in Host Mode - it acts as the Session SERVER)

 

There are TWO ways guest can come to your party (at YOUR House)

 

(1) You give them your Address (IP Address) and it's up to them to find their way there .. figuring out how to get there themselves.(Lan Direct Connect)

 

or

 

(2) They use a LIMO service, (Gamespy), that you have previously told of your address (IP address), and the LIMO service just delivers your Guest to your House (PC). The Guest do not need to know the address, just the name of the Party, and the LIMO driver takes care of getting them there.(or any other Party that the Limo company knows of)

 

Once Guest are at your party (Joined your Hosted session), there is no really difference between Guest that found their own way to the Party, or those delivered by the Limo Driver.

 

The only slight benefit that the Limo Guest have, is that the LIMO service also has a system, where those they drive to the party, get extra benefits as Limo Customers, ie Gamespy FRIEND lists etc etc.

 

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Now, what has happened is that the LIMO Company (Gamespy) is no longer willing talk to you, the Party Host, or show potential Guest, that you have a Party, and bring Guests to it.

 

The ONLY way now to get Guest to come to your Party, is for you, the Host, to directly give guests your Address (IP), and have them come to you Directly (Direct Connect).

 

One DISADVANTAGE of the LIMO Company, was that often they would not answer the phone, or just hung up on your guests when they called to get a Limo to bring them to your party !!! (Gamespy has disconnected them, or you !!)

 

BTW:

(1) If your Party is a disaster,(and CRASHES) its YOUR fault as the Host for not providing a good enough environment for the party. (faulty PC, poor internet connection, low bandwidth, allowing disruptive (bad aircraft) Guests ) Don't be blaming the LIMO Driver (Gamespy) for your Party Crashing -- he has nothing to do with the actual running of your party.

 

(2) If two Guest want to "hook up" at your Party (Shared Cockpit), that up to them and your party -- again, NOTHING to do with the Limo Driver (Gamespy)

 

(3) If you have too many people at your party, and your house is too small, then that will cause issues as well.. Guest leave, or keep bumping into each other etc etc .. again, NOT the Limo Driver's fault -- after all, as the Host, you control how many can join your Hosted session.

Thank you very much for this crystal clear explanation. I will put it into practice as soon as I can.

I answer to myself. It was a wrong port range for FSX (given at the FSHost web-pages). FSX post range is 6112-6122, not the 23455-23456 which are for FS9.

 

By forwarding these ports we were able establish a session via direct ip.

 

Seriously? Is that why my session never worked?

 

Going to forward those ports now. TDC or UDP?

There is a community built around gamespy's matching function that relied on users coming from that internal interface and enjoyed that style of game play. These users are now effectively disenfranchised.

 

I suppose we should be grateful it lasted this long, The zone certainly did not, for those who can remember.

 

Regards;

 

Fritz

omg the Zone! I remember that!

 

 

Seriously? Is that why my session never worked?

 

Going to forward those ports now. TDC or UDP?

Udp. But I used setting all (including tcp).

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.

 

Check out this site: http://www.fsxbeyondgamespy.com

Check out this site: http://http://www.fsxbeyondgamespy.com

 

Link Fix: http://www.fsxbeyondgamespy.com

Is there online web site do not need to take a Exam to just to join?

Is there online web site do not need to take a Exam to just to join?

 

Got to love British Humor ... :LMAO: :LMAO:

 

How many have you found that need you to take an EXAM ??

 

Some (those worth joining), may require you to have some Basic knowledge on how to fly your plane, or require you to take some training before acting as ATC.

 

Nothing worse than joining a MP session where there is someone trying to do ATC, who does not have a clue, and INSISTS that you follow their meaningless instructions !!

 

 

Got to love British Humor ... :LMAO: :LMAO:

 

How many have you found that need you to take an EXAM ??

 

Some (those worth joining), may require you to have some Basic knowledge on how to fly your plane, or require you to take some training before acting as ATC.

 

Nothing worse than joining a MP session where there is someone trying to do ATC, who does not have a clue, and INSISTS that you follow their meaningless instructions !!

 

I know how fly to fly the 737-800, but some of the Exams questions are hard and have to get over 90% right to join the site.