Login doesn't work anymore

[B✪✪tsy]

Just a heads up for the ones still playing this. It seems that the mandatory login does not work anymore (server disabled problably). So the game is unplayable as of now. If you try to login the exe /launcher freezes up and you can only get rid of it by restarting your pc.

[SicksChiggins]

I'm trying to play this as well and I get the Cities XL Launcher, but there is a 404 error on the displayed page. I can log into my account and get into the game, but it just seems to hang on a static screen that says "You must login online to play"

[Alukat]

same here.......

[B✪✪tsy]

They probably want you to buy the new version that is commin out next week.

[Giddi]

I can login now but i can only play the tutorial. Thats ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[TheBird]

I had the same issue but I found a post with a fix[forum.citiesxl.com]. Use "citiesxl" for both the username and the password fields.

It worked fine for me except I couldn't load my saves because I was using a new profile. That is really easy to fix though.

Change the name of the folder: C:\Documents and settings\YourWindowsUsername\AppData\Local\Monte Cristo\Cities XL\live\YourCitiesXLUsername\
to "citiesxl".

[Gertymoon]

Well it tells me to update and then I do, but the updater then tells me its already up to date and so I try to retrieve my passowrd, and all I get if thrown back the update page and the circle beings again, I have emailed support but nothing back yet!

[B✪✪tsy]

Buy Cities: Skylines, it will solve all your problems :)

[={cXn}= John]

You can get a crack from somewhere on the internet. But yeah Cities Skylines is a much better game. More fun, by a million miles.

[Mad Coyz]

This game is the worst piece of garbage ever. I've never seen a developper stealing people like this. I did pay for the game years ago, alot of options were promessed... but instead of adding stuffs like any other game, they did remove... removed the online trading that was basically the only thing new that they were adding on a citybuilder. Oh... and of course now my game became a "limited" edition that do not even work or let me play anymore. If I want to play the way I used to (without the online version), I got to REPAY THE FRAKING GAME. So for all of this... I say... GO ALL GET R@PED BY PANDAS YOU BUT7H0LES OF FOCUS INTERACTIVE. You could honestly respell your company name to "FEWK-US INTERACTIVE"... At least we would know that your only focus is how to fewk us! If your read that message here... That's only because they did dare to remove the reviews and the possibilities to review that piece of trash game.

[ferrujas]

Originally posted by TheBird:

I had the same issue but I found a post with a fix[forum.citiesxl.com]. Use "citiesxl" for both the username and the password fields.

It worked fine for me except I couldn't load my saves because I was using a new profile. That is really easy to fix though.

Change the name of the folder: C:\Documents and settings\YourWindowsUsername\AppData\Local\Monte Cristo\Cities XL\live\YourCitiesXLUsername\
to "citiesxl".

Thanks, it worked for me.

[nativecoruscant]

Originally posted by ferrujas:

Thanks, it worked for me.

How did it work? To me it's still giving me "You must login online to activate an account."

I tried to click 'Create your account' and 'Connection' but nothing works.

[Whiterabbit-uk]

Originally posted by Patient Coyz:

This game is the worst piece of garbage ever. I've never seen a developper stealing people like this. I did pay for the game years ago, alot of options were promessed... but instead of adding stuffs like any other game, they did remove... removed the online trading that was basically the only thing new that they were adding on a citybuilder. Oh... and of course now my game became a "limited" edition that do not even work or let me play anymore. If I want to play the way I used to (without the online version), I got to REPAY THE FRAKING GAME. So for all of this... I say... GO ALL GET R@PED BY PANDAS YOU BUT7H0LES OF FOCUS INTERACTIVE. You could honestly respell your company name to "FEWK-US INTERACTIVE"... At least we would know that your only focus is how to fewk us! If your read that message here... That's only because they did dare to remove the reviews and the possibilities to review that piece of trash game.

I bought into the original game because of the ability to connect to other community members worlds and trade. The developer had big plans for the game and I was paying a subscription per month for server access (can't remember how much it was now, but a figure of £11 seems to pop into my head). Every month new items were promised for being a subscriber (rather than just playing the single player part of the game). Again, big promises were made that a lot more original content was going to be added.

Then, after about a year post release, the servers closed down; the developer saying that there wasn't enough community members paying into the subscription, so it wasn't worth keeping it open. I think the original developer then went bankrupt and the franchise was sold off to Focus Home International; who then cashed in by re releasing the original game as a limited edition version that included most of the content that was part of the subscription model. They then re released it in various iterations on Steam. I ended up buying all of the ones (apart from the original regular edition which I already had as a hard copy version); e.g Cities XL Limited Edition, Cities XL 2011, Cities XL: 2012 and Cities XL Platinum Editions, none of which really contained anything new that I remember.

From the copies I have that still work, the game seems exactly the same as my original hard copy that I can no longer play. Someone made a lot of money from this. It's just a shame the game died as it was a decent game with a lot of potential.

[Whiterabbit-uk]

Originally posted by nativecoruscant:

Originally posted by ferrujas:

Thanks, it worked for me.

How did it work? To me it's still giving me "You must login online to activate an account."

I tried to click 'Create your account' and 'Connection' but nothing works.

The servers closed down years ago. Whether there is a fix that allows you to play the game I really don't know as I ended up moving on to other city building game such as the Tropico franchise, Frostpunk and Cities: Skylines as well as few others with various themes

[Whiterabbit-uk]

p.s. did you try TheBird's fix i.e.

Use "citiesxl" for both the username and the password fields.

if you had saves from the game the following should fix it (according to TheBirds searck on the Cities XL forums that no longer exist.

i.e.

Change the name of the folder: C:\Documents and settings\YourWindowsUsername\AppData\Local\Monte Cristo\Cities XL\live\YourCitiesXLUsername\
to "citiesxl".

[TheBird]

Originally posted by Whiterabbit-uk:

p.s. did you try TheBird's fix...

I just tried it again and it definitely does not work now. There must have been a server running at that time that was letting unlimited people login with "citiesxl" that has been shutdown at some point.

Looks like it is dead for real at this point.