So, multiplayer is shutting down...

[V-Man]

Surprised I didn't find a sticky or something, cripes.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/
Come May 31st, Stronghold 2 multiplayer will no longer work.

[Old Lamps]

Assuming there's not some kind of patch from the devs given the HD release, it will still live on in third party programs like Gameranger, etc.

[RalphRoberts]

so to be clear, we can still play with friends if we use a VPN service like Hamachi?

[Xxx69BandwagonExtreme]

No, there will be absolutely no Multiplayer for either Stronghold 2* or Legends since there is no LAN capablities. If you want to play any multiplayer then you'll have to do it before May 31.

* Stronghold 2 pre 1.3 had LAN capablities but it didn't function correctly, if you use a non Steam version (disc, non gold release) you could attempt it with Hamachi but it most likely wouldn't work & be very buggy.

[RalphRoberts]

Originally posted by Demorde:

No, there will be absolutely no Multiplayer for either Stronghold 2* or Legends since there is no LAN capablities. If you want to play any multiplayer then you'll have to do it before May 31.

* Stronghold 2 pre 1.3 had LAN capablities but it didn't function correctly, if you use a non Steam version (disc, non gold release) you could attempt it with Hamachi but it most likely wouldn't work & be very buggy.

awwww. :(

This game was amazing, I'll miss it.

[♎ Hannibal M. Barca (ÞØWER)]

Hey guys don't worry!
Firstly the Servers are for some reason still up!
Secondly the game is being ported to Game Ranger! http://www.gameranger.com Link to game ranger!

[♿Annihilator♿ dropland.net]

Originally posted by ♎ Hannibal M.Barca:

Hey guys don't worry!
Firstly the Servers are for some reason still up!
Secondly the game is being ported to Game Ranger! http://www.gameranger.com Link to game ranger!

So, Hannibal M.Barca, I have to invite my own friends, or I can play with random people from Game Ranger ? 2 years late reply :DDD

[JellyFish]

When I start the game with gameranger, I get stuck at the main menu of the game, I can't connect to the ingame lobby, can anyone please help me?

[RalphRoberts]

Originally posted by JellyFish:

When I start the game with gameranger, I get stuck at the main menu of the game, I can't connect to the ingame lobby, can anyone please help me?

happens to all of us I believe, don't know of any fix.

[JellyFish]

Originally posted by RalphRoberts:

Originally posted by JellyFish:

When I start the game with gameranger, I get stuck at the main menu of the game, I can't connect to the ingame lobby, can anyone please help me?

happens to all of us I believe, don't know of any fix.

Few people are still playing stronghold 2 with gameranger, but there is no one who knows a fix.

[NotFox]

I heard that as a game developer you can hand over your online servers to Steam and they'll run them for you, like when you dont want to deal with it anymore... Is that true??? If so why hasn't Firefly done this?

[RalphRoberts]

Originally posted by Fox:

I heard that as a game developer you can hand over your online servers to Steam and they'll run them for you, like when you dont want to deal with it anymore... Is that true??? If so why hasn't Firefly done this?

I'm pretty sure Steamworks Integration is something that must be done by the developer, and Valve likely charges a fee to use their servers.

[NotFox]

Ahhhhhh... But still wouldn't they still do that for the more recent ones like Legends? I mean come on I loved that game. And if they added multiplayer back to one or two of the recent Strongholds they might be able to get something of a fanbase back and maybe squeeze another couple hundred dollars out of the series... Wishful thinking for the win... I..I'm just going to go and cry in a corner and remember these games...lol.

[Fornteller]

Would love even to just be able to play this game with the AI. I loved tearing them down, but can't anymore since multiplayer is inaccessible. :/

EDIT: Just found out that the AI multiplayer is actually under 'The Path of War' Kingmaker challenge.