mercerre Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Is TBGSoftware dead? Dropteam, also? The TBG Software web site (www.tbgsoftware.com) seems to have been taken over by a third party. When I try to register Dropteam, I'm told there is a problem with my firewall or proxy server allowing access to port 9961 @ tbgsoftware.com. But whether I open TCP port in my firewall or turn it off completely, I get the same error. Does this also mean that I'm no longer able to update Dropteam? The version I have is 1.3.0, but I seem to recall that the final version was 1.3.3. I have no updater folder in my installation so I'm clueless how to update it. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. V/R Bob Mercer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 There are no further developments anymore to the game, but you should have no problems updating. If the error tells you that there is a problem with your firewall or proxy, then that's probably what it is. Please submit a ticket at www.battlefront.com/helpdesk if you'd like further support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millan Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Isn't it possible that full version of Drop Team comes out free? Who holds the rights for this game? It's a shame such a great game died, and it would be wonderful to see it revived as a free open source project. I am pretty sure there would be people who would have interest into running a project like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Was the possible WW2 mod something user-finishable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxslate Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Same problem here. Linux Demo: This is what happens when I run the updater. *****@*****:~/DropTeam$ ./runUpdate.sh --21:41:36-- http://tbgsoftware.com/DropteamUpdate/Lock.dat => `Lock.dat' Resolving tbgsoftware.com... 96.31.33.25 Connecting to tbgsoftware.com|96.31.33.25|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 21:41:36 ERROR 404: Not Found. Updating - hold <ESC> to cancel Checking platform 'GUNIX' files... Executing: rm -rf GUNIXFileList.txt Executing: wget http://tbgsoftware.com/DropteamUpdate/GUNIXFileList.txt --21:41:36-- http://tbgsoftware.com/DropteamUpdate/GUNIXFileList.txt => `GUNIXFileList.txt' Resolving tbgsoftware.com... 96.31.33.25 Connecting to tbgsoftware.com|96.31.33.25|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 21:41:36 ERROR 404: Not Found. FAILED When I run the game, I get exactly the same error as mercerre. This is what happens when I try to see if the servers are running: ****@****:~/DropTeam$ telnet tgbsoftware.com 9961 telnet: could not resolve tgbsoftware.com/9961: Name or service not known ****@****:~/DropTeam$ telnet www.tgbsoftware.com 9961 Trying 72.74.248.67... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused Sure looks to me like the servers are down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 The whole domain seems to have been abandoned and is now placed with a spammer. It's dead, Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
152mmDumbRocket Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Real bummer. Why did Delta Pavonis go down as well? Now there's no nostalgic reunion matches and no online play for newbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb87670 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 This sucks, I paid for this game long ago and I can't register it anymore. No legacy support = bad publisher and bad developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 What happened to "we'll just release a patch so that people can play without <insert online resource required"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
152mmDumbRocket Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Not to mention that since there's no servers, every time I go into Network and hit Refresh, it just cycles and never gets me anything. No patches also means no fixing of that annoying bug where every click you made just depressed the Players tab in the Tactical screen and got me nowhere. And where DropTeam 2? It's been over 2 years since I last heard from Clay about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil180 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 So can Dropteam still be reinstalled? Do the elicence servers still work? (I'm not planning to try deinstalling just to find out, but I expect a machine to die at some point.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meach Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I lost my manual and don't have the email with the licence anymore but really want to fire up Dropteam again and fiddle with the XML stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanny_Crow Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 This sucks, can't they even release the game as abandonware? Or even sell it as is with the lastest update? I'd buy it, the only game getting close to Hammer's slammers there is and it's dead when I first hear about it... I'd still pay around 40 bucks for the damn game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Grunt Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 DT had some bugs but it was a very fun game and had some great concepts. BF should do a kickstarter to see how much interest there is in revamping this title and generate some funding. I would definitely put in some cash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKNelson Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 DT had some bugs but it was a very fun game and had some great concepts. BF should do a kickstarter to see how much interest there is in revamping this title and generate some funding. I would definitely put in some cash! Yeah! I was very disappointed the last time I tried to play and found I couldn't because the registration server wasn't running any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
152mmDumbRocket Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Please, bring DropTeam back. Please. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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