Rubz
03-06-2009, 06:16 AM
Hello everyone,
1st to shout at the new buyers. There is no Online multiplayer, and any form of it seems to be severly hampered. The game itself is just a bit buggy. Campaign mode multiplayer seems to be no longer existant in any form. The last patch seems to have either corrupt the quest chains, or disrupted the games ability to Sync quests.
I am only writing this in an attempt to prevent any other people from spending their money on this game, for a multiplayer purpose.
I myself bought this game strictly to play with a friend and was very let down.
This little bit below may not help everyone, but if a few people.. Manage to find it helpfull, then I have completed my goal.
-LAN Multiplay- (Hamachi or True Local)
!FREE MODE!
****We have not tested the secondary quest chain in it yet**** --Updated Below--
LAN Free Mode. (PvP,Explore, Kill, Secondary quests.)
Free mode (without doing any quests atleast) seems to be working very well.
We created characters made our own Free Mode LAN games, got a bit of progress and a saved and exited. Then my friend joined mine.
(Other creation methods seem to work also. Possibly because they are perfectly in Sync quest wise?)
All was done over hamachi, after extensive Campaign mode tests and trials. Something is wrong with the storyline or the Sync.
Hope someone found this helpfull.
Take care, and I will update if we try/test the Free Mode secondary quest chain. That is unless someone has already replied with results for me. As for now I have not the patience to even bother.
(Hamachi requires port forwarding and possibly a static IP for any users with a router.)
I'd like to thank anyone who read this for their time. I hope that you to can find a reason NOT to be upset with yourself for purchasing this game, or being tricked by the box or online stats.
Again, Thanks for your time. Hope this eases the burn.
-Thanks to all the consumers that tried to help eachother get something figured out.
-Special shout to "Beta Test Admin", You really gave it your all. Thanks for atleast genuinely trying to help us atleast! You're only one person, and we understand that.
**UPDATE**
- It seems that secondary quests are safe to play on Free Mode. Have not had any character corruption issues of any sort, or any new issues at all. (Yay for faction quests! We havn't played by any means alot of quests, but we have played a few, on many seperate sessions. Basically after every quest, we attempted to get the save corruption but instead were able to rejoin the others game every try. Possibly the main quest line is the problem with Campaign mode.)
- Trades in Free Mode usually crash the game (Not to your desktop, just main screen of game.) However, the trade is completed before the crash.
- The Save button seems to be 100% safe for use :P !
- Anyone who is playing Earth Awakening Co-Op Free Mode should consider having all players Install this user made Mod, http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=669628 It is said that it works only on EA over silverfall. But I use it on my EA steam standalone on my laptop with no problems. The maker also claims that if you make a backup of the replaced file, even if you have issues, you character files will not be altered and you may restore the old file with ease. This mod will allow the spawning (and respawning) of several (17 I think) quest activated bosses upon game start. They also have their loots Slightly enhanced, mainly just the weighting is corrected. Another benifit is multiple buffs had their durations extended to 1 min per skill point, to remove the 'Buff before every single fight' Aspect of the game. Take a look if you'd like, it is a very simple fix/mod. The file you need to change can be found in Silverfalls 'Data' folder.
I'm not a dev so this is the end of my road here. :P
Goodluck everyone!! ... Again, Hope this helps.
1st to shout at the new buyers. There is no Online multiplayer, and any form of it seems to be severly hampered. The game itself is just a bit buggy. Campaign mode multiplayer seems to be no longer existant in any form. The last patch seems to have either corrupt the quest chains, or disrupted the games ability to Sync quests.
I am only writing this in an attempt to prevent any other people from spending their money on this game, for a multiplayer purpose.
I myself bought this game strictly to play with a friend and was very let down.
This little bit below may not help everyone, but if a few people.. Manage to find it helpfull, then I have completed my goal.
-LAN Multiplay- (Hamachi or True Local)
!FREE MODE!
****We have not tested the secondary quest chain in it yet**** --Updated Below--
LAN Free Mode. (PvP,Explore, Kill, Secondary quests.)
Free mode (without doing any quests atleast) seems to be working very well.
We created characters made our own Free Mode LAN games, got a bit of progress and a saved and exited. Then my friend joined mine.
(Other creation methods seem to work also. Possibly because they are perfectly in Sync quest wise?)
All was done over hamachi, after extensive Campaign mode tests and trials. Something is wrong with the storyline or the Sync.
Hope someone found this helpfull.
Take care, and I will update if we try/test the Free Mode secondary quest chain. That is unless someone has already replied with results for me. As for now I have not the patience to even bother.
(Hamachi requires port forwarding and possibly a static IP for any users with a router.)
I'd like to thank anyone who read this for their time. I hope that you to can find a reason NOT to be upset with yourself for purchasing this game, or being tricked by the box or online stats.
Again, Thanks for your time. Hope this eases the burn.
-Thanks to all the consumers that tried to help eachother get something figured out.
-Special shout to "Beta Test Admin", You really gave it your all. Thanks for atleast genuinely trying to help us atleast! You're only one person, and we understand that.
**UPDATE**
- It seems that secondary quests are safe to play on Free Mode. Have not had any character corruption issues of any sort, or any new issues at all. (Yay for faction quests! We havn't played by any means alot of quests, but we have played a few, on many seperate sessions. Basically after every quest, we attempted to get the save corruption but instead were able to rejoin the others game every try. Possibly the main quest line is the problem with Campaign mode.)
- Trades in Free Mode usually crash the game (Not to your desktop, just main screen of game.) However, the trade is completed before the crash.
- The Save button seems to be 100% safe for use :P !
- Anyone who is playing Earth Awakening Co-Op Free Mode should consider having all players Install this user made Mod, http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=669628 It is said that it works only on EA over silverfall. But I use it on my EA steam standalone on my laptop with no problems. The maker also claims that if you make a backup of the replaced file, even if you have issues, you character files will not be altered and you may restore the old file with ease. This mod will allow the spawning (and respawning) of several (17 I think) quest activated bosses upon game start. They also have their loots Slightly enhanced, mainly just the weighting is corrected. Another benifit is multiple buffs had their durations extended to 1 min per skill point, to remove the 'Buff before every single fight' Aspect of the game. Take a look if you'd like, it is a very simple fix/mod. The file you need to change can be found in Silverfalls 'Data' folder.
I'm not a dev so this is the end of my road here. :P
Goodluck everyone!! ... Again, Hope this helps.