The most common causes of this issue are:
Now, approximately 1 month later, the Halo community is on the verge of receiving an official patch from Bungie which will extend the life of Halo multiplayer beyond the end of GameSpy and hopefully well into the future!Įdit: See HERE for more information about the fix.Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests.
Btcc22 would provide the Master Server code and Bungie would host the Master Server on behalf of the community.ītcc22 has since put many hours into completing the Master Server component and Roger has likewise put a lot of hours into preparing for the Master Server and updating the Halo client and server components (even incorporating some other fixes and suggestions from the rest of us). I contacted Btcc22 and he agreed to share his work on the Master Server with us. Btcc22 and sehé°° (of SAPP) were planning to create a Master Server and unofficial patches, and Btcc22 had already made some progress on the Master Server. Roger could make any changes required to the Halo client and server but we'd need a new Master Server to replace the GameSpy one.įortunately I knew of a couple of community members who had started work in that direction. Kornman00 had also contacted Roger and the three of us started discussing what, if anything, could be done. We had corresponded before and he has always been very responsive to any issues that threatened Halo online play (his previous patches have resolved many problems). When I first heard that GameSpy was shutting down I contacted Roger at Bungie.
The group consists of Roger Wolfson aka Sawnose (of Bungie), Btcc22 (of HAC2), Kornman00 (of OpenSauce) and myself, Technut (of PÕQ Clan).Īs a result of their work, especially Btcc22 and Roger, Bungie will be releasing version 1.0.10 of Halo PC and Halo CE soon, which will include the fix for the Lobby! it's available as of May 15!Ī small group has been quietly preparing for the shutdown of the GameSpy Master Server (which provides the list of Halo servers) and they are finally ready to discuss their work.
I have fantastic news! It will get fixed!! You'll need to update your Halo install, but then the Lobby will work just as it always has!Įdit: See HERE for more information about the fix. That would mean the end of the Internet Lobby in the game, which would have a huge impact on Halo multiplayer. As I explained before, GameSpy is shutting down on May 31, 2014.