I think they should indicate some where in their website the status of ICO.

ie WOW has a page that indicates which realm is up or down.
Devs need to learn from blizzard.

Disconnected from ICO.

ICO is down until we fix the patcher. Not everyone got patched correctly and its showing up as exe differences when you go to join a multiplayer game.

Comsat has detected that more patience is required!

My friend just got this game TODAY. Should be a good experience for him.

I can assure you all that I am yelling at people as fast as I can.

please fix. fast. i need sins. lol. also please if you can put something on ur website saying if the ICO server is up or down like WoW would be great. thx.

Don't worry, Canada's finest are working on it...

Right now, the blame is looking like Impulse.

Those who got it from the web or from SDC can play each other.

But those of us (ahem like me) that got it from Impulse, can't. Since we're all mixed in there..boom.

Basically right now it looks like Impulse didn't update all the files correctly. But like I said, since some of us are mixed in there with the rest of you who have tghe right file, you have headaches connecting. Now that we've identified, wej ust have to come up with a fix.

You are not alone. It appears that nobody can get logged into ICO. It sounds like Stardock is working on it based on FrogBoy's message.

SuperPlutarch

You mean other than the several posts by me in this very thread?

We have ICO down while we're working on the issue.

Frogboy how long do u think ICO will be off im trying to try out for a clan but i cant because ICo is down? do u think theres anyway to get it back up for those of us who have the right version of the download??

Okay, we're back up.

Here's the deal: The Impulse beta was updated to try to handle lots of files really fast (in SDC, downloading an update takes awhile because it has to do a massive file comparison, Impulse has a new way that is much faster but ran into a bug tonight with the Impulse update that we have to fix). So what happened is that those who downloaded from Impulse (like me) had a file that was different than everyone else causing connection grief.

So...

Update from this link:

https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/update

 

every gamehous shuld have Darth vader reminding them the importance of precise work...

cpt siddy, you dont call this a darth vader? For every little bug we howl up a storm. Im still trying to get my game to run XD(and I do mean RUN the executable runs and either a mindump or a whole bunches of errors pop up, now I cant even download the game XD).

BTW, it says now account name not found

When there is grim, scary man in black armor choking employes for mistakes, people work lot harder to avoid them

Okay, we're back up.

Here's the deal: The Impulse beta was updated to try to handle lots of files really fast (in SDC, downloading an update takes awhile because it has to do a massive file comparison, Impulse has a new way that is much faster but ran into a bug tonight with the Impulse update that we have to fix). So what happened is that those who downloaded from Impulse (like me) had a file that was different than everyone else causing connection grief.

So...

Update from this link:

https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/update


Just so I'm clear, if I updated from SDC. (Assuming that is the Stardock Central system) then I do not need to apply this patch? When I log into SDC I dont' see a prompt to update so I'm assuming that all these games giving me the host has a different version messages mean that those people used this file to update instead of stardock?

Hi all

Patched from SDC but multiplayer no longer working, can see the game to join but says different versions or something like.

We have 3 computers with 3 registered versions of Sins, just trying uninstalling on all and a reinstall let’s hope that works...

Two of the computers where ok just the third one got the error, the one that was patched first straight after the patch came out.

Will let you know if a complete reinstall on all three works!


Hully

seems to be still down?

It says "account name not found"

Hully-M: one of the people in your party probably got the update from Impulse, so it's causing trouble for all of you. The Impulse update person can reinstall, but I would say that if they just download the standalone patch, it'll probably rewrite the files and they'll be fine. Anyone who got the update standalone or from SDC does not need to do anything.

CptSiddy: I was just able to login to ICO fine.

Frogboy: is there a file, with date and time parameters, or maybe a lack of file, that I should be checking for? I updated via Impulse, and while I then redid my update using the standalone patch, I did not reinstall the game from scratch, so I'd feel better if I could somehow check my installation and make sure it's now correct. Thanks!

-HM

Hi

Well I know for a fact we all got the update from SDC, checked to make sure all mods where turned off still would not work...

Ok all sorted, reinstalled on all three computers no problem now works fine. The uninstall did not remove the hidden files so remove them manually just to make sure.

Unfortunately it wasted two hours so we didn't finish the game, still there’s always next time!

Hully

That is peculiar since you all got the update from SDC.

Still waiting to find out how I can ensure my Impulse updated 1.04 is valid,

-HM

If you apply the standalone patch over your SDC or Impulse-updated version, it will reset things to how they should be (if you're having issues).

Uhh this may sound really stupid but where do i get the standalone patch?

https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/update.aspx

And once again since a standalone patch has been made, it's already on places like Fileshack. Have fun pirates!

-HM