Is Dropteam Dead?

[mercerre]

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

[Moon]

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.

[millan]

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.

[Redwolf]

Was the possible WW2 mod something user-finishable?

[linuxslate]

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.

[Redwolf]

The whole domain seems to have been abandoned and is now placed with a spammer.

It's dead, Jim.

[152mmDumbRocket]

Real bummer. Why did Delta Pavonis go down as well? Now there's no nostalgic reunion matches and no online play for newbs.