[Thorpe]

Well times will vary.

[sninkychan]

QUOTE (Jolly Roger @ Dec 24 2004, 11:46)

If you use firefox.. it takes 5 seconds until you get that error

I've noticed that when Firefox tells me "Connecting to 63.236.94.185" and nothing else, it times out after about 10 seconds. However, about once every 20-50 times, it immediately changes to "Waiting for 63.236.94.185", which tells me that my first several tries were blocked at the network level, but that this new "Waiting..." try actually sent my form information successfully to the Rockstar webserver and is waiting for a reply.

The reply to that takes about 5 minutes (haven't timed it) and up to now it's always been "The document contains no data." which is the truest sign of a web form timing out on the server side I've ever seen. But I think that the "Connecting..." message is doomed to failure... they must be blocking most connections on the network/proxy level. So when the "Connecting..." message isn't immediately replaced by "Waiting..." I hit Escape (Stop) and resubmit over and over till I get "Waiting..."

Anyway, I wrote them an email on the 22nd suggesting that they publish the file to the mailing list via BitTorrent (all they have to do is put the same restrictions for redistribution on the .torrent file) and that would significantly free up their download servers. They haven't responded. They're cool, but I guess they're not that cool.

[sninkychan]

They just commented out the form reference in the HTML page:

the current form submit action: action="message.php"

commented out: action="http://63.236.94.185/classics/submitform.php"

Now you immediately get a message saying

"Thank you FIRSTNAME, for your interest in the Rockstar Classics Free Download Series.

"Unfortunately, we are experiencing a high volume of downloads now and your information has not be [sic] collected.

Please try back another time."

Perhaps the commented-out page doesn't come up every time, but I imagine it does. So they're just plain not accepting any more form submissions for the time being.

[sninkychan]

QUOTE (sninkychan @ Dec 27 2004, 21:25)

They just commented out the form reference in the HTML page: the current form submit action: action="message.php" commented out: action="http://63.236.94.185/classics/submitform.php" Now you immediately get a message saying "Thank you FIRSTNAME, for your interest in the Rockstar Classics Free Download Series. "Unfortunately, we are experiencing a high volume of downloads now and your information has not be [sic] collected. Please try back another time." Perhaps the commented-out page doesn't come up every time, but I imagine it does. So they're just plain not accepting any more form submissions for the time being.

Nobody seems to care, but after they rigged up this message I, having kept a copy of the old page in my browser, immediately got through and was able to download the game.

[Sillyhed2000]

Yeah, I just got that too. Looks like it's on it's way to working, at least we don't get a timed out error.

[RiffRaff1138]

QUOTE (sninkychan @ Dec 27 2004, 23:30)

QUOTE (sninkychan @ Dec 27 2004, 21:25) They just commented out the form reference in the HTML page: the current form submit action: action="message.php" commented out: action="http://63.236.94.185/classics/submitform.php" Now you immediately get a message saying "Thank you FIRSTNAME, for your interest in the Rockstar Classics Free Download Series. "Unfortunately, we are experiencing a high volume of downloads now and your information has not be [sic] collected. Please try back another time." Perhaps the commented-out page doesn't come up every time, but I imagine it does. So they're just plain not accepting any more form submissions for the time being. Nobody seems to care, but after they rigged up this message I, having kept a copy of the old page in my browser, immediately got through and was able to download the game.

Damn you.

[Sillyhed2000]

x2.
I'll try tomorrow, with all luck it should be working by then

[loseruser]

QUOTE (Sillyhed2000 @ Dec 28 2004, 04:32)

x2. I'll try tomorrow, with all luck it should be working by then

No. Don't try. You're all the more competiton I have.

[mr_ed]

Bah, i wanna play some gta2

Are they getting an alternate mirror at all or is it exclusively from there?

[Pseudocool]

If you want to play some GTA2 so badly, you can probably pick it up at a gamestore near you for as much as $5,-

I did this just a couple of days ago.

[Thorpe]

Cool! Now I get the 'sorry' message. Thanks Rockstar Classics!

[mr_ed]

QUOTE (Pseudocool @ Dec 28 2004, 11:59)

If you want to play some GTA2 so badly, you can probably pick it up at a gamestore near you for as much as $5,- I did this just a couple of days ago.

Yeah, but that'd require me to actually go to the gamestore
Anyway all the places near me dont keep games that old in there, so it'd prolly be better off just waiting i suppose. Although it is beyond me why there isnt any torrents on it...

[Pseudocool]

QUOTE (mr_ed @ Dec 28 2004, 14:28)

QUOTE (Pseudocool @ Dec 28 2004, 11:59) If you want to play some GTA2 so badly, you can probably pick it up at a gamestore near you for as much as $5,- I did this just a couple of days ago. Yeah, but that'd require me to actually go to the gamestore Anyway all the places near me dont keep games that old in there, so it'd prolly be better off just waiting i suppose. Although it is beyond me why there isnt any torrents on it...

Don't torrents count as warez? And as I've read the rules carefully, that's against the rules.

Also, my gamestore is just 5 minutes walking from my residence.

[mr_ed]

QUOTE (Pseudocool @ Dec 28 2004, 14:43)

QUOTE (mr_ed @ Dec 28 2004, 14:28) QUOTE (Pseudocool @ Dec 28 2004, 11:59) If you want to play some GTA2 so badly, you can probably pick it up at a gamestore near you for as much as $5,- I did this just a couple of days ago. Yeah, but that'd require me to actually go to the gamestore Anyway all the places near me dont keep games that old in there, so it'd prolly be better off just waiting i suppose. Although it is beyond me why there isnt any torrents on it... Don't torrents count as warez? And as I've read the rules carefully, that's against the rules. Also, my gamestore is just 5 minutes walking from my residence.

Well, i would of thought since it doesnt cost anything? As torrents can be used to host perfectly legit files...

But i dunno

[sninkychan]

QUOTE (Pseudocool @ Dec 28 2004, 11:59)

If you want to play some GTA2 so badly, you can probably pick it up at a gamestore near you for as much as $5,- I did this just a couple of days ago. :)

I thought Rockstar said this version of GTA was modified and optimized to work with modern fast computers. The GTA2 Manager that you run before GTA2 seems to be a part of this mod, not that I have anything to compare it to. Does the store version have the GTA2 Manager? With the frame rate limiter?

So if it is made to work better post-Moore's-Law, I'd say free-and-optimized is better than $5-and-too-fast.

[Jolly Roger]

Damn , the servers are still busy. How long will it take ? I'm tired of waiting, I might just go to the store and buy it

[Thorpe]

A few weeks at least.

[Sektor]

What's the version number of this free version? Check properties of the file GTA2.exe or just look on the main menu screen.

GTA2 Manager.exe has always been included with GTA2.

[iamdigitalman]

damn, when I put in my info, and click submit, I get this:

QUOTE

Thank you Leo, for your interest in the Rockstar Classics Free Download Series. Unfortunately, we are experiencing a high volume of downloads now and your information has not be collected. Please try back another time.

and when I try the same thing for GTA, it says that the opperatiion has timed out on me. WTF? AMF 4ever. -digital

[-K-9INe-]

Damn if only I still had my Grand Theft Auto cd , I dont know why I used it as a frisbe , bored I guess.