New to UT2004: No servers found?

[dyosoft]

Hello everyone I found out this forum is ut2k4-related, I got the game few days ago and found out I can't play multiplayer, it says "The UT2004 master server could not be reached. Please try again later."

I'm running version 3369, do I need a patch or something? Few years back I was playing the game on my old PC with no problems, did they stopped support? is there a patch to get it back or change the master server?

 

[dr.flay]

If you are having problems connecting to the masterserver, try adding some servers manually and saving them as favourites.
http://www.gametracker.com/search/ut2004/
You can use the small GSLite app to manage fave servers. It is not in-game, but will always remember even if you re-install.
http://www.gametracker.com/downloads/

BTW. If you have 64bit Windows, get the 64bit UT patch and you can also use the DirectX9 renderer.

 

[*mGm*Lizard]

The 64-bit patch isn't good. It has all sorts of bugs in it. Stick with the 32-bit.

Edit: Go into your UT2004 folder. C:\UT2004\System\UT2004.ini open UT2004.ini in Notepad. Look for this section.
Replace this section in your UT2004.ini with the one I provided. Save the changes. Start up the game. It should work after this.
[IpDrv.MasterServerLink]
LANPort=11777
LANServerPort=10777
MasterServerList=(Address="ut2004master1.epicgames.com",Port=28902)
MasterServerList=(Address="ut2004master2.epicgames.com",Port=28902)

 

[BigSpeck]

In addition to the above solutions I'd invite you to join my steam group and play with us whenever I host. Check my signature for the group link.