Xfire Compatibility

I think I would be great for the mod to be compatible with the program xfire (MSN-like that show what game you are playing at the moment, and which server you are playing at) to promote your mod over the gamer community in xfire and forums thanks to the miniprofile like in my signature.

To do that, I think you must contact newgames@xfire.com or the old Plan of Attack dev team to know how they done that :p

 

the original poa team have pretty much vanished. You'd be lucky to get in contact =P

 

I'm pretty sure Empires is already supported.

*checks*

Yes, it's there. You might have to go in and tell XFire that you have it installed, but that's a simple task.

 

This might be a bot poster. Just a hunch.

 

What makes you think that?

 

Hum I'm must a Rome Total War & BF2 addicted bot :p

I seen that the mod is on the games list, but when I'm playing, it's listed as HL2 : DM :/


Does the problem come from me or from the mod ?

 

I'm pretty sure it's from you.
Have you added Empires to your installed games list?

 

Yes it is :

and in your profil, it shows Empires, hum :/

 

Ah.
I haven't got HL2:DM in my games list... perhaps that's it.

Have you got the most up-to-date xfire_games.ini?
Here's my entry for Empires:

Code:

[4832]
LongName=Empires
ShortName=hl2emp
LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Valve\Steam\InstallPath
LauncherExe=steam.exe
DetectExe=SteamApps\*\half-life 2\HL2.exe
CommandLineMustContain[0]="\SourceMods\empires"
InstallHint=steamapps\SourceMods\empires\resource\empiresd.ttf
LauncherPasswordArgs=+password %UA_GAME_HOST_PASSWORD%
LauncherNetworkArgs="%UA_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS% +connect %UA_GAME_HOST_NAME%:%UA_GAME_HOST_PORT%"
Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% -applaunch 220 -game "%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_DIR%\steamapps\sourcemods\empires" %UA_LAUNCHER_EXTRA_ARGS% %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS%
ServerStatusType=SOURCE
ServerEncodingType=UTF8
InGameRenderer=D3D9

 

it's exactly the same entry.
If I delete HL2 : DM from installed games, it doesn't detect nothing in Xfire when I launch the mod.
For my part, I launch the mod from steam, do you launch it from the desktop icon ?

 

I usually launch it from steam too.

Try using XFire to launch it... see what it comes up as.

 

It's works when I launch from Xfire, and it says "Preparing to launch Half-Life 2", not Empires beta 1.07 like when I launch from Steam

Pretty weird problem ._.

 

Yeah, that's quite strange.

Maybe reinstalling XFire might do something... Who knows.

 

I GOT IT !!

Steam launch

and not

as in the xfire_games.ini

So i just created a shortcut with the same number than xfire, and it detect Empires normally :p

Maybe It only works when you haven't installed HL2: DM, so the 320 code refer to the 220 ?

Now I can go to bed :D

 

So can I

 

Thanks for the help

 

well Empires just upgraded the engine, so i wouldn't be surprised if x-fire had to catch up.