Bioshock/Network Problem

[ali_james]

Hi all

I've just bought Bioshock and have a problem installing it. I figure this is the best place to post as I am sure the problem is down to the network we have here at uni.

On the installation of the game, it requires itself to auto download a patch, only problem is it cannot connect to the server. This is believe is down to the university's lan system. It for instance prevents me sending emails using my ntlworld account. There's no way to play games online either, which I assume this comes under..

Is there any way round this ? I've looked on the website at the simple troubleshooting etc and I'm sure the problem is the network.

If anyones got any ideas that would be great

Otherwise I'll be waiting til Christmas to get it working

Cheers!

[Jim]

I had a similar problem when installing Bioshock on one of the test PC's here yesterday as it doesn't have a network connection at all.

Unfortunately it actually seems to download the main game .exe files and a few DLL's from the server, so there's no way around it other than to get on an unrestricted network.

[ali_james]

Thanks XMS, it's a shame really Not exactly a practical way of distributing a game really. I know it says requires and internet connect to activate in the system requirements, which in my opinion is very misleading.

However not the game makers fault at all. Sent an email earlier to the Reslan people that run the system and received a rather blunt response of no we can't help you, then some garbage about those being the ports most vulnerable to hacking etc.. I'm more annoyed about my email problems to be honest as my account will not work using the webmail service..

Cheers for the response, looks like it'll be Farcry/Crysis til home time