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**Posted:** Sun Feb 01, 2004 1:58 pm

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Leftbrained

Steve, if you want me to set up the neighborhood, I'll do it. Haven't got a set up live player yet, so I can't give you my KI number yet.

Don't much care about losing progress, I could probably get a majority of it back with my eyes closed, I've done it so many times.

Edit: Forgot to mention, I'll need the exact name of the neighborhood to set it up (if you want me to). Which server? Katran?

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**Posted:** Sun Feb 01, 2004 8:15 pm

vpisteve

I'd hold off for now. AFAIK, the bug also happens when you just switch neighborhoods. Your progress in a certain area (namely having a link to GZ courtyard) seems to remain with your original, it doesn't migrate with you.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:40 am

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carlitoxxi · Veteran Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Posts: 140

Mamma mia, che giorno triste Sad

From Urulive official forum, posted from vanillabean1086:

Found this on another board and then again from CyanBill on this forum....

Uru Live fans and friends,

Thank you so much for your continued support of the worlds that are Myst and Uru. It has truly been wonderful immersing ourselves along with you in the ongoing adventure, following your comments - good and bad - as you explored Uru Live.

I have some good news and some bad news.

First, the bad news...

Uru Live is being put to bed.

Even with all of the time, money, resources, code, people, sweat, and heart that were poured into Uru Live, we needed a certain number of subscribers to pay the bills. We didn't get there. Uru Live is innovative and unique; its online universe is one of the most beautiful and complex ever built, anywhere. The idea of ongoing content was dramatic and forward-looking, but it required a substantial continuing effort to sustain. We were just not able to sign up the number of subscribers (even for free) necessary to pay for that effort.

Now for the good news...

The soul of Uru Live will live larger.

The soul of Uru Live came in two parts: the community and the content. Both will live on. Nothing can kill the community - it has a life of its own. The Call and the Gathering of the community will continue. And the content - what can I say? We have it, large amounts of it, ready to expand the world of Uru. In the past weeks we've been hard at work packaging that content in a different, more inclusive form - expansion packs - the first of which will be available in a month or two. Even better, the first expansion pack, To D'ni, is free. And there's more good news on inclusivity. I'm pleased to officially announce that the Mac version of Uru is finally under way.

It would be easy to focus on the negative aspects of this announcement. But we've grieved our loss, and with clearer minds we see things in a different light. The fact is that the continuing Uru adventure is amazing. The story and places it reaches are spectacular. And in the long run, we want as many people as possible to experience and explore these new worlds. The closing of Uru Live actually gives us the opportunity to open these expanding worlds to a larger audience, including those people without broadband. Only a small portion of the people who played Uru ever made it to D'ni in Uru Live. Now everyone can get to D'ni - and beyond.

Again, perhaps the ending has not yet been written.

Shorah,

Rand and the Cyan Worlds Team

I don't have words... Sad

**Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:26 pm

catherwood

my day at the Great Zero

**Posted:** Fri Feb 06, 2004 4:55 pm

vpisteve

One thing that (surprisingly) makes the lag in the city virtually disappear: disable the sound using the Sound tab at startup (not once you're in the game). I don't know why the sound processing should take up so much power, but it does, and it seems to be what causes the lag.

With the sound turned off you can roam around the city pretty easily.

Yeah, it's a great universe they've created. What a total shame it's all for nothing. Imagine how the folks on the development team feel. Sad

**Posted:** Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:07 pm

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catherwood

Leftbrained gave me permission to post his KI number here (05246615) for addition to your Buddy lists. He's added "Ormond" and carlitoxxi to his.

And it's not totally "all for nothing", since the content and the virtual environments will be turned into expansion packs. We'll still get to roam the cavern and explore new areas, but we'll each be doing it alone rather than interacting with each other. (See how well i'm rationalizing my grief?)

**Posted:** Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:34 pm

vpisteve

Interesting article on this in Wired.

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:09 pm

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last expansion pack available

**Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2004 3:06 pm

jamesi

So... between 6 to 12 months late, but I have my copy of Uru loaded and ready to play later tonight. I remember all the good things said about it, and it was in the bargain bin, so I went ahead and made the purchase.

Does the UruLive part not exist anymore? Are there still people using KI numbers and such?

**Posted:** Mon Dec 27, 2004 8:28 pm

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catherwood

The official Uru Live servers went silent long ago. There are, however, servers created by dedicated fans, running what I can only assume is bootlegged or reverse-engineered software. Somewhere on a community message board are links and explanations for getting that up and running, with disclaimers. I have not tried it myself.

You will still have a KI in single-player mode, but naturally without the Buddy Chat capabilities. Enjoy the immersion!

**Posted:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:06 am

jamesi

Thanks Cath... off to try it out for the first time now.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:44 am

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vpisteve

Actually, there are some Ubi-sanctioned servers up and running. You need to download an app for it somewhere. I'll try to find where.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:53 am

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Slithy

Interesting to hear that some of you here played URULive during the brief time that it was Live.

I received a copy of URU for Christmas in 2003, and spent countless hours solving puzzles, exploring, chatting, and playing around in URULive.

The worlds were strangely beautiful, the puzzles were sinister, and the experience was totally engrossing.

URULive had a lot of potential, but unfortunatly, it was plagued by technical problems, the lack of a coherent storyline, insufficient marketing and, in turn, an insufficient consumer base to build from.

I don't know why, but I recall feeling more than just a little a bit slighted when Cyan/UbiSoft pulled the plug on the servers back in Feb. 2004.

Looking back, I think Cyan deserves a lot of credit for having the vision and the courage to undertake such a unique project as URULive, it was quite an experience, and truly stood apart from the rest of the games on the market.

I can only hope that Cyan can apply some of the lessons learned from URULive towards something bigger, and better in the future. Smile

~Slithy

**Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:08 am

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