Update 1 : Rejoice! AlterIWNet is back! I have tested FourDeltaOne and it works great. The FourDeltaOne step by step tutorial is posted here. Go read it and bring back your AlterIWNet memories.
Update 2- FourDeltaOne has released tool for CoD MW3 multiplayer online. The FourDeltaOne IW5M tutorial is posted here.
The very famous video game modding community known as alterIWNet has been shut down. The alterIWNet was known for its modding of Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2. The modding allowed additional features such as dedicated servers, which were not present in the original release.
A few weeks ago, a message was posted on the alterIWNet forum that they have received a Cease and Desist notification from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP on behalf of Activision Publishing Inc, the publisher of the Call of Duty series. They were notified to immediately stop their operations which were infringing US and International copyright laws.
The alterIWNet community decided that they will comply with the law and will stop their operations. It included the alteriwnet servers, and the community forum being shut down.
While it was still unclear when the servers and forum will actually go down, the game was able to be played online. Later it was suggested that the alterIWNet servers will go down by 13th March 2012. But as 13th March passed, the game was still playable on their servers.
The message reads as below:
Hello community,After the confirmation that alterIWNet will comply with the law to avoid further actions, the community was divided into two. NTAuthority, the main coder of the alterIWNet mods started a new project as FourDeltaOne at www.fourdeltaone.net where he will start the development of new version of alterIWNet, which will be played only by legitimate users (who own the game). On the other side, the other core members of the alterIWNet community - MaxDamage, Blitz and others decided to keep the forum alive and started a new forum AlterGaming at www.altergaming.org, where they will discuss about gaming and other topics, along with development of their own FPS game.
As you've definitely heard, alterIWNet received a Cease and Desist notification from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP on behalf of Activision Publishing Inc, demanding that we stop our operations due to infringing US and International laws.
It is for this reason that we're shutting down our operation indefinitely. Please refrain from taking any actions on our behalf, such as harassing letters, posts, "denial of service" attacks, telling your grandmother or anything else that you may deem wise. There is nothing more we can do here, unless Activision recognise us as a legitimate modding community.
Thank you all for your continued dedication and contributions to alterIWNet and to PC gaming as a whole.
alterIWNet's Modern Warfare 2 mod was highly popular among gamers from all around the world as it allowed dedicated servers setup. It was played by thousands of users on hundreds of servers daily. It is a big shock for all alterIWNet lovers that it has shut down.
Modding of Call of Duty Black Ops, know as alterOps and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, known as alterMWF3 were also in development by alterIWNet. This in-development projects are believed to be reason about the notification from Activision. Some members of the community said all was going fine until they started developing of alterOps and alterMWF3. Some also believed the reason for getting the notification was that alterIWNet allowed players to play using pirated copies of the games.
The rival game modification community known as TeknoGods, which also mods Call of Duty series and other games, was quick to release an update for its very popular Modern Warfare 3 modification known as TeknoMWF3. With the update, TeknoGods made sure that it does not allow pirated copies to be used. This was a smart move to stay under the Activision radar.
There seems no chances of AlterIWNet bringing back its Modern Warfare 2 mod and all those who want to play it multiplayer will need to use steam. The other option will be TeknoGods' TeknoMWF3.
Farewell alterIWNet. You will be missed.
Update 1 : Rejoice! AlterIWNet is back. I have tested FourDeltaOne and it works great. The FourDeltaOne step by step tutorial is posted here. Go read it and bring back your AlterIWNet memories.
Update 2- FourDeltaOne has released tool for CoD MW3 multiplayer online. The FourDeltaOne IW5M tutorial is posted here.
