Version 1.0.174

Hello everyone,

As you all know IWnet aka STeam has stopped matchmaking from Version 1.0.172. The time has come to use new 1.0.174 file. I also tested out zens0red 1.0.175 Dev console version but it's not working properly whenever i launched it from steam always "Failed to connect steam lobby" & if i launch it without steam i got kicked after 2 mins same crappy message "Steam connect failed".

Like Rz king said to stick to ZG for now until it expire. I also tested out some demos and free games. On Rz King blog Hajit posted a game.. It worked fine and i didn't get any error so far. I got connected to games as usual interval matchmaking takes & i was in game playing with ZG clients flawlessly. So after ZG we have 2 options TrackMania Nations (700 MB) or Osmos Demo (20mb)

Steps to run OSMOS Demo As Client for MW2:-

1. ) Download Osmos Demo & install it, after successful installation exit STEAM Completely.

2.) Make sure you updated patch to 1.0.174 for MW2. Visit here to see patch files Rz King

3.) When download is done, go to Osmos Demo folder in your steam folder (\Steam\steamapps\common\osmos demo), create a new folder name BACKUP and move all osmos game related files into this folder.

4.) Now go to your MW2 directory and copy files from there to \Steam\steamapps\common\osmos demo

5.) Rename iw4mp.exe to osmosdemo.exe

6.) Run STEAM and Launch OSMOS DEMO, this should launch MW2, if it doesn't make sure you followed steps properly from 1 to 5. Now join any match and play.

Note: You won't be able to join or invite friends with this game but you can play public matches without getting kicked just like you played in ZGD. Brighter side of this method is there will be hopefully less hacks as hooks look for IW4MP.exe ^_^