DeadServerGamePingList.txt

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! Title: 👩‍🏭 List for preventing games from freezing when pinging dead servers
! Version: 06November2021-Alpha
! Expires: 14 days
! Description: In the early 2010's, it was common for Windows games to be hardcoded to require connections to first-party servers to work properly. To no one's surprise besides the game publishers, this began causing problems later on when the servers shut down, with games stuttering, freezing, or failing to start. This list implements community fixes to make those games playable and non-stuttering again.
! Note: This list is designed for AdGuard for Windows (both the regular and DNS blocking modes) and AdGuard Home. In AdGuard for Windows, remember to add the games' .exes at Settings → Network → List of Filtered Apps → +. List versions for hosts and domains tools are planned later in 2021.
! Homepage: https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/blob/master/Wiki/General-info.md#-english

! Test Drive Unlimited 2
! https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Test_Drive_Unlimited_2#Playing_offline_with_online_profile_after_official_servers_were_shut_down
||clientstats.testdriveunlimited2.com^
||patchserver.testdriveunlimited2.com^
||www.testdriveunlimited2.com^

! Saints Row 3 and Saints Row IV
! https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Saints_Row_IV#Stuttering_caused_by_My_Steelport_service_shutdown
||sr3.hydra.agoragames.com^
||sr4.hydra.agoragames.com^

! Tropico 4
! https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Tropico_4#Will_not_run_on_Windows_10_64bit
||launcher01.kalypsomedia.com^

! Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
! https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Kane_%26_Lynch_2:_Dog_Days
||kl2-pc-game-content.eidos.co.uk^

! No Man's Sky (as of 2016)
! https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/No_Man%27s_Sky#Long_pauses.2Ffreezing_during_starfield_intro_and_during_gameplay
||a247c.playfabapi.com^
||p-a247c-mainserver-800395549.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com^
||api.gameanalytics.com^
||ec2-54-156-235-193.compute-1.amazonaws.com^
||ec2-3-230-190-87.compute-1.amazonaws.com^

!#if !ext_ublock
! Assassin's Creed 1 (Requires AdGuard for Windows, due to the unreliability of the entries in the source link.)
! Inspired by https://steamcommunity.com/app/15100/discussions/0/864949037837351686/
*$app=AssassinsCreed_Game.exe
*$app=AssassinsCreed_Dx10.exe
*$app=AssassinsCreed_Dx9.exe

! Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (Requires AdGuard for Windows)
*$app=fc3_blooddragon.exe
*$app=fc3_blooddragon_d3d11.exe

! Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Requires AdGuard for Windows)
! https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Ghost_Recon_Advanced_Warfighter#Temporary_freeze_at_startup
||greconawf.available.gamespy.com^$app=graw-standalone.exe|graw.exe
||key.gamespy.com^$app=graw-standalone.exe|graw.exe
||greconawf.ms0.gamespy.com^$app=graw-standalone.exe|graw.exe
!#endif