Yesterday evening might be a milestone in the history of Star Wars Battlefront.
A lot of players met on Entenclan's teamspeak yesterday evening to talk about the future of Star Wars Battlefront II. Since Gamespy will end it's service by the end of the month, the community discussed about several possibilities of keeping the game playable. There were three choices: Tunngle, Gameranger and Gamemaster, a Gamespy-alternate masterserver created and hosted by Game-Share. The answer is: Gamemaster.
Why Gamemaster?
First of all, you don't need to install an extern program, which makes it easier for everyone (even nyz) to handle. Just download the modified battlefrontII.exe and you will now see all the servers that already switched to Gamemaster. It is available for 1.0 and 1.1, both in english and german.
Are there any servers up already?
Yes. And they run as good as with Gamespy. We tested it.
U can find them in here --> http://gameshare.co/servers/game/swbfrontpc
I think Entenclan is going to add another gs soon, and i hope most of you also do so !
Where can I download the file?
You can find the link here --> http://gameshare.co/gamemaster
You think that was all? Well, it was not.
Thanks to the guys of Game-Share, we are now - hold your :censored: - again able to play Star Wars Battlefront 1 online (without Tunngle)! Since there was a lot of request, the worked on it as well and presented the modified battlefront.exe just a few minutes later!
The official download for SWBF1 is not out yet, feel free to ask any UEF Admin. member or Entens for the inofficial battlefront.exe to join the battle.
And in future?
Which brings me to the next point: From now on, we will try to organise a training once in a week in UEF, mostly on weekends. The "trainings" are more likely to be either internal funwars or matches between clans. As i'm the main orga for both games in UEF im gonna do my best to host events every weekend (unless im so busy)
Regards,
Orga of Unleashed Elemental Forces
Note: This message was posted in UEF Site by Gamergirl
Well now we won't have to worry about losing much of the BF2 community like what happend to BF1. How are we getting this news to the BF2 players?
Right now, im spamming this link to most people i can
I've tested the battlefront 1 client yesterday and today and I must say it works pretty well. In the future you will only need to download this client for playing the game online without any lan programs like tunngle. I'm sure, that they publish soon a version for the english version (I have the german version) and someone will post that here! :cheers:
Since the english version had issue, i've fixed the problems:
Here u have an autorun version with the issue fixed -->
http://uef-clan.com/FTP/Anyder/Anyder/Battlefront_autorun_fix_by_anyder.exe
When you want to test it:
1. download anyders exe
2. put it to your swbf game data folder
3. start the game with that exe
4. select internet multiplayer, click no gamespy
5. then you should see three uef servers
you can also play on tunngle servers with that exe, but then tunngle must be on
I see today HGHG, Kelle and some others, so it should work
When you have problem, write something here
:cheers:
Cool, I will consider coming back to online. It's been too long..
Will post later with results.
Im soon changing my servers into this new way (the tunngle servers will be down). I'd say im gonna do it this 31st
I've got a battlefront two patcher GUI that I was working on just for practice, it's a source auto it code and has nearly everything ready except where it tests if the selected server is actually online (using Inet.au3), and I did not implement the part where it edits the game executable with the new server address (File.au3)
It's easily done, but I'm a bit caught up and don't have time to finish it right away, so if anyone wants to finish it or whatever, here it is:
[spoiler=bf2patcher.au3]#RequireAdmin ;Needed to make sure the app works correctly, you may need permission to edit the exe if it's in C:/ drive.d
#include <ButtonConstants.au3> ;I think some of this stuff is already in Windows or GUI Constants au3..
#include <EditConstants.au3> ;Edit box constants
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> ;GUI Constants, color etc
#include <StaticConstants.au3> ;Static GUI functions
#include <WindowsConstants.au3> ;GUI Functions
#include <File.au3> ;Needed to edit the game executable with server address
#include <INet.au3> ;WIll be needed to check if a server is online or not
#Region GUI
$main = GUICreate("OpenSpy Patch - BattlefrontII", 424, 191, 192, 124)
$Menu_File = GUICtrlCreateMenu("File")
$Menu_File_GameDir = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("Game Location", $Menu_File)
$Menu_File_Exit = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("Exit", $Menu_File)
$Menu_Host = GUICtrlCreateMenu("Host")
$Menu_Host_OpnSpy = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("OpenSpy", $Menu_Host)
$Menu_Host_GmSpy = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("GameSpy", $Menu_Host)
$Menu_Host_Cstm = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("Custom", $Menu_Host)
$Menu_Help = GUICtrlCreateMenu("Help")
$Menu_Help_txt = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("Help.txt", $Menu_Help)
$Menu_Help_About = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("About", $Menu_Help)
$btn_OpnSpy = GUICtrlCreateButton("Patch To OpenSpy", 8, 48, 137, 25)
$btn_GmSpy = GUICtrlCreateButton("Revert To GameSpy", 8, 80, 137, 25)
$btn_Other = GUICtrlCreateButton("Patch To Other", 8, 112, 137, 25)
Global $cur_host_edit = GUICtrlCreateLabel( "Line 1 Cell 1", 8, 144, 137, 17, $ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_EX_STATICEDGE)
GUICtrlSetData($cur_host_edit, "Current Host: Null (?)")
$lb_01 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Patches SWBFII online to OpenSpy Server", 152, 56, 207, 17)
$lb_02 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Patches SWBFII online back to original Server", 152, 88, 223, 17)
$lb_03 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Specify your own Server Host", 152, 120, 144, 17)
$lb_04 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("What server SWBFII is patched too currently", 152, 144, 215, 17)
$gamedirectory = "C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II"
$cur_host_address = "gamespy.com"
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion GUI
While 1
$nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
Switch $nMsg
Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
Exit
Case $Menu_File_Exit
Exit
Case $Menu_File_GameDir
$file = FileOpenDialog ( "Locate BFII on your computer", "C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II", "Executable Files(*.exe)", $FD_FILEMUSTEXIST)
$gamedirectory = $file
MsgBox( 0, "Game Location", $gamedirectory)
Case $Menu_Host_OpnSpy
GUICtrlSetData($cur_host_edit, "Current Host: Open Spy")
GUICtrlSetData($cur_host_address, "openspy.com")
;_ReplaceStringInFile($gamdirectory, "gamespy.com", $cur_host_address)
Case $btn_OpnSpy
GUICtrlSetData($cur_host_edit, "Current Host: Open Spy")
Case $Menu_Host_GmSpy
GUICtrlSetData($cur_host_edit, "Current Host: Game Spy")
Case $btn_GmSpy
GUICtrlSetData($cur_host_edit, "Current Host: Game Spy")
EndSwitch
WEnd
; This is what will need to be executed for changing the address in the game executable
; _ReplaceStringInFile ( $sFilePath, $sSearchString, $sReplaceString [, $iCaseSensitive = 0 [, $iOccurance = 1]] )
[/spoiler]
Edit-
I ended up hex editing my no cd version with the addresses, and it works great!
Can't wait to see folks on there.
Good to hear we no longer need to use Tunngle/GameRanger/other VLAN software to play SWBF anymore! :D
Of course, I'l wait for Led and the higher-ups to approve of this, but from what I can see it seems to be working. I'm getting my refurbished tower back soon, so I'l be able to play SWBF again without overheats! :D
If this works, we should be able to host Mac/PC games again.
However, I will wait until they post their IP addresses so that I can just edit my HOSTS file.
Quote from: Gold Man on May 26, 2014, 05:56:39 PM
Good to hear we no longer need to use Tunngle/GameRanger/other VLAN software to play SWBF anymore! :D
Of course, I'l wait for Led and the higher-ups to approve of this, but from what I can see it seems to be working. I'm getting my refurbished tower back soon, so I'l be able to play SWBF again without overheats! :D
Good to hear? Good to hear you're finally coming back to the fight, GM! It has been awhile, am I right? At least since I played with 'cha. :)
Quote from: Whisper on May 26, 2014, 06:06:55 PM
Good to hear? Good to hear you're finally coming back to the fight, GM! It has been awhile, am I right? At least since I played with 'cha. :)
(https://www.swbfgamers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.troll.me%2Fimages%2Flazy-college-senior%2Fyou-have-no-idea.jpg&hash=59a15acea30baffecd5c9039c87c71838183f3b2)
I'm really liking GameMaster. It works really great and I can even use it and Tunngle at the same time, allowing to switch between LAN and Online.
I let some players on the PLA server know about GameMaster, but Gen.HondaCivic(SNP) mentioned that OpenSpy didn't work well when it came to moving players, and he believes GameMaster would end up doing the same.
I never got OpenSpy. What was it like? Was it easier to use and install than GameMaster? Let me know please. :)
Quote from: Whisper on May 26, 2014, 07:28:45 PM
I never got OpenSpy. What was it like? Was it easier to use and install than GameMaster? Let me know please. :)
Same idea, different IP address, but was really buggy when there were more than 8 players.
ill pm it to u later, Led
Really good work with the modified battlefront1 exe. love it.
I hope more people start play again! :)
works very good i was able to get a server up and join it. in the desktop pic you can see it is still sending info to 69.10.30.240 i wonder why?
So at what point do we ditch tunngle and go with gamemaster? If we don't switch properly it could cost us more of the community. I think it could be equally harmful to have both running and end up with half the active players on gamemaster and the other half on tunngle.
Quote from: Anyder on May 26, 2014, 07:50:19 AM
Yesterday evening might be a milestone in the history of Star Wars Battlefront...
Nice find! :cheers: This is very good news for SWBF1 players who want to play internet MP servers again instead of having to use LAN. There appears to be much less bugs than openspy had. Many players in [FC] dislike the lag of tunngle and will appreciate this new master server patch.
Quote from: {212th} Ldr. Norris on May 27, 2014, 04:48:01 AM
So at what point do we ditch tunngle and go with gamemaster? If we don't switch properly it could cost us more of the community. I think it could be equally harmful to have both running and end up with half the active players on gamemaster and the other half on tunngle.
For now it is easy to run both at once though I think it will be better to leave tunngle for gamemaster completely once the player stats are visible again in the game's server lobby and possibly a leaderboard stat tracker added to their website.
Quote from: oldsnake on May 27, 2014, 04:09:03 AM
works very good i was able to get a server up and join it. in the desktop pic you can see it is still sending info to 69.10.30.240 i wonder why?
I think this is the SWBF1 and 2 replacement master server IP.
- It appears that only 3 address values in the battlefront.exe need to be hex edited for this to work (for any language)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5639348/GameMaster/battlefront1_files_v0.1.zip
Find:
%s.available.gamespy.com
Replace with:
%s.gameshare.info
Find:
%s.master.gamespy.com
Replace with:
%s.gameshare.info
Find:
%s.ms%d.gamespy.com
Replace with:
%s%d.gameshare.info
I think it would be smarter for us to use both for awhile and have everyone transfer over gradually. Then maybe when Tunngle starts to die we can have LED lock a server and change the name to "Go to SWBFGamers to Play Online"
Ill add to the downloads the battlefront.exe file later
So, the file is attached -->
OK, so here is what goes in the hosts file located at:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
5.230.233.61 swbfrontpc.ms4.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 swbfrontpc.available.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 available.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 master.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 swbfrontpc.master.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 motd.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 key.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 peerchat.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 gpsp.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 gpcm.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 natneg1.gamespy.com
Thanks to everyone who made this. I just joined a UEF server with no problems. Took 30 seconds to download and install it, the only problem with Anyders autorun one is that my antivirus kept trying to hide it from me. ;)
Edit: Also this is a brilliant way to celebrate my 1000th post. :cheer:
Quote from: {PLA}gdh92 on May 27, 2014, 09:49:45 AM
Thanks to everyone who made this. I just joined a UEF server with no problems. Took 30 seconds to download and install it, the only problem with Anyders autorun one is that my antivirus kept trying to hide it from me. ;)
Edit: Also this is a brilliant way to celebrate my 1000th post. :cheer:
Thanks for your exe ;) :tu: Actually everyone download your modified exe :P
If you don't wish to replace the exe, the HOSTS file edit is very convenient. This is what I use and it works.
Now to get everyone to join some day and test the limits of the GameMaster.
There is also qtrackers solution:
65.112.87.186 gpcm.gamespy.com
65.112.87.186 swbfront2pc.ms6.gamespy.com
Quote from: engelskrieger on May 27, 2014, 10:02:32 AM
Thanks for your exe ;) :tu: Actually everyone download your modified exe :P
I knew it xD
Quote from: {PLA}gdh92 on May 27, 2014, 09:49:45 AM
Thanks to everyone who made this. I just joined a UEF server with no problems. Took 30 seconds to download and install it, the only problem with Anyders autorun one is that my antivirus kept trying to hide it from me. ;)
Edit: Also this is a brilliant way to celebrate my 1000th post. :cheer:
Congratz on ur 1000th post dude =P
And well, idk how to fix that of being hidden by ur anti virus o.o
Nice work Anyder! Works great. :happy:
The developer are Kalle and K3k3 from the site SWBF 3
I think, they will be glad, when you all visit their site : http://swbf3.de/
The site is german/english
I ask about a french version. I think the english version won't work for them.
try this majesty sent me the french battlefront.exe and i edited for gamemaster support
edit: it appears majesty sent the wrong file (the one for server). upload any language battlefront exe if you need it patched.
Quote from: Led on May 27, 2014, 09:41:31 AM
OK, so here is what goes in the hosts file located at:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
5.230.233.61 swbfrontpc.ms4.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 swbfrontpc.available.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 available.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 master.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 swbfrontpc.master.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 motd.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 key.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 peerchat.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 gpsp.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 gpcm.gamespy.com
5.230.233.61 natneg1.gamespy.com
Ok, this is my first time attempting to modify my hosts file, but I don't know where to find it exactly. I thought it was in the game's files, but this sounds like it's in the computer. Any chance you could help me out?
OK, so here is what goes in the hosts file located at:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
--------------
make sure it is saved as "hosts" and not "hosts.txt"
I can't join. It hangs a 0%.
Same as Openspy....
Quote from: Led on May 27, 2014, 01:08:14 PM
I can't join. It hangs a 0%.
Same as Openspy....
same here im trying to host and then 0% bug from too many players. maybe they're still sorting out bugs.
http://gameshare.co/servers/game/swbfrontpc is also down atm
QuoteA Database Error Occurred
Unable to connect to your database server using the provided settings.
Filename: core/Loader.php
Line Number: 338
The Entenclan will come back in SWBF1 soon!
Now I may finally get to hosting that extra server I always wanted to from my laptop.
This is good...
They will look for the bug tomorrow. We will see...
Once you're in, no problem. But it seems that everyone is experiencing hanging upon hitting the Internet option. Servers are still running, but no one else could join.
We left the server and now I am hanging as well.
Edit: I checked Gameshare's site and it says there are no servers up.
Quote from: Dark_Phantom on May 27, 2014, 02:25:42 PM
Once you're in, no problem. But it seems that everyone is experiencing hanging upon hitting the Internet option. Servers are still running, but no one else could join.
We left the server and now I am hanging as well.
Edit: I checked Gameshare's site and it says there are no servers up.
Well maybe they will be up soon then. We shall see...
Would it be possible to run gameranger + tunngle + gamemaster? At the same time?
In theory, yes. Tunngle and Gamemaster work together, but Gameranger, if I remember right, is kind of weird with how it runs the games.
Quote from: Dark_Phantom on May 27, 2014, 02:40:22 PM
In theory, yes. Tunngle and Gamemaster work together, but Gameranger, if I remember right, is kind of weird with how it runs the games.
Stonecold has a way to run a standalone dedicated server on gameranger by using a batch file
Tunngle and Gameranger are VPN programs; generally those don't work well together.
I don't have either Tunngle or GR installed atm, and I was on a bit ealier with Phantom, Engel, and a few other folks. I hang at the click of Join and a few seconds later it goes to the loading 0% as well.
I sure hope we didn't jack it up like OpenSpy when we got on like that, but I'm going to guess it's just them working on the server.
Has anyone tested SWBFII?
I get the "Please insert CD1." error when I double click the battefront_english exe in the gamedata folder.
The CD is in. I even cleaned it.
Am I doing something wrong?
Edit: Anyder's exe worked. Thanks Kelle :cheers:
I can give my evaluation for SWBFII tonight if y'all need it. Otherwise I think I'm going to play a lot of SWBF tonight (assuming those servers work...)
And if all else fails I'm going to continue getting my new Overgrowth game to get back to working condition. I may call on some of y'alls help if the time comes. "Master Modders" ;)
Quote from: Dbiz on May 27, 2014, 03:20:22 PM
I get the "Please insert CD1." error when I double click the battefront_english exe in the gamedata folder.
The CD is in. I even cleaned it.
Am I doing something wrong?
Change the name of the new EXE to just battlefront.exe, exactly like the old one was. Not sure if that actually will do anything but I haven't broken yet.
Quote from: Dbiz on May 27, 2014, 03:20:22 PM
I get the "Please insert CD1." error when I double click the battefront_english exe in the gamedata folder.
The CD is in. I even cleaned it.
Am I doing something wrong?
Dbiz, I had the same problem, and no renaming it won't help. You need the "Auto run fix" version by Anyder, I don't currently know where to download it at. I will someone who does though and have them help you. On that note you can name the new Battlefront.exe anything you want I think and it will still run.
Edit:According to there website there are no SWBF 1 or 2 servers, and it doesn't appear to be working.
The people from swbf3.de will check the problem tomorrow. I'll post that here, when there are new news.
French-version is in working
and that is the exe, you need, when you have the no cd problem http://uef-clan.com/FTP/Anyder/Anyder/Battlefront_autorun_fix_by_anyder.exe
good night
Me like.
Me very likely.
Very much.
I am please to announce Ltin Corporation officially recognizes this product as superior to all other alternatives.
Wow! :o
Is this going to be less laggy then Tunngle?
It made me smile when I got on the site, seeing those old game server stats thing-a-ma-jigs again. Made my day. :happy:
all hail uef and anyder for saving swbf indefinitely :bow:
Quote from: hellish hellbird on May 27, 2014, 05:11:22 PM
all hail uef and anyder for saving swbf indefinitely :bow:
thank it to kalle ;)
Server is back up!
I'm getting on.
Edit 1: Umm, Same thing happened now it hangs at 0 percent again..
Weird.
Edit 2: Okay, so if you restart the game, Loading goes up all the way, and we're good again.
After you exit a server you have to restart battlefront.. Well I'll take that over nothing.
Edit 3: Well, different results again.. Restarting the game didn't work this time. Maybe it's just buggy and needs a bit of time to understand that I quit the server, then it can get me my juicy servers back to me.
have u got the exe file modified or the hosts file ??
i have the exe file (obviously x) and i have no problems with leaving a server and joining a different one....
gamemaster works perfectly for me! It is indeed less trouble with gamemaster than with Gr/tu
I have both, the games are showing up but I keep getting "your CD key is not authorized".
Quote from: CommanderAwesome on May 28, 2014, 11:35:58 AM
but I keep getting "your CD key is not authorized".
Do u have the original game ?
Quote from: Anyder on May 28, 2014, 12:34:15 PM
Do u have the original game ?
SWBF2: Fan Favorites I.
SWBF1: Best of PC
Also, I tried to join a game on SWBF1, but when the map finished loading, it said "Connection to host lost".
Did we manage to find a fix for the Insert CD1?
Never mind! Got help from Engel and HGHG!
Works great for me, hope every one can get open spy.
My Direct Connection server is showing up in the Internet List--which is interesting. However, I can not connect to it by DC.
Hi!!, I have a big question, when I download the. rar, I unzip, I open the folder, enter a client, and I copy the german exe, stick it in gamedata, but at the start, after a while the screen turns black, me out, and said that was an error
Quote from: alanfer on May 28, 2014, 05:56:47 PM
Hi!!, I have a big question, when I download the. rar, I unzip, I open the folder, enter a client, and I copy the german exe, stick it in gamedata, but at the start, after a while the screen turns black, me out, and said that was an error
make sure you have the Client file and not the Server file
Works great so far, thank you everyone who worked on it :cheer:
Quote from: {TcF}Dr.Penguin on May 28, 2014, 02:15:47 PM
Works great for me, hope every one can get open spy.
Umm, its GameShare / Gamemaster xd
Quote from: Led on May 28, 2014, 03:58:06 PM
My Direct Connection server is showing up in the Internet List--which is interesting. However, I can not connect to it by DC.
Ill contact Kalle, about it when i see him...
modified the hosts file, and i cant connect or find any servers.
(i have tried to just leave the host file with all the original content plus the new lines, and have also wiping those lines and having it just be the ones posted here.
I am having some troublesome lag issues every time i try to use Gamemaster. I know I just got my internet upgraded so it shouldn't be that... hmmm im lost.
The server I'm lagging on is the SWBFGamers 1.0 server.
I'm going to try to reconnect my internet. I'll let you know if it works...
I still need help.
Quote from: CommanderAwesome on May 29, 2014, 03:01:44 PM
I still need help.
If your still having No-CD issue, then download this:
http://uef-clan.com/FTP/Anyder/Anyder/Battlefront_autorun_fix_by_anyder.exe
The link was posted before by engel, but its a few pages back. If you have another problem then I will leave that for someone more knowledgeable.
I'll help u if u still need help
Quote from: {Alpha}.Gen.Kiwi on May 29, 2014, 11:09:28 PM
If your still having No-CD issue, then download this:
http://uef-clan.com/FTP/Anyder/Anyder/Battlefront_autorun_fix_by_anyder.exe
The link was posted before by engel, but its a few pages back. If you have another problem then I will leave that for someone more knowledgeable.
That's not my problem at all...
Quote from: CommanderAwesome on May 28, 2014, 11:35:58 AM
I have both [the exe's and the modified host file], the games are showing up but I keep getting "your CD key is not authorized".
Quote from: CommanderAwesome on May 28, 2014, 12:45:10 PM
SWBF2: Fan Favorites I.
SWBF1: Best of PC
Also, I tried to join a game on SWBF1, but when the map finished loading, it said "Connection to host lost".
Quote from: Anyder on May 26, 2014, 07:50:19 AMThere were three choices: Tunngle, Gameranger and Gamemaster, a Gamespy-alternate masterserver created and hosted by Game-Share. The answer is: Gamemaster.
Thank you for the detailed information on Gamemaster. It sounds like a great workaround that just pretends to be GameSpy once the modifications are in place, and it connects you to a different server list. If this is the case, I need one more piece of information, what would be the DNS address to connect to for Gamemaster? I ask because I am from the PS2 community, and none of the other work-around options like Tunngle or Gameranger would work for us as they are separate applications with downloads required. While we can't do that, we do have the ability to change our DNS address to connect to a different list. This method was used to play SWBF1 on OpenSpy. This seems like a similar method to that. What would be the DNS address to connect to if I wanted to test something like this out?
EIDT: I think I figured it out. It looks like its 5.230.233.61
SWBF 1 Worked for a few hours only! Now stuck at 0%. I am so desperate to play again! Thanks in advance for help!
I am running Win 7. I have the original game disk installed. USA Xfinity ISP supposed to be wide open, and my router is NAT-ing with no restrictions. I am a network engineer by trade.
I re-installed tunngel then saw that was old news. I installed gamemaster launcher though I can't really tell that it does anything. I got the new exe, put it in the wrong place and got the bink error. Added Bink dll, program error-ed out. Restarted PC. My baby girl kept crying and interrupting me. Turned off Comodo firewall, no better. Finally got the fix by Anyder, put it in the Gamedata folder, and it worked! My son and I played for a few hours, I was so happy!!!
I came back an hour later and get stuck at the 0% with the Anyder file. Turned off Comodo firewall, nothing. Still stuck at 0%. Restarted, turned off firewall, nothing. Stuck at 0%. Now I really don't know what to do. Any advice?
Quote from: Drunken_Master on December 01, 2014, 06:46:57 PM
SWBF 1 Worked for a few hours only! Now stuck at 0%. I am so desperate to play again! Thanks in advance for help!
I am running Win 7. I have the original game disk installed. USA Xfinity ISP supposed to be wide open, and my router is NAT-ing with no restrictions. I am a network engineer by trade.
I re-installed tunngel then saw that was old news. I installed gamemaster launcher though I can't really tell that it does anything. I got the new exe, put it in the wrong place and got the bink error. Added Bink dll, program error-ed out. Restarted PC. My baby girl kept crying and interrupting me. Turned off Comodo firewall, no better. Finally got the fix by Anyder, put it in the Gamedata folder, and it worked! My son and I played for a few hours, I was so happy!!!
I came back an hour later and get stuck at the 0% with the Anyder file. Turned off Comodo firewall, nothing. Still stuck at 0%. Restarted, turned off firewall, nothing. Stuck at 0%. Now I really don't know what to do. Any advice?
Hey drunken! I remember seeing you online! Anywayz I'm not much of an expert on gamemaster, but using the auto-installing is probably the easiest way. I recommend checking out one of these tutorials if you are stuck. (I recommend the swbfgamers one, as Led goes into a lot more detail than mine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5UaYBcApW4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5UaYBcApW4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFRcECfV2YI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFRcECfV2YI)
Anyway all the best, and I'm sure others can help more if your still stuck.
Quote from: Drunken_Master on December 01, 2014, 06:46:57 PM
SWBF 1 Worked for a few hours only! Now stuck at 0%. I am so desperate to play again! Thanks in advance for help!
I am running Win 7. I have the original game disk installed. USA Xfinity ISP supposed to be wide open, and my router is NAT-ing with no restrictions. I am a network engineer by trade.
I re-installed tunngel then saw that was old news. I installed gamemaster launcher though I can't really tell that it does anything. I got the new exe, put it in the wrong place and got the bink error. Added Bink dll, program error-ed out. Restarted PC. My baby girl kept crying and interrupting me. Turned off Comodo firewall, no better. Finally got the fix by Anyder, put it in the Gamedata folder, and it worked! My son and I played for a few hours, I was so happy!!!
I came back an hour later and get stuck at the 0% with the Anyder file. Turned off Comodo firewall, nothing. Still stuck at 0%. Restarted, turned off firewall, nothing. Stuck at 0%. Now I really don't know what to do. Any advice?
Well, sometimes simply hitting "Cancel" on the screen stuck at 0 will actually bring you to a full server list...
Assuming you hit cancel and it works, congratz!
Assuming you hit it but you're not seeing all the servers, you may have to play with your Online Options. Try changing the settings to "Search All Regions"
And if you hit cancel and it just doesn't work at all... I don't know.
Thanks guys. Unfortunately hitting cancel leads to a blank list. I may go over the tutorials, maybe uninstall and reinstall. Having it work for 3 or so hours then not at all confuses me a bit...
That kiwi picture is hilarious :D
Have you tried launching straight from the battlefront file - not a desktop shortcut? It's in the GameData folder.
Same thing happened to me, sort of. Gamemaster suddenly stopped working one day. So I redid the process (manually) and after I restarted my computer it worked again.
I personally have never had problems with it, but all I've done is modify the Hosts file, I haven't replaced my .EXE
Maybe the hosts file is a more reliable way to do it...
Quote from: Drunken_Master on December 02, 2014, 08:07:02 AM
Thanks guys. Unfortunately hitting cancel leads to a blank list. I may go over the tutorials, maybe uninstall and reinstall. Having it work for 3 or so hours then not at all confuses me a bit...
That kiwi picture is hilarious :D
I remember having an issue with my swbf2 game master. It worked for a few days, then stopped working. I relised afterwards that I had forgotten to rename the .exe file to battlefront2.exe, I have no idea why it worked at all b4 that lol. this may be the same issue your having with swbf1.
Also thanks, I like this pciture also. To be honest I have no idea what your profile picture is of, looks interesting though. :)
Well how about that, I modified the hosts file and went back to the gamespy.exe and it works again!!!! :slap:
Thank you thank you thank you!! :cheer:
Perhaps there is in fact something a little unstable about the modified exe?
BTW, my pic could be clearer, but is the original Drunken Master, Chéng Lóng (later known as Jackie Chan) :cheers:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080179/
I knew that something would be a bit funky about community-created programs and stuff- there always is. (Don't get me wrong, creators! You make great stuff, but there's a reason it's not "certified". ;) )
Good to hear you're back in action, Drunken! I'll see ya in-game.
Quote from: Ultimo on December 02, 2014, 05:04:10 PM
I knew that something would be a bit funky about community-created programs and stuff- there always is. (Don't get me wrong, creators! You make great stuff, but there's a reason it's not "certified". ;) )
Good to hear you're back in action, Drunken! I'll see ya in-game.
It should make no difference. I use a modified EXE and not a HOSTS file. Both of these solutions were made by the community so I don't understand what you mean there.
Quote from: Ultimo on December 02, 2014, 05:04:10 PM
I knew that something would be a bit funky about community-created programs and stuff- there always is. (Don't get me wrong, creators! You make great stuff, but there's a reason it's not "certified". ;) )
I concur with Phobos. There is nothing at all unusual about the exe file. It just has a new name for the to point to the replacement master server.
The master server can have its own problems occasionally, but so far, Gamemaster has been more stable than Gamespy and even has more functionality (we can see server pings again from the lobby).
I suspect a firewall issue or other temporary DNS issue as the real culprit in this case.
Ehh I thought that the .EXE was a little more modified than just a few ports/what-not.
Don't worry 'bout what I said, I do say "funny" things sometimes.