The game isn't dead yet on Gamespy network but this should be slightly helpful.
You needn't download anything, you will just make a few edits to BattlefrontII.exe.
Open it with hex editor, and do a text string search for "gamespy.com" and replace each line of that you find
with "openspy.net"
I got this idea from a patcher someone made for swbf1's executable, and when file comparing the bf1 exe with an unedited one, that's the only difference.
I tested this mod by playing swbf2 on 2 separate computers, and I could successfully join my own session.
If a site admin can put this topic in the tutorials, would be nice.
Also if someone can build a patcher, that would be nice... not everyone can understand hex edit, or even find
the file needed to edit.
Edit By Anyder: as openspy was unstable and used to be down most time, what we use now is GameMaster, which its installation is explained here - http://www.swbfgamers.com/index.php?topic=8070.0
Cool. perhaps after a bit more info and progress on this whole epidemic, some simple file edit patchers will be made.
it's a really simple thing to make, wouldn't be a big deal at all.. especially in autoit
You can also change your Hosts file, with no need for hex editing. It is a text file.
You should really check to see if Openspy is stable for you. We found it was not stable for SWBF, particularly if there were more than 8 people at a time.
I don't know what I host file is. It may be something only with swbf1. I don't yet have enough people to test swbf2 pc with on openspy, maybe 3 or 4 max, The game itself lets me reach 64.
The hosts file is a windows file. It allows redirects from a DNS name to another IP address. I will edit this post when I find the link to it for SWBF.
You can use it for anything.