Battlezone 1

thanks for the reply firestorm. I am so glad no one near me plays this that needs to get banned ,lol.

As for the rest having troubles...I dont know if ye read my first post in here or not but I am computer illiterate when it comes to files etc and if I can do it then anyone should be able to.

so i will offer my 2p worth.

it took me a while even though the instructions are clear, i still never understood them. When they say cut and paste into the main BZ folder are opening up the folder with tons of files that look like a library of nonsense? when i open up my BZ folder I have a few other folders inside it, you have to open another one saying Battlezone.

if you have already done this and it doesnt work then yer not as daft as me.


good luck

K

Good point Firestorm. Only XANA and Baldrick haven't made it yet and they are both on Vista if I remember correctly.

Have new servers.dat downloaded somewhere, unzip it, then open your main Bz folder and find old server.dat in it. Delete the old servers.dat, then copy/cut/drag new servers.dat where old servers.dat was located.

That must work.



Don't worry upyerkilt, we trace IP's, not names. Server can't stop hacking, you will still need your firewall for some people, but it will stop server hacks, mentioned in 1st post.



No one is banned ATM, and hopefully no one will be. This server is FFA. However, I assure you that there will be less hacking on this server, if there will be any at all. If you played just 1 game on the new server you for sure noticed there's something different about it, how the air is cleaner there. New server offers only GG's and friendly lobby chat. The reason for that is in hackers who stayed on Eddy's server. He was supporting them for years so they are loyal to him.

After I caught Genx in hacking (not that he was hiding), his best pal Eddy banned me from 911 server for the first time. Not just that, later he helped Genx to make his own server(s) and hack even more there.

BTW, 2 new servers (that appeared after this server) are Genx's, so I strongly suggest you not to use them (he has 4 now). He and Eddy are trying to destroy what's left of Bz community by spreading us on a several servers. Don't let them. Eddy cares only about the control and BzE, while Genx cares about nothning but hacking (he hacks in BzE too, but they all look the other way).

Use only "battlezone1.net". (If you did the servers.dat thing) you can't miss it, that's the server with the most players/games on it.

Day2:


Hackers like Genx are aware that new server's owner won't allow bad behavior, so they are staying away from it. But even if someone gets a ban, it will be symbolic ban, just enough for someone to sober up.

Wow cool no more 'error opening transport' and I can actually see servers, unfortunatly my old computer broke 3 days ago and my laptop dosent work on software mode, unless my laptop is in safe mode.

For those who are unaware of the servers situation I'll try to explain it with a few more details...

Server we play Battlezone on is called Anet. It is open source program and anyone with a little Linux knowledge and a credit card can run his own.

There's a file in Anet called servfil. Its role is next (taken from the inside of the script):



Master servers list (run by Dan Kegel from Activision), mentioned in servfil, is here.



Although it's obvious what servfil does, I'll explain it a bit more; after server's reboot (every 24hrs) servfil calls master server and downloads the whole list, updating servers.txt, another Anet file. Servers.txt then updates servers.dat, file on your PC, which is showing servers when you go to multiplayer.

Purpose of servfil is to connect all Anet servers in the world, by allowing autoupdate. That means if someone puts a server up in Australia, you won't see it right away, but within 24hrs, if you visit any other Anet Server (visible in your game interface), your servers.dat should autoupdate, and show you that Australian server the next time you click on a multiplayer.

"Should" is the key word.

From those 4 servers on the master list, 911 is the oldest, so most of you see that one. Its owner is Eddy aka 911 Firbirgir, and as you already know, he is trying to destroy Battlezone in the name of BzE mod. Among many things he did, he hacked his servfil script and disabled auto update of the servers from the master list. Instead of autoupdate, he manually changed his server.txt and, beside his, put there only 2 other server, owned by his close friend Genx, notorious Bz hacker. He left out battlezone1.net server on purpose.

2 Genx's servers are not needed at all, those 2 rats (Eddy and Genx) put them up after they heard about the new server (battlezone1.net) being up. They did it only to confuse people, making them believe that Genx's server is actually the new server we are talking about.

If you open your servers.dat with notepad, you will see that Eddy even renamed master server names, which clearly shows he was messing with the Anet files just to hurt battlezone1.net server.

With both Eddy and Genx hacking servfil file on their servers, they give support to eachother, while not allowing any other Anet server to be seen, to recieve an auto update.

That's why you all have to manually update your servers.dat

Dictator Eddy already banned whole Croatia from his server, lately he started banning those who were promoting this server. Soon, when we inform everybody about the new server, no one will be visiting 911 ever again. Few hackers still support Eddy and 911, but they are in minority and that's even better news for battlezone1.net players.

When you see someone playing on any other server but battlezone1.net, you shouldn't join them. If they don't already know, you should notify them about the new server and give them servers.dat link. If someone refuses to do it, it doesn't matter, try with the next player. Good idea is to have new servers.dat ready on your "P", and tell unaware players to click on it and do necessary changes. Just don't enter the game. Every game you play on 911 (or Genx's) server is killing Battlezone bit by bit.

They support BZE which is limited to 911 server, so 100 server wouldn't split them up. We are small community and we shouldn't be split. Only 2 servers are splitting us, imagine what 4 can do... Battlezone1.net is the only Bz server that is FFA (free for all), so use only that one. In the beginning, while not yet everybody has their servers.dat updated, it might be hard, but hold on, even if that means missing out few games on 911. Things will change very soon... Be strong.

IT WORKED!!!

went on 911 for a few minutes, waiting for people to join a game, noone did, i left the room and the new server was there! Awesome, games actually being played, not just people sitting in the lobby all day, To whoever created it, fantastic job.

Yep, the new clean server is up. (battlezone1.net)

We encourage you to NOT play on the 911 server since so many people are BANNED from it.

That is why we have new server, nobody being banned.

However, if you find people sitting on 911 waiting for a game, you can kindly notify them of the new server and pass them these links:

NEW servers.dat:
http://www.battlezone1.net/downloads/servers.dat

Who's Online Page:
http://www.battlezone1.net/anet2/

See you all on the new server!

Dear Anomynous Server Creator,

Thank you.


You have helped save the game from extinction.

You were lucky. It seems backup restore was performed on 911 server, which brought original servfil back. Eddy wasn't aware of it right away, so those few lucky players who were at his server at that point got an auto update, and now can finally see the new server, where 4/5 of Bz population plays for days now.

When Eddy realized what's going on he again hacked his servfil script, so auto update isn't active again. We still need those 1/5 who remained on 911 server, so you who are not banned, please try to visit that nazi server from time to time, just to give those unaware players this link - http://www.battlezone1.net. It is main BZ page with download link for required servers.dat and a link for the Forums if extra help is needed.

Thanks all for supporting the new server.

As I said in the topic about my problems getting bz to see the server, I finally managed to get it working.

I put what I did to fix it in the topic.

After notifying almost all Bz players about the new server, and with giving them a choice to pick, on saturday they clearly showed where they want to be....

0 games played on 911 server, 59 on battlezone1.net.





Eddy, this is what you get when you ban countries and fair players. This is what you get when you support hackers and mess with the server rooms. Thank you for banning me. If it wasn't for you tyranny, we wouldn't have a clean server now.

I was going to post about this! You noticed it too. Yes, today was a GREAT day for BZ AND all the games were on battlezone1.net!

Eddy... YOU'RE FIRED!!!

The Apprentice: BATTLEZONE EDITION!

And the Lord said: "LET THERE BE PWNAGE!"

The Lord said "Let there be light". 911 is the dark BZ server. The light is finally here: battlezone1.net. But hey, if light can be pwnage, LET THERE BE PWNAGE!!!

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