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Welcome to LithFaq.com. Gaming revolving around the Lithtech Engine. The OFFICIAL homepage of the Aliens vs. Predator 2 Master Server. Come join us in an online game someday. We have a few games every week!
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Poster: Herr_Alien
Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:03 pm
You've all probably experienced problems in accessing the server list lately. Well, something did happen: our master server account was suspended.
Now, two good things came as a result of this:
1) I found out that there are some people in the community willing to help. Those people are not too many, but any game community should be proud to have them. Fortunately, we did not have to resort to their help.
2) I re-discovered gslist.
Gslist is a command line tool to retrieve a list of servers from Gamespy dirrectly.
The next step is to incorporate gslist to our ms_client.dll, and thus obtain
So, grab it while it's hot!
The latest version is 1.5.1. Here are the download links:
- a patch, to update 1.3 and 1.4 players to 1.5.1 (it will also update the AvP2 Team Fortress mod):
http://master.lithfaq.com/download/1.3_to_1.5.1.zip
- the full 1.5.1 installer, usefull for people who just re-installed AvP2, or didn't have a previous (1.3 or 1.4) version installed:
http://master.lithfaq.com/download/AvP2 ... _1.5.1.zip
From November 2008 until February 2010, The_One and the lithfaq gang played a crucial role in keeping the game online. Guys, you did an amazing effort. Thank you.
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Poster: Herr_Alien
Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:06 am
February seems to be a good month for AvP! The community gets the new game in February (VMan posted news about the demo being out), and good ol' AvP2 is being shifted to a new master server.
Now, the transition to the new master server will start in approx. 8 hours and it will be staged as following:
- The version number will be incremented to 1.4 on the current master server. This will trigger an update dialog for all AvP2 players that decided to fire up their game and play online. The update process will take care of regular players from that point.
- At the same time, the current master server will be set to redirect the dedicated servers to the new master server. This will only be temporary, and server owners will also need to update at one point: when the current server is powered off, there will be no redirection, and servers that didn't update will not show in the list.
We're hoping that both the update functionality (for regular players) and the redirection functionality (for game servers) will make the transition to the new master server much easier than before.
We will also provide regular download links in this new post, just in case.
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Here are some links:
1) a patch, from 1.3 to 1.4:
http://master.lithfaq.com/download/1.3_to_1.4.zip
2) the full installer; usefull if you just re-installed AvP2:
http://master.lithfaq.com/download/AvP2 ... ll_1.4.zip
I'll see you online!
Herr_Alien
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Poster: Herr_Alien
Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:09 pm
Following The_One's post, I here present you the new version of the ms_client.dll:
http://master.lithfaq.com/download/ms_client.zip
If you wish to help us do some tests before making the switch to a new master server, then:
- download the above archive
- make a backup copy of your existing ms_client.dll
- extract the new dll (from the archive) in the game folder
- play the game, browse the server list and report any issues you find
- try also hosting a dedicated server, and, again, post the issues found
Now, we didn't make the switch to the new host, so you should be able to browse the server list and join any game just as you do now with version 1.3
And if you do find issues and you really, really want to help out then download another version of the ms_client.dll file below:
http://master.lithfaq.com/download/ms_c ... ogging.zip
This version behaves exactly like the above one, with one exception: it will generate a log file, called ms_client.log. Mail me that log (garone80 AT yahoo DOT com) , since it can give us informations about what caused the crash.
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Poster: The_One
Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:23 am
This costs money, I can't cover the bills, server will go down eventually.
That's it in a nutshell basically, written so any person can understand. What I could do is charge people for playing, but I would be no different then Rommie for charging people to use his mod... WHICH IS ILLEGAL BY THE WAY ROMMIE. Call it what you will, donation, whatever. The fact that anyone cant use it means your selling "your" application as a commercial, which the AVP2 license does not grant.
Anyways, my interest in AVP2 is waning severely. Alex will probably take over, LithFAQ will remain... I guess... Really no point though in seeing how Monolith is basically no more.
OK so the cost rundown. I run this on a VPS server. It is a PHP script (yes PHP). A shared host will not work as there is far too many limitation. The average cost for a VPS is around $40/month for a reputable service. Plus overages that DO occur. Plus the time involved to maintain such a server. The donation link has been there for a LOOONG time. So far the only people who have donated:
XZ-01 - Thanks dude you rock
Tom - RIP (you were awesome)
ssjam (I think! Your awesome either way though)
One more who I can't remember.
Thank you to those who have donated!
This was for quite a while... 4 donations, sad really. So in 2 years I've been supplying you with your game, I've gone through $960 that I will NOT be getting back.
OK, next up, anyone who wants to host the server and maintain it, contact us. Be warned though, if Alex (Herr_Alien) wants to continue it, he will have precedence over you since he is the main guy behind the project.
That is all.
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