72 players

tuia · 2012-06-19 18:47:00

I've modified the server code to remove the 64 maximum players limit. You can see from the following pictures that the server can handle 72 players.

72 players

bf1942 console

The only problem, is that the server doesn't show on Gamespy master server list when it has more than 64 players. I guess Gamespy prevented that because of fakers.

Denny · 2012-06-19 18:49:43

thats nice,
but its not nice if someone has slow pc

tuia · 2012-06-19 18:55:21

Hehehe. You must buy a new PC, Denny. Any cheap old computer from 2003 and onwards can handle BF1942.

Lecter · 2012-06-20 03:49:03

i would leave it at 64, at 72 it will probably make the server crash more often and by experience most players are used to play at a max of 64 players.

Also can you have a limit for high pings? All the great servers used to have it, it prevents server from crashing too.

tuia · 2012-06-20 10:15:38

The server crashes are not related with the number of players, at least, not the most frequent ones. I'm trying to debug the server code to prevent server crashes. Now, the maximum players can go as high as 126 players, but that is overkill.

There is a limit for high-ping, it is currently at 480 ms.

Lecter · 2012-06-20 13:53:27

Thx tuia

I would leave it at 64 players, though.

tuia · 2012-06-20 14:56:05

I was thinking about increasing to 84 players.

Lecter · 2012-06-20 15:14:25

I cant and I dont want to imagine Berlin, Stalin, Battleaxe with all those players...mayhem!

Denny · 2012-06-20 15:59:03

more than 64 players is mission impossible for allies on tobruk..

El-Mumin · 2012-06-20 16:36:34

yea more players more players
its more fun i think , never try.. imagine 128 players wooow ^^

tuia · 2012-06-20 16:40:50

That's the spirit. It was never tried before, some maps with 72 players or more, like Berlin, may be really crazy.

Denny · 2012-06-20 22:52:57

but ive noticed it isnt for all maps with 72 players?
ive played berlin and stalin with 60, and then some map like el alamein later has 72 players..

tuia · 2012-06-20 23:05:18

It's a problem with the server crashes. After crashing, the server resets to 60 players slots. I will fix it tomorrow morning.

Jazavac · 2012-06-21 14:39:58

Well if can I say in my opinion its better to have 72 slots and the reason for this is - gives popularity to server and that should be the point of having server isnt it?

tuia · 2012-06-21 18:02:28

This is more like a new feature. For some time, it was asked if it was possible to remove the 64 maximum players limit in Battlefield 1942. A year ago, someone had a found a way to remove that limit in Battlefield 2, which led to a 128 player server for Project Reality mod. Fortunately, I could find where in the server code is that limit with the help of a friend from bfmods.com.

Denny · 2012-06-21 18:15:42

lol tuia, you are a genius

Grabbi · 2012-06-21 20:08:10

amazing you did it !

Hope you also manage the 128 slots !

Awesome work tuia !

Greetz

Grabbi

tuia · 2012-06-21 20:38:36

Thank you. Here are the patched files of Battlefield 1942 server executables for Windows. They were changed to prevent 2 exploits (game.createLocalPlayer and game.setTeam) and maximum players limit was raised to 128. Included also a patched DedicatedServer.exe so you can easily select up to 128 maximum players.

BF1942 server for Windows v1.61:
BF1942_w32ded-1.61-patched.zip
MD5: 113A9B9C4F1A00AC6C41DBCAFDDFAE2A

BF1942 server for Windows v1.6:
BF1942_w32ded-1.6-patched.zip
MD5: A55835E55E7DC45FDC2450D801B5E37C

Grabbi · 2012-06-21 20:47:03

Thank you !

Once more... YOU!.... are amazing !

tuia · 2012-06-22 15:32:43

There is another problem besides the Gamespy, BFServerManager doesn't have support for over 64 players. If you target any player with an ID greater than 64, it will be invalid. Also, after a server crash it resets back to the game.serverMaxPlayers in ServerManager.con file. A workaround is to start the server from the command line with game.serverMaxPlayers 128 in ServerSettings.con and game.serverMaxPlayers 64 in ServerManager.con and start BFServerManager afterwards. After the server crashes, it will reset back to 64 players, but you can increase the limit, when a new round begins, by appending game.serverMaxPlayers 128 in ServerAutoexec.con. Unfortunately, BFServerManager overwrites the ServerSettings.con and ServerAutoexec.con files, after a server crash. Don't try to increase game.serverMaxPlayers over 64 in ServerManager.con, it will reset to 32.

Grabbi · 2012-06-22 16:39:39

I saw that yesterday

the value in the BFSM is set to 64

In the BFRemote Manager 2.01 (final):

OFFSET 000B3200 .M.a.x.i.m.u.m. .P.l.a.y.e.r.s................PT.N.º...í...m.s.c.t.l.s._.t.r.a.c.k.b.a.r.3.2..................P..N.........ÿÿ‚.6.4................P

the BFserver Manager 2.01 (final) writes EACH time ServerSettings.con NEW before it starts the dedicated server with the max 64 value

OFFSET 000BEC00 .M.a.x.i.m.u.m. .P.l.a.y.e.r.s................PT.N.º...ì...m.s.c.t.l.s._.t.r.a.c.k.b.a.r.3.2..................P..N.........ÿÿ‚.6.4................P

Write Protection of ServerSettings.con doesn t work cause BFServer Manager shows error on start and shuts down

Last edited by Grabbi (2012-06-22 16:47:16)

tuia · 2012-06-23 00:03:39

I've been trying whole day to fix that annoying problems in BFServerManager (BFSM). I've found what to change in the code to accept in-game commands for validating player IDs greater than 64. I was trying to find a way that, even though, BFSM overwrites the ServerSettings.con and ServerAutoexec.con, it would write the correct maximum player number from 0 to 128. Now, any number greater than 64 is reset to 32 in ServerManager.con file, and consequently, the ServerSettings.con is reset to that number after a crash.

tuia · 2012-07-10 18:04:42

BFServerManager and BFRemoteManager for Windows maximum players limit raised to 128, but I'm not sure if BFServerManager will work correctly when over 64 players are in the server. BFServerManager may crash and some players may not show up in the Players List, when over 64. I couldn't test it.

I fixed another limitation using in-game commands when targetting a player with an ID over 64, for instance, !kick .71 did not work before. Also did some other minor cosmetic changes.

BFServerManager v2.0 (final) for Windows patched:
BFServerManager20final-patched.zip
MD5: 319CF806A36F6F706D742AE3DBEF7835

BFRemoteManager v2.0 (final) patched:
BFRemoteManager20final-patched.zip
MD5: 7F60038C4AE1D06819DCA86243D138AE

Note: I've used BFServerManager v2.0 (final) instead of BFServerManager v2.01, because BFServerManager v2.01 has a bug, which can't handle correctly player names with non-ASCII code.

sergfa · 2012-07-10 18:39:58

possible to use the BFRM for BF2 too? (with some code modifications) Or definitely not?

tuia · 2012-07-10 18:42:33

It would most probably need lots of code modifications to run in BF2, I'm not acquainted with BF2. I know they have a different Gamespy protocol than BF1942.
I read somewhere that Kevin Lockitt, the coder of BFServerManager for BF1942 and BFVietnam, asked 7500 $ to code it for BF2.

sergfa · 2012-07-10 18:47:33

tuia wrote:

It would most probably need lots of code modifications to run in BF2, I'm not acquainted with BF2.
I read somewhere that Kevin Lockitt, the coder of BFServerManager for BF1942 and BFVietnam, asked 7500 $ to code it for BF2.

lol ok

Lecter · 2012-07-10 20:21:10

tuia

Actually, I would leave it at 64. A lot of players complaining about lag and the experience, while fun at beginning, adds nothing to the game now. I would leave it at 64 for more stability, for all commands (id) to work properly, keep the game "pure", etc

tuia · 2012-07-10 20:22:03

BFServerManager v2.01 for Windows patched:
BFServerManager201-patched.zip
MD5: B695BE763C073C4242C7F81C3EF23026

BFRemoteManager v2.01 patched:
BFRemoteManager201-patched.zip
MD5: 09A0D7DE69D2AEF1487D3E429E4C21CA

tuia · 2012-07-10 20:44:40

The lag some players experience is on their side. When their computer has to render lots of objects (tanks, planes, jeeps), they experience lag. For example, in Aberdeen map if i see lots of tanks, it lags, because my graphic card is a crap, it's a Radeon 9200SE, and I'm running on lowest video settings.
It's true that there are some problems when it has more than 64 players, the server doesn't show up on Gamespy in-game list, some few players aren't recognized by BFSM, but the 72 players slots has made the server more popular.

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