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FYI: The Stand ALone Dedicated Server is what servers like TAW, Fart, and Jasacademy use, not the in game create option.


I would be gratefull, that if somehow someone from pandemic software released a new version of the stand alone dedicated 1.3 software compatible with the current 1.2 client. The 1.3 beta server software update fixes many problems, such as new units, and other strange glitches crashing the server. As it seems that all the error's with beta 1.3 are in the client, I urge someone to create a version of the 1.3 software compatile with client 1.2, or just a completely new patch that fixes only these problems.

What's worse, is that many of the mod maps that have these problems are some of the best, and ones that Admins would place on thier servers if they could, which would draw people to play more SWBF, which would increase sales of the PC version of the game(some SWBF customers bought/will buy the game just for the mods) and indirectly, SWBF 2. These reasons may give a pandemic employee a reason(with the Boss etc.) to do this as an official patch on payed time instead of an unofficial tweak after hours etc. These are also reasons for pandemic and Lucasarts to support the mod community in general, as these maps, no matter how good they are, cannot possibly compare with the wonders of SWBF II, and would in no way, harm sales.


I hope someone will bring this idea to the attention of the Pandemic, SWBF division Boss( or whomever it needs to be brought to) and takes the time to see if they do it.


Hope this is doable(also in a short ammount of time, which would heighten the chance of it happening)

Dedicated Fan of SWBF and it's mappers,


Ace Azzameen 5.



P.S. As always, if you need help understanding what in the name of abstract censoring I am talking about, just ask.

yeah - I agree with you. I'd like to play all those great maps - and its not posssible at the moment

C ya - and you got MY vote

Now I just wait untill the idea gets shot down by, say. psyc0fred(or hopefully, acknoledged as a good idea)

*crosses fingers*

I think, if I've understood it properly (which I may not have) is that if its generally caused by the 1.3 client beta rather than server side, then to take time making a patch or similar for the stand alone server in able to make it compatible with the 1.2 client may not be the best thing, rather to spend time on effectively the same thing that would resolve this issues by finally (please god finally) rolling out the 1.3 client patch in it's finished form as opposed to beta, this may address these issues.

In terms of mod maps and what Qdin mentioned (although I've not tried) I'm sure it must be possible to play mod maps on a dedicated server as well as an in game created one , if all players have the map then surely it would work (happy to be corrected though), Jabbas is effectively a custom map don't forget and multiplayer map testing (which I think happens) should prove the same thing, if that's the case surely to play bounty hunters etc... would just take some organisation.

Back to the main point, Lucas Arts, Pandemic please realse a 1.3 (non beta) patch or at least just say "nah we ain't gonna bother with that cos we're concentrating on SWBF2" which would I guess be understandable.

Maps that have custom sides/units, and some other things, crash dedicated server v1.2
They don't crash server 1.3.
Server 1.3 beta is problem free(As far as I can tell), while Client 1.3 beta is error city
If it would be a fast and easy job, I'd want pandemic to adapt server 1.3 to work with client 1.2
If client 1.3 non beta comes out tommorow, please disregard this thread.

Another thing, I'd download a newer beta version too, if significant improvements have been made.

Keeping your customers happy with an original title sounds like something important to making sales on any sequel.