First Strike Forums — Revival and Discord

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (shadoe14) — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 17:01:43 +0000

The server has since been updated and now requires build 1022.

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (TY2D2) — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 07:46:23 +0000

I thought the public build was 1020 and if you updated you would not be able to join their server?

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Anbalsilfer) — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 22:37:31 +0000

Yes, thanks, it works now, or at least I was able to join the server playing Endor Clearing without CTD. The crash risk seems higher on the space maps for some reason, I got the same thing when trying to join Battle of Yavin before the server went off the grid about a month ago. Back then I think I ran a clean install of 1.6 though, without the updater.

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Twigs) — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:49:43 +0000

http://firststrikemod.wikia.com/wiki/Troubleshooting

http://www.moddb.com/mods/first-strike/ … tion-guide

*EDIT*

Just had a check, also getting CTD when trying to join the server on Taloraan, however singleplayer worked fine. For now I have removed Taloraan co-op from the server list. Please try again to join.

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Anbalsilfer) — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:25:12 +0000

Yeah, I checked this before. It's 1022, as it should be. The crashing yesterday occurred while the server was running Battle of Taloraan. It's running the same map right now so I can't really check if the problem is map-specific.

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Twigs) — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:24:13 +0000

Can you go to your FS install directory (eg C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\mods\FirstStrike) and open the file named version and tell us the number written there? To play on the server you should now be running 1022, that would also tell us that the installer has downloaded and installed any updates.

If it is at 1020 then we will need to try and work out why you cant run the installer. Try making sure it is set to run as admin?

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Anbalsilfer) — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 22:00:09 +0000

Thanks. Unfortunately even with the updaters, it's still not working for me. Updater 1.0.0.0 applied on a clean install of 1.6 simply had no effect, still crashing after map load. And allowing the updater to update itself to version 1.0.0.1 prevents me from even running it afterward. I just get a dialog saying "This app can't run on your PC" when trying to run the updated executable.

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Twigs) — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:23:38 +0000

Make sure FS has been updated. A full guide with link to the new updater can be found here:

https://bl2142.co/post.php?id=28103

I'll see if we can get a newspost up somewhere and possibly a second download available from MODDB.

Note that a new mod Updater is available by following the link above.

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Anbalsilfer) — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:43:06 +0000

Good news! I noticed earlier today that the server appears to be back, and running a lot more maps than before. Unfortunately, I'm having the issue with CTD:s whenever a map has been loaded, sometimes before, sometimes when I click the "Deploy" button. I'm running a clean install of 1.6. I saw some other players online while I was attempting to connect, so it seems there must be some version of the client that is working. Is there something I am missing?

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Twigs) — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:27:16 +0000

Hi all.

The Revive server is now back up and running, and they have kindly given me some access to it to change basic settings. For the moment I have left it running co-op, since it is unlikely to have RL players all the time. If we can get the weekend community games going again we can definitely look at running non-bot maps at those times.

Anyhoo, any requests, let me know and I will see what I can work out. All co-op maps should be on the server now, rather than just the four.

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (TY2D2) — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 02:10:32 +0000

Yea that server kinda bothered me so I ended up playing on local by myself I wish they had all the maps and higher coop settings so it was more enjoyable to pub.

Re: Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Anbalsilfer) — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:56:06 +0000

I recieved a response from the Revive project on the status of their First Strike server, currently down. Due to its low traffic it is being moved from a physical host to a VM, and should be back up running on the VM soon. I was also told this is highly unlikely to negatively impact performance, even when the server is full.

Hopefully the new server will also be running more that just 4 maps, although I received no confirmation of that.

Revival and Discord

null@example.com (Anbalsilfer) — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:42:51 +0000

First, I can't really overstate how nice it is to see First Strike once again receive some activity and attention. Allow me to add my voice to those clamoring for continued development and support for this amazing but long neglected mod.

Secondly, in the interest of stimulating further interest, I wanted to suggest setting up an official Discord server for the mod. It's a free and quite flexible service which would easily enable both text and voice communication for the community. A synchronous-communication service like Discord would be a more suitable forum for coordinating games than an asynchronous forum like this one.

Thirdly, what is the current status where persistent servers are concerned? Revive seems to host a persistent First Strike server most of the time, though it's currently offline, but for some reason that one only has 4 out of 20 available maps enabled in its play queue. I've asked them to change this and enable the other maps as well, but I also wonder if it's possible to get at least one other official server online running First Strike?