sungaila / newdarkglobalserver

A global server providing a game server list for Thief 2 Multiplayer.

NewDarkGlobalServer

A global server providing a game server list for Thief 2 Multiplayer.

How to setup Thief 2 Multiplayer

1. Get yourself a copy of the game (e.g. on GOG.com or Steam).
2. Note: A few fan missions will not work after installing the multiplayer patch. So consider to create a copy of the Thief 2 game folder for singleplayer purposes.
3. Download the latest version of T2Fix: An Unofficial Comprehensive Patch for Thief 2.
4. Install T2Fix and make sure to select the component "Thief 2 Multiplayer".
5. Open the file dark_net.cfg in your game folder with a text editor.
6. Replace the last two lines with the following:

global_server_name thief2.sungaila.de
global_server_port 5199

6. Read the text file mp_release_notes.txt for more information.
7. Enjoy! Start the game with Thief2MP.exe. Windows might prompt you to install DirectPlay on first launch.
   • Select Multiplayer and then View Server List to see all running game servers.
   • Host your own game with Host a game (UDP port 5198). You will show up in the server list if clients can connect to you. If your game shows Connected to global server. but others cannot see you in the global server list, then a connection cannot be established (firewall, NAT, IPv4-only ...).
   • Sometimes selecting View Server List crashes the game. Hosting a game (seeing the player list), cancelling and then selecting View Server List seems to circumvent this weird issue.

How to setup your own NewDarkGlobalServer

1. Download the latest release.
2. Launch NewDarkGlobalServer.exe.
   • Default TCP port is 5199
   • You can change that port with the command line argument --port=YOURNUMBER
   • Note: IPv4 is the only supported protocol (IPv6 is not)
3. Make sure all your clients have updated their dark_net.cfg file with your name and port.

Command-line options

Use the --help argument to show all available options.

Usage: NewDarkGlobalServer [options]
Starts a server providing a game server list for Thief 2 Multiplayer.

Options:
  -p, --port=VALUE           Sets the port for this global server. Default is
                               5199.
  -s, --timeoutserver=VALUE  Sets timeout for game servers in seconds. Default
                               is 180 seconds (00:03:00).
  -c, --timeoutclient=VALUE  Sets timeout for game clients in seconds. Default
                               is 3600 seconds (01:00:00).
  -u, --timeoutunidentified=VALUE
                             Sets timeout for connections to indentify as
                               client or server in seconds. Default is 10
                               seconds (00:00:10).
  -b, --showheartbeatminimal Shows HeartbeatMinimal messages in the log. Each
                               connected game server sends one every 10 seconds
                               so the log may become cluttered.
  -f, --hidefailedconn       Hides failed connections attempts (due to invalid
                               or unknown messages) from the log.
  -t, --printtimestamps      Adds timestamps to the log output.
  -v, --verbose              Shows more verbose messages in the log.
  -h, --help                 Prints this helpful option list and exits.

newdarkglobalserver's Issues

Add step to prevent FM breakage

The multiplayer component causes some fan missions to break. There is a workaround for this, but for simplicity the readme file should advise users to keep a separate Thief folder for multiplayer.
https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150172&p=2433328&viewfull=1#post2433328