Shangai Second Dinasty

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Is there a way to have the program for running a dedicated server? i
would like to give new life thanks to you all if you are interested in
internet gaming it.
bye
Andrea

 

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dbrn <doc.brain@tin.it> wrote in message news:<q5Zad.27898$b5.1433977@news3.tin.it>...
> Is there a way to have the program for running a dedicated server? i
> would like to give new life

Hello Andrea,

I don't know if you can set up your own server. I imagine you would
have to get the server-side code Activision created, or somehow
reverse engineer it. I do not have a clue how you would do the latter.
To do the former I imagine you would have to contact Activision.

Good luck (you'll need it) - Tom (Greetings from Seoul, S. Korea)

 

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Tom Sloper wrote:
> dbrn <doc.brain@tin.it> wrote in message news:<q5Zad.27898$b5.1433977@news3.tin.it>...
>
>>Is there a way to have the program for running a dedicated server? i
>>would like to give new life
>
>
> Hello Andrea,
>
> I don't know if you can set up your own server. I imagine you would
> have to get the server-side code Activision created, or somehow
> reverse engineer it. I do not have a clue how you would do the latter.
> To do the former I imagine you would have to contact Activision.
>
> Good luck (you'll need it) - Tom (Greetings from Seoul, S. Korea)

yeah i could reverse it but i don't think it would be legal...
contacting activision could be the best solution, you worked with them
right? is it easy to handle a thing like this?
bye
Andrea

 

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Just out of curiosity . . . . why would you want to put it on a server. Why
not just install it on your computer. It's an excellent game for playing
solo . . . but if you want to play online, why not play against real people.
The NMJL has an online game that you can play for $30/year. Check it out at
http://www.nmjl.org/software/


> Is there a way to have the program for running a dedicated server?

 

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Andrea (dbrn AKA Doc Brain) wrote:
>>yeah i could reverse it but i don't think it would be legal...
>>contacting activision could be the best solution, you worked with
them
>>right? is it easy to handle a thing like this?

It's easy to contact Activision. I'm not a programmer (I'm a game
designer/producer) so I wouldn't be able to set up a game server
myself (I'd have to hire somebody to do it, if I could get the
necessary source code).

Bubba wrote:
>Why
>not just install it on your computer. It's an excellent game for
playing
>solo . . . but if you want to play online, why not play against real
people.

Shanghai Second Dynasty DOES still work online, but there's only one
server that still works. (Since there is one that still works, I don't
know why anybody'd want to go to all the trouble of setting up a new
one.)

Tom

 

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> Shanghai Second Dynasty DOES still work online, but there's only one
> server that still works. (Since there is one that still works, I don't
> know why anybody'd want to go to all the trouble of setting up a new
> one.)
>
> Tom

now no more 😛