Back in October, we informed you about the termination of Revive; a mod that re-enabled multiplayer functionalities in a number of Battlefield games, including Battlefield 2142. Thankfully, a team of modders has figured out another way in order to restore multiplayer in Battlefield 2142.
Battlefield 2142 fans will have to download and install GameRanger. They’ll then have to create a Gameranger account, log in, find the Battlefield 2142 server in the list, and double-click it to join the pre-game chatroom.
All unlocks are available to players right away and there will be 1 US server and 1 EU server.
What’s also cool here is that these servers will also run the custom maps that have been released for Battlefield 2142 from modders/mappers. These new maps include more co-op maps, small and large conquest maps, and new titan maps.
As such, the team recommends downloading and installing these community map packs. While these maps are not required for vanilla matches, players may be kicked for missing custom content when a custom map is selected.
Have fun and kudos to our reader ‘themodfather’ for informing us.
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I hate gameranger though.
GameRanger also supports several old-ish games for which the multiplayer servers were shut down.
I won’t be playing this, but I do appreciate the level of dedication that people exhibit to keep games playable. Now if only the developers/companies would let all the dead games be playable after the servers are shut down, I think the world would be a better place.
They are also keeping C&C 3 KW and Red Alert 3 going afaik as well.
I haven’t heard the phrase game ranger in long, long time…
how does it hold up in 2017?
No idea honestly, I’m not too big on multiplayer games. Apparently the list of supported games continues to grow, they’re up to 726 now, which is not bad at all.
I mean, it’s cool to hate something or everything, but if you knew anything about longevity for online games, it’s cost prohibitive to even bother supporting them for a dwindling player base. But hey, stay hip bro. 😉
I’m with you on the whole cost part, but EA will intentionally block third party servers. I wouldn’t be surprised if they go after Game Ranger, demanding that they remove compatability for the game. EA will happily spend money to ensure that their customers CAN’T play the games they bought.