I think that it would be a great idea for people to be able to get their own, private server and use the code that they hand out to people. It obviously is not putting any strain whatsoever on the main server. It would be really awesome to get the .exe to run and just give only certain people the address. If the devs or the owner of the server does not want to share the code then at least they should put a password system to access the server (If there is not one already). I'm looking at this not only for the server downtimes but also for a possible plan in the future for peeps to share their own private servers. I would actually love to see people make servers with special maps and share them. I think the servers also need a way to BAN OR KICK THE IP ADDRESS instead of just a temporary kick for the hackers and griefers.

But then again I think it would be more of a global suggestion.

A troll [mystical one] is green ugly smelly and looks like a giant wart thing which is suspiciously like you Dynasty. Explain that [joke].

Rose, that thing you posted is the actual serever program to create a server, not to play. Noobs these days.

@efud
Don't ask me, I want to play just as much as you do.

I just hope Ben doesn't keep us waiting too long.

Oh, I thought that's what everyone wanted...

@Captin.Linch

No, this is exactly what I wanted.

A program that bypasses the master server so you can run a server and so people can connect to you.

Rose is correct on that being what we've been looking for. I believe it's an older version, though...but I'm not 100% certain on that part. I do know my friend downloaded a similar file from the FP forums a couple of days ago to run a small LAN game, but that was even before the 0.30 update.

Very good Rose, thanks for the contribution!
=D

dynasty i mean no disrespect to you but YOU ARE NOT AS ADDICTED TO THIS GAME AS ME! THIS GAME IS MY CRACK! lol but seriously this is the most innovative non repetitive game ive played in a while and playing anything else right now is just.... BLAND!

So what am I supposed to do with the file Rose gave out?

@efud
Lol.

Is the FP server down atm? whats going on?

Put it in your AoS folder, start it up like you would a normal server.

I think it's an older version though.

@Dynasty

It's the serverside, so you'd probably run it the same way you'd run the normal server. Forward the port if necessary. I'm not quite sure if the advertised URL works, but it probably should. If not, invert your URL (123.45.67.89 -> 89.67.45.123) and run the inverted IP through an IP to decimal encoder.

If you want to connect to a locally run server, aos://16777343 will ALWAYS be the link. Other people won't be able to connect with that link, as it'll just direct them to their own computer.

Just take the older version, see the difference between the original and modified server, apply that to the new server. Works.

Dynasty, I love this game, and really, I'm not going to lie, I have nothing better to do right now. Not saying I don't have a life, but I don't have one at this moment. ;-;
And I know what I said, a troll is a user who causes arguments for no reason, or tells of something he can't backup, for kicks. You don't need to reply to this, any comments made as a reply to this will be ignored, as I'm not in the mood for arguing.

Don't flatter yourself Rokurai,

OT: It seems it doesn't work? It gives the misconfigured error.

Yea it gives me misconfig errors as well

How did I flatter myself? I said I barely have a social life, and that you're a troll. Unless you're implying that you know who I am, and about my life, and that you know anything, let alone enough to say I have NO social life.

Hm? I'm sorry, I thought all further replies were going to be ignored?

I'm a hypocrite, what can I say? :3

That you're a hypocrite? :P <3