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Your Warcraft II BNE uses version based on official patch from Warcraft 2 CD-ROM known as Patch 2.02

At the same time there is another version of the same patch 2.02: that version had been downloaded automatically when you first time joined Battle.net by fresh newly installed Warcraft II BNE (with no patches).
After that you had be able to join 4 Blizzard battle.net servers: Usa East, Usa West, Europe, Asia using both different 2.02 versions.
And that another version is still much more popular in the world!

But unfortunately, your server doesn't support that version: it says "update required", then trying to update, and update progress just hangs.
Please, add that another version to the list of allowed clients on your battle net server!
It's 100% compatibility in network gaming between these different 2.02 versions, but that one is much more pleasant for many old players!

You can know that version if look into the file properties: version of file is 2.0.2.0
And your version properties: 2.0.2.1.

Lots active War2 players would be very thankful to you for such small server reconfiguration!

I can send you several more additional technical information about that version or it's .exe-file if you need that.
Post edited March 29, 2019 by ilwar2
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ilwar2: Your Warcraft II BNE uses version based on official patch from Warcraft 2 CD-ROM known as Patch 2.02

At the same time there is another version of the same patch 2.02: that version had been downloaded automatically when you first time joined Battle.net by fresh newly installed Warcraft II BNE (with no patches).
After that you had be able to join 4 Blizzard battle.net servers: Usa East, Usa West, Europe, Asia using both different 2.02 versions.
And that another version is still much more popular in the world!

But unfortunately, your server doesn't support that version: it says "update required", then trying to update, and update progress just hangs.
Please, add that another version to the list of allowed clients on your battle net server!
It's 100% compatibility in network gaming between these different 2.02 versions, but that one is much more pleasant for many old players!

You can know that version if look into the file properties: version of file is 2.0.2.0
And your version properties: 2.0.2.1.

Lots active War2 players would be very thankful to you for such small server reconfiguration!

I can send you several more additional technical information about that version or it's .exe-file if you need that.
My suggestion is you inform GOG of this via GOG Support, they rarely check the forums, but it may take some time to implement as they probably also have to clear it with blizzard
Im miss this thread. That what about ilwar2 talks in another topics... One important thing: nothing changed after CD version. Same hotfix/bnet chache updates from Same Blizzard Bnet. Yes, GOG do not operate that New Global servers for D1/Wc2. If ilwar2 suggestion really important -you must contact Blizzard. But this is old games, and if ilwar2 right about versions - blizz do not do anything for oldest files or files updated from pirate servers.
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QWEEDDYZ: Im miss this thread. That what about ilwar2 talks in another topics... One important thing: nothing changed after CD version. Same hotfix/bnet chache updates from Same Blizzard Bnet. Yes, GOG do not operate that New Global servers for D1/Wc2. If ilwar2 suggestion really important -you must contact Blizzard. But this is old games, and if ilwar2 right about versions - blizz do not do anything for oldest files or files updated from pirate servers.
We discussed that versions many times and decided to stay on 2.0.2.0 version.
Here's one of such threads from 2014: http://forum.war2.ru/index.php/topic,59.0.html

GoG made a big problem for community when they decided to allow only original 2021 and GOG 2021, didn't allow original 2020.
The only thing they should do is to add 1 more checksum to their version list. But they don't care of that at all...

Not sure if the question is related to blizzard. Who host Global GOG server? Blizzard? Or GoG?

I remember original Blizzard servers, they worked a bit different than GoG one. I'd say my feeling is GoG started some kind of Blizzard software themselves...
А действительно ли 2.0.2.1 это проблема? Вот актуальная сборка Комбат совместимая с актуальным Бнет юзает .2.1. Проблема только в доп. ПО которое не работает с этой версией? Или еще в чем? Потому как тулзы можно обновить, если автор еще "жив", можно найти-создать альтернативу... Теоретически конечно

Просто Близзард не захочет слушать. Ну подключится кто с .2.0, так же обновится. Они не увидят проблемы в этой. Доп. ПО их есессно не заинтересует - не вижу особого смысла даже пытаться писать.
ГОГ тем более отсылает к Близзард. По вопросам работы сетевой, так и пишут - обращаться в Близзард
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019426473-Diablo-and-Warcraft-II-Official-support-for-Battle-net-functionality
Ну, как говорится, если гора не идет к Магомету...
Если ГОГу лень добавить одну строчку в свой конфиг, значит, авторам всех тулзов (либо тому, у кого есть исходники этих тулзов) придется потратить по неделе времени на каждую из тулзов, сравнивая адреса памяти разных версий вар2 и переписывая свои утилиты из одной версии к другой.

Примерно этим путем и идем...

Хотя, были другие идеи:
- можно было попытаться "обмануть" сервер ГОГа, чтобы подключаться версией 2020, а ГОГ бы думал, что это 2021.
- некоторые хейтеры вообще предлагали оставить версию 2020, а кому надо играть на сервере ГОГ - добавить опционально 2021. Тогда им придется обходиться без утилит, а кто хочет писать реплеи - перезаходите через 2020 и играйте на "нормальном" сервере "нормальной" версией вар2. А сервер ГОГ все равно кривой и глючный.

Но я подумал, что все же утилиты переписать будет правильнее.
Заодно в варвидео исправил кучу старых недостатков, а главное - лучше разобрался в коде.

Последняя утилита которая не умеет 2021 - war2observe - полезная и любимая очень многими тулза, которая показывает АПМ или статус строительства-апгрейдов в режиме обсервера. Многие не хотят обновляться на комбат 4.4 (2021) именно из-за несовместимости с ней.
Дай Бог, найду время ее дописать тоже: у автора жизнь изменилась, ему возиться со своим старым проектом нет ни времени, ни желания.
Авторы остальных утилит кстати вообще недоступны.

И кстати, некоторые разработчики продолжают писать новые перспективные проекты... под 2020...

А то, что ГОГ посылает к Близзард - это просто вежливая форма посыла еще подальше: ведь все понимают, что Близзард судьба этой игры сейчас волнует меньше всего.

Был еще момент, который некоторые приводят как аргумент: мол, какой-то хак в 2021 работает хорошо, а в 2020 оставляет следы, по которым хакера можно поймать. По мне ерунда: дописать хак под 2020 ничего не стоит, если хакеры этого захотят. Да и ловить его по этим следам непросто.

Но если бы ГОГи не упирались в дурацкий бессмысленный формализм, а просто по-человечески добавили бы контрольную сумму, которую я от них просил, и которую они точно знают куда добавлять, поскольку только что проделывали это для своего модифицированного exe, это заняло бы у них 1 минуту и избавило бы сообщество от кучи проблем и негатива в их адрес.
Тем более, мы же просим не васяновский кастомный exe добавить, а самый что ни на есть официальный, который сами близзы и выпускали.
Post edited May 16, 2019 by ilwar2
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ilwar2: Your Warcraft II BNE uses version based on official patch from Warcraft 2 CD-ROM known as Patch 2.02

At the same time there is another version of the same patch 2.02: that version had been downloaded automatically when you first time joined Battle.net by fresh newly installed Warcraft II BNE (with no patches).
After that you had be able to join 4 Blizzard battle.net servers: Usa East, Usa West, Europe, Asia using both different 2.02 versions.
And that another version is still much more popular in the world!

But unfortunately, your server doesn't support that version: it says "update required", then trying to update, and update progress just hangs.
Please, add that another version to the list of allowed clients on your battle net server!
It's 100% compatibility in network gaming between these different 2.02 versions, but that one is much more pleasant for many old players!

You can know that version if look into the file properties: version of file is 2.0.2.0
And your version properties: 2.0.2.1.

Lots active War2 players would be very thankful to you for such small server reconfiguration!

I can send you several more additional technical information about that version or it's .exe-file if you need that.
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Lord_Kane: My suggestion is you inform GOG of this via GOG Support, they rarely check the forums, but it may take some time to implement as they probably also have to clear it with blizzard
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